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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2904185, member: 81887&quot;]I had an inauspicious start to my show day.&nbsp; I had some last-minute dental work (filling a cavity) at 9 AM, so when I arrived at the show at 11 AM half my mouth was still numb.&nbsp; I then ended up spending over half my show budget at the first table I stopped at, but I don&#039;t really regret it.&nbsp; At that table (Del Parker, who I hadn&#039;t dealt with before) I bought a silver stater of Arados in Phoenicia.&nbsp; It&#039;s a quality coin (see photo below) with a CNG pedigree, and I don&#039;t know when I&#039;ll find another that I like as much, so I snapped it up. I spent until about 1 PM on the bourse, then went to the lobby for a quick lunch, then some more bourse time before leaving at around 3 PM.&nbsp; I probably would have stayed a bit longer, but my money had run out.&nbsp; Some random observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>-Had a good conversation with Brian Kritt about the history of Carrhae and about his work on Seleucid and early Parthian chronology.&nbsp; I ended up buying his book &quot;New Discoveries in Bactrian Numismatics&quot;, which he autographed for me.&nbsp; Still haven&#039;t bought any coins from him, but he recognized me from previous shows, and I will certainly keep him in mind in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>-I was impressed at how even the big-name dealers were willing to take time to talk individually with me, even when I ended up buying little or nothing from them.&nbsp; Harlan J. Berk spent some time with me going through his junk box, commenting on various coins as I went along.&nbsp; Shanna Schmidt was very friendly, and when I put away the $1,500 Ephesus stater I was examining with the explanation &quot;I can either buy this coin, or pay my rent this month&quot; she interjected &quot;Pay your rent first!&quot; and made sure to give me her business card.&nbsp; I remember this sort of customer service, and will be sure to visit these dealers at future shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Overall attendance seems pretty good, with customers present at most tables in the morning/early afternoon, and a bit fewer later.&nbsp; Allen Berman said he was having a good show, as proved by how disorganized his space had become.</p><p><br /></p><p>-I saw someone in the crowd who I&#039;m 99% sure was [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER].&nbsp; I almost called out his name, just to be sure, but decided not to.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I took some quick pictures of all my coins from today; better pictures and full descriptions will follow for some.&nbsp; First, my main ancients: Sasanian drachm of Khusro II, the Arados stater, a small Parthian bronze with caduceus reverse, and a bronze of Khusro II from when the Sasanians briefly captured Alexandria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700134[/ATTACH] </p><p>Some cheaper ancients: two $22 junk box finds from Harlan J. Berk (an Indian punch mark coin that I will have fun identifying, and a Roman Republican denarius featuring Marsyas) and two $25 coins from The Time Machine (drachm of Bukhara c. 775-785 with very abstracted Sasanian-inspired design, and square drachm of the Indo-Greek Philoxenos, who I recently posted a bronze of):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700135[/ATTACH] </p><p>Modern coins and tokens.&nbsp; A US Hard Times Token of 1837 with political designs and inscriptions, a 1938 German 5 marks featuring Paul von Hindenburg, and an early Soviet Union coin featuring a heroic proletarian blacksmith:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700141[/ATTACH] </p><p>Some miscellaneous world coins that were just $1 each:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700142[/ATTACH] </p><p>And some even more miscellaneous world coins and tokens at $2 each:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700145[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hope you enjoyed my little recap.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to hear other CoinTalkers&#039; experiences at the Baltimore show this weekend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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