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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2890232, member: 19463&quot;]Just in case anyone reading this does not know:</p><p><i>Limes</i> (lee-mace) is the Latin word for limits or borders.&nbsp; The bronze copies of coins that should be silver tend to be found in the far reaches of the empire or past the borders where people may have experienced the concept of money but not be terribly familiar with all the details.&nbsp; Some people believe that the coins might have been made to fill in for silver coins where it was desirable not to have the real thing possibly fall into enemy hands. We simply do not know. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those of us who have collected these coins for a while and been reading Coin Talk for a while often slip into a lingo filled with abbreviations and terms we expect others to know.&nbsp; While we welcome new participants, our main purpose for being here is not to simplify everything so everyone, including those who have no idea what an ancient coin is, can read and understand every word.&nbsp; We are happy to answer questions and make clear things that get lost in the lingo but after you type antoninianus a few times you may understand why &quot;ant&quot; has appeal.&nbsp; The one I can not explain is this &#039;roach&#039; obsession.&nbsp; Sometime not long ago someone on Coin Talk commented that coins of Gordian III were as common as cockroaches and it grew into an &#039;in&#039; joke that will not die.&nbsp; There are many coins more common but they, so far, have been spared the humor of this group. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have posted many times the link to my page on vocabulary and am sure those who have been reading here and care have already seen it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also have discovered that posting links is terribly old fashioned and Googling terms like &#039;vocabulary ancient coins&#039; will lead to my pages and other helpful places to learn thing that would be helpful.&nbsp; Typing in &#039;ftr coins&#039; produces links answering that one but ant and roach searches are still a bit buggy. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]694367[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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