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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3593261, member: 85693&quot;]Wow.&nbsp; What fun that will be...I don&#039;t know much about this kind of material, but a lot like that would sure inspire me to learn more. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I am worried about just how many coins were minted in ancient times and just how many survive.&nbsp; As metal detecting gets better, and more people inhabit the earth...</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a plus for me - 52,000 Indo-Greek drachms hitting the market ought to bring the price down<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of hoards, in that random way Wikipedia has about it sometimes, I came across a separate article for the Upchurch Hoard of sestertii.&nbsp; Nice picture too.&nbsp; But at 37 coins, it&#039;s a bit of a puzzle why it warranted a separate article (not that I am complaining - I was happy to stumble across it).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch_Hoard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch_Hoard" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch_Hoard</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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