Post Your Favourite Coin and Favourite Book

Very interesting.... Thank you☺

 

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I think Asterix may be one of the reasons I became a Roman historian. I encountered my first one at age 8 (my Grandma bought a few for me, English-language hardcovers), and then got some in French from some cousins visiting from Paris a year or two later (Grandma translated those; after living in France for a couple of years as a young man I can now read them for myself... and love the Gallic humor!.... Oh, and I have some in Latin as well).

 

More than cool. Fully awesome!

 

The coin:



Vespasian
AR Denarius
Rome mint, 79 AD
RIC 1058 (C), BMC 251, RSC 554
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.
Rev: TR POT X COS VIIII; Capricorn l. : below, globe

The book:



The Roman Mysteries: The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence.

The book is written for middle school kids but is really quite a treat to read, no matter your age. Four kids in 79 AD during the days around Vespasian's death try to solve a mystery to find out who behead a pet dog and why. Lawrence is a superb writer who does a good job of totally immersing the reader into the world of ancient Rome. Book One of a Seventeen book series. Please check the series out. I cannot recommend them highly enough!

The Vespasian denarius was struck near the time the events in the book take place.

 

I would like to get an ancient but cheap coin that looks good. Is there such a creature? I just want to impress people with my vast knowledge of coins (not). Most don't believe any ancient coin is not worth a million dollars.

 

What do you mean by "cheap"? Give us a price range and I know, without a doubt, we can give you some ideas.

 

Isn't it wonderful that we can own such little treasures?

As for buying a cheap ancient coin that looks good, yes-- there are tons of options! What do you like? Greek? Roman? Artistic? Historic? What is your price range?

 

Many to choose from between $20 and $100 in EF condition

https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.as...cords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False

 

@John King go on to Vcoins in the advanced search select "ancient" coins and put in a $ value, say 10-50.