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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 4923515, member: 72790&quot;]Studying ancient coins is an interest of a lifetime, a long lifetime. Like you, I started collecting USA, which at the time&nbsp; (late 1950&#039;s) offered a lot right out of circulation. I once found a 42/41 Mercury dime out of my father&#039;s pocket change. But I was lucky enough to have an interest in Ancient History from my high school which still required taking Latin and my university encouraged studying the Classical languages and history, so, I started into ancient coins many decades ago. All my coins and currency of every period found use in my teaching later on. After all these decades, about 60 years, I still cannot consider myself an &quot;expert&quot; in ancient coins, just a somewhat informed, but still avid, tyro collector and student of that coinage. There is such a fascination in viewing and handling coins that may have been payed to mercenary soldiers in the service of Alexander, or a legionary of Trajan, or humble coins buying guarum or posca in a taberna and then surviving many, many centuries in an amphora or drainage ditch to reach us, courtesy of a metal detector or subway extension, that I cannot help but wonder who used these coins, for what purpose and how did they get into that amphora or drainage ditch. No, you may never become an &#039;expert&#039; in ancient numismatics but you will never be bored trying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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