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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2862231, member: 74712&quot;]Since I&#039;m taking the day off sick, I have some time for Coin Talk!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a high school history teacher, and the only courses I teach are Ancient &amp; Medieval history, and a section of AP European History.&nbsp; My schedule is overloaded this year, hence why I haven&#039;t been too active lately (I&#039;ve seriously been coming home each day and working to 9 or 10...).</p><p><br /></p><p>My doctorate was on the Normans in the 12th century, so that is what I primarily focus on in my Collecting in addition to related 12th century Coins (plus anything else that catches my fancy).&nbsp; For Ancients, I enjoy Coins I can use in my classroom to illustrate history (so lots related to the Silk Road and developments along it), but I also have a personal affinity to the Coins of Caracalla.&nbsp; I&#039;m slowly building a portrait collection in denariis, and then grabbing the odd provincial coins too.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, here are some of my recent purchases related to my Collecting areas:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]682086[/ATTACH] </p><p>Norman Italy - Sicily</p><p>Roger II, r. 1130-1154 (1130-8)</p><p>AE Follaro, 15.47 mm x 1.4 grams</p><p>Obv.: Ρ/Ο/ΓΕ/ΡΙ/Ο Ρ/Η/Σ (Vertically, Σ Retrograde). Roger standing with scepter in right hand</p><p>Rev.: +IC+XC+NI+KA around cross patent</p><p>Ref.: NCKS 226, [MEC 14, 177]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]682088[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p>Caracalla, r. 198-217 (215 A.D.)</p><p>Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 19.52 mm x 3.43 grams</p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate Head right</p><p>Rev.: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Pax standing left, branch in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left</p><p>Ref.: RIC IV-1 Caracalla 268 p. 251[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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