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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 2861693, member: 21445&quot;]I&#039;m Mat, I am 38 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Been collecting coins since 1986, got into ancients around 2010 due to buying my first one here on cointalk from a former poster. Since then ancient&#039;s have been my main collecting interest in the coin world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started out collecting the Roman Empresses but I am mainly a scatter collector, I buy whatever fits my budget &amp; its appeal to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last few years I have branched more into Roman Tetradrachms. No particular reason really.</p><p><br /></p><p>A sample of one of my Tetradrachms.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs26.postimg.org%2Fz8e1fo2u1%2Fphiltet2.jpg&amp;hash=2b592bd1b39a51f34146462b9f4d56bb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip I (244 - 249 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billion Tetradrachm</p><p>O: A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC EVC, laureate and draped bust right.</p><p>R: Alexandria standing left, facing, clothed in elephant hide, holding stalks in hand, vixellium in other, L-Δ in field.</p><p>Year 4 = 246-247 AD</p><p>23.5mm</p><p>13.9g</p><p>Alexandria 4853; Dattari 2725, Emmett # 3468</p><p><br /></p><p>Very Rare</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also collect medieval and world moderns, especially when some areas of ancients I collect are in a drought or if budget is tighter than usual at a given time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect due to my love of history &amp; they&#039;re little arts of work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other things I collect are toys, autographs, comic books, fossils, various pop culture memorabilia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Favorite food is Pizza, filipino food, &amp; anything shoved in a sausage casing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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