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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3874484, member: 81887&quot;]I spent much of today at the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo, arriving around 10:45 AM and leaving about 4:15 PM, with only a short break for lunch about 2 PM.&nbsp; Overall, the show seemed pretty active, with most of the dealers that I checked out (mainly in the Ancients and World sections) having at least one customer most of the time.&nbsp; Had good conversations with a number of dealers, especially Tom Wood of Ephesus Numismatics and Allen G. Berman.&nbsp; (Tom Wood was especially talkative, and we had a good discussion of Nabataean history, numismatic references, and more.)&nbsp; I bought quite a few coins, none of them budget-busters but lots of very decent, meat-and-potatoes (by my standards) coins, plus some cheap ones just for fun.&nbsp; I took quick photos of all of them to share here.&nbsp; I apologize for the poor photo quality, but a) I was rushed, and b) it&#039;s already past sunset, so I couldn&#039;t use sunlight as I usually do for my coin photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, three silver drachms from Allen G. Berman: Sasanian, Parthian, and Hephthalite.&nbsp; The Sasanian is an unusual mint (which needs further research) and the Parthian is a somewhat scarcer variety.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023513[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next, four coins: an early Nabataean from Ephesus Numismatics, a Greek silver drachm from Harlan J. Berk&#039;s $15 junk box, and two coins from Marcos Xagoraris of Aristos Ancients: a Parthian tetradrachm of Gotarzes II with interesting doubling on the reverse, and an Undo-Scythian of Azes II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023514[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next, four coins from Donald Zauche: A Roman Republican denarius depicting the Nabatean king with a camel, bronze of Hieron II of Syracuse, Sicily, a modern of Tipu Sultan of Mysore in India who was one of the strongest opponents of British colonization, and a tiny bronze of Norman Sicily with Arabic inscription on the reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; (The denarius and the Tipu Sultan coin changed places between photos because... I was testing to see if people were paying attention.&nbsp; Yes, let&#039;s go with that explanation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023515[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought five coins from Georges Tambakopoulos of Tamco Numismatics, three Parthian and two Sasanian. Only the leftmost Parthian was ID&#039;d and sold individually, the other coins were from pick-your-own lots.&nbsp; The two other Parthian coins were chosen for rare mintmarks, while the Sasanians were chosen for nice, clear strikes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023516[/ATTACH] </p><p>And finally, a group of 14 modern coins I picked from a $2 each junk box.&nbsp; My initial IDs show 3 Canadian bank tokens, three from Indian states (including one jital), two Chinese, two Russian, and one each from Brazil, Japan, Burma, and the Papal States.&nbsp; These should be fun to try and fully ID and catalogue on&nbsp; a rainy (or snowy) afternoon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023525[/ATTACH] </p><p>So, as you can see I had quite a productive day at the show, and am now tired but happy.&nbsp; I would love to hear from anyone else who attended the show (on any day), so please post your impressions and haul photos here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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