I Think I've Been Bitten

First of all Trey welcome to IMHO the most interesting area of coin collecting.

Wildwinds is a good place for any beginners to start, lots of coins, info and pictures so you can see what is available, what it costs and decide what you like:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/

They have specific pages for rulers and cities etc and probably the easiest way to land on the correct page quickly is simply to type what your looking for plus 'wildwinds' into Goggle and follow the link, 'constantine wildwinds' returns this link:

http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/i.html

Don't forget to hit the 'Browse with thumbnail images' option near the top of the page to see all the coins. Ctrl+F will also cut down searching larger pages if your OK on computers.

This is and excellent resource for IDing later (2nd and 3rd C) Roman coins (Where I would suggest you start collecting) and contains Helveticas tables, Excel spreadsheets that allow quick IDing of those coins.

http://www.romancoin.info/

Lots of our US collectors like vcoins but I've not really used it and cant seem to post a working link atm

ebay is the best place to just cruise, hit the ancients section and see what you like the look of. No doubt in time you will find your own ancient niche, for whatever reason, and your collection and your knowledge will build up quicker than you think.

Later Romans are mainly common meaning decent coins can be picked up for cheap, this does not have to be an expensive hobby, for every $1000 coin there are 1000 $5 coins just as interesting to all but the most serious collectors.

Early Romans, Late Romans (4th C) and Greeks are generally more expensive, not prohibitively but when starting out I would keep your coins cheep and stick the the 2nd and 3rd Century, my opinion, others will be different.

Fake coins can be a problem but experience and trusted sellers are the best way to keep out of trouble, generally (but not always) cheaper coins are not faked much.

I buy almost exclusively on ebay - its full of good sellers, but also has some not so good ones, its difficult to name good, cheap sellers as as they are trusted their traffic and prices rise.

In the US I've always liked this seller, though they dont seem to have much later Roman stuff on at the minute, also, stick to the auctions, not the 'Buy it nows':

[seller]taterthecat[/seller]

Honest stuff at decent prices and always been happy with their service.

Maybe these links will give you some ideas where to start:

http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/

http://dougsmith.ancients.info/

http://esty.ancients.info/

to ancient coin collecting. I think Bobbyhelmet covered it all, you will find tons of information on the sites the he listed.

I suggest starting with late Roman Imperial coins. Not just because most of them are not very expensive but because it's easier to learn how to attribute coins as long as they are well preserved enough to have more detail. I've only been collecting for just over a year and that's how I started. By getting advice from these guys on the forum and from doing tons of reading as well.

Most Roman Imperial coins have letters that you can read and the coins are fairly well documented. As a beginner, I highly suggest starting that way. I started out by trying to find as many Roman Imperial rulers as I can find within my budget as you can see by my Roman Imperial grid. The link is in my signature at the bottom of my post. I have also gotten a few coins from other regions as well. You can see more of my coins from the CCF photo gallery, again in my signature.

FORVM Ancient Coins is another place to purchase coins, they also have a lot of information.
ebay
VCoins
Bargain Bin Ancient Coins

Just a few places to purchase coins.

Then later on you could decide to specialize in certain coins like some people have here. Septimius Severus is a favorite around here. Gallienus Animal series coins are also fun to collect. Constantine I - The Great are also easy to find and collect. You can find any coins from cheap to incredibly expensive.

thhanx guys imm looking at a few modest coins id like to start with ill let you know how that goes and thanks again