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chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 8:45 pm welcome beepos! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 8:51 pm beepos: I would spend quite some time around the VCOINS website, window shopping. Warning!: When it comes to ancient coins, you run the risk of being hooked! If that happens, spend LOTS of time to give yourself a good educational grounding first, before 'dipping your toe in the water'. Report this Post to the Staff
Dionysos Valued Member Canada 472 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 8:52 pm Roman coins Your shopping for the most popular coin of antiquity and you fall for Roman coins (Greek coins rules ) Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 9:52 pm Keep lurking. You'll get addicted! Report this Post to the Staff
Windchild Pillar of the Community Canada 1411 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 9:54 pm to CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:05 pm Quote: Greek coins rules Greek coins ARE beautiful, but Roman coins have connected history. I can identify with Roman history much more than I can with Greek. PLUS, I don't read Greek but Latin is understandable. GO ROMAN!!! Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:08 pm I'd also take a Roman over a Greek Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:12 pm Quote: Greek coins ARE beautiful, but Roman coins have connected history. I'll pick beauty any day--but it's hard to argue with the contiguous history of Rome! Report this Post to the Staff
Dionysos Valued Member Canada 472 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:26 pm Roman coins are derived from the Greeks. Romans did not create anything, they reproduced what was already there, even their Gods. Greece is the archetype of the Roman civilisation. History ? These tetradrachms, only to speak of them, where struck at the same time and in the same place where Socrates, Plato, Xenophon,... lived ! No need to read them, just look at them ! Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:31 pm Quote: Romans did not create anything Really? Hmmmmm. That seems a rather broad and general statement. I've heard that here before. Can you honestly say the Romans "did not create anything" with a straight face? Report this Post to the Staff
Dionysos Valued Member Canada 472 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:34 pm Depends what you mean be "create"... That was more of a "numismatic" statement, Romans did not invent coinage... Greeks did. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:39 pm The Greeks had more "pure research", ie thinkers who postulated the physical and abstract world. But, the Romans were clearly very good at applying technology, in particular--upgrading architecture to suit more practical uses. After all, they invented a very durable building material--concrete--and devised aquaducts to convey water over distance. Interesting how the Romans had the same basic weaponry as the Greek peoples, but they expanded their kingdom further than Alexander III. Just a few comparisons off the top of my head, please correct me if I'm wrong. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:43 pm Quote: Romans did not invent coinage... Greeks did. Coins were invented independently at three different locations on the eurasian continent between 700-600 BCE. They are Lydia, India and China. Just in case you want to argue that Lydia was Greek, I would beg to differ. Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland Ä°zmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian. Report this Post to the Staff
Gil-galad Pillar of the Community United States 2044 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:50 pm I also like the propaganda on Roman coins. They were the best at that. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 10:52 pm Some believe the Chinese had them as early as 900BC! Not sure at all but aren't most gods (Roman and Greek) based on very early Norse / Scandinavian gods Report this Post to the Staff
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