My first ancient

Very nice, this was my first:

 

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Very nice also. Thanks for sharing.

 

Have one almost like that, but it is a fouree. Doing this has made me think about coins that have not been on my mind in a long time.

 

An Aurelian ant. Restitut Orbis reverse. From an unknown dealer at an annual coin show near Fargo, ND in high school (?). Long gone but the Aurelian vs Zenobia saga made for a great (A+), illustrated world history paper!

 

I really can’t remember the details of my first Roman Coin. It was eighty years ago (1939) that an uncle brought me a gift of what I think was a small late Empire coin when he visited us. Of course, there was no internet in those days and I didn’t own any coin books in order to research it, so after a quick in hand examination I put it in my “odds and sods” drawer. We were reading “Caesar in Gaul” at school in those days and I was infused with a love of (especially British) Roman history. The War put my interest in coins on the back burner for the duration. I didn’t become an actual coin collector until after the War was over. The first coin I bought then was an Augustus “altar at Lugdunum” As.

Caveat: the above is as I remember it, but it was so long ago and my memory is, at best, fragile now.

 

Coins have helped my mind stay young, it's my eyes that are paying a price.

 

haha..i can relate, i remember griping at the seller cause i thought he cheated me out of some bronze on those Ae2's...><

 

Who can ever forget their first?

Mine was a humble Arcadius back in '99.

 

Always good to see you around @Ancientnoob !

 

Its good to be back around. Thanks bud.

 

My 1st ancient from around 1982 was also a stater from Corinth. wow

Doug

 

Wow! That's a very interesting story!

I honestly would have been afraid to have even touched it for fear that it somehow was part of all those "weird shenanigan's" that were going on in that house! Lol. Seriously! When I was 16 (in the late 70's), I remember some lady telling me back then that she had been involved with the occult, but had recently (at the time) gotten out of it. She wouldn't even accept used or gifted items for fear that a demon had attached itself to it. Lol. She scared the life out of me telling me that at 16! Thankfully, I learned that MY GOD, was much stronger than any evil spirit that stuck itself to some object!

That's an awesome coin!

 

My First Ancients, $250USD in-hand, fully loaded cost.


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