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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 740240, member: 19463&quot;]When it comes to being inexpensive, there are examples in each of the categories.&nbsp; You hear about ancient Greek silver that sells for thousands but there are little Greek bronzes that are available in quantity for little money.&nbsp; Most of the cheap ones are from cities you have not heard of (Athens costs more) and many are a bit ugly but even the ones offered on eBay are usually genuine (as opposed to the large Greek silver which is very attractive to fakers).&nbsp; Some are a bit hard to identify.&nbsp; There are interesting people represented on coins of India, the Sassanian Empire and other far off places if you are willing to stretch your definition of &#039;ancient&#039; into the medieval period and are not bothered by legends in languages you did not know existed.&nbsp; When it comes to old and cheap, there is always China and other places that made millions of &#039;cash&#039; (round coins with square holes).&nbsp; Real ones abound and fakes are even more numerous so care is suggested.&nbsp; In general, if a coin is beautiful, interesting and rare there are fakes.&nbsp; We are even getting fakes of late Roman bronzes so it is best to buy from trusted sources but quite a collection of genuine coins over a thousand years old can be built in the $5 to $50 range.&nbsp; Just don&#039;t expect to find $500 stuff in the $5-50 box.&nbsp; Have fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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