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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 5301277, member: 109731&quot;]For me thems is fightin&#039; words.... </p><p><br /></p><p>Just kidding, but you highlighted three areas I collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I began with late Roman bronzes and that is still my main focus.&nbsp; I will admit that there is little variation in the busts compared to earlier, but there is still interesting detail.&nbsp; And as for the reverses....</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited - forum rules</span></p><p><br /></p><p>While collecting late Roman coins I bought a few large lots of uncleaned from Jordan and Israel.&nbsp; These lots contained a wide variety of ancient and medieval coinage of the region including Islamic coins.&nbsp; That started me on the collection study of these coins.&nbsp; Sure there are few will anything except Islamic writing, and most collectors can&#039;t read that.&nbsp; But that doesn&#039;t mean there isn&#039;t interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I started collecting Chinese coins after picking up an old string while on a business trip to PRC.&nbsp; My collection has since grown to several thousand.&nbsp; I have gone through several stages.&nbsp; First I just wanted to ID the various types.&nbsp; Learn the characters and see which Emperors, etc.&nbsp; Then I discovered that there were many minor variations in the calligraphy that have been tracked and catalogued in the East fo centuries.&nbsp; I am still sorting my coins by these variations.&nbsp; Finally, having bought some coins from SE Asia I discovered that coins with a specific set of characters my be official Chinese, Chinese imitations, Japanese copies, Japanese export coins (Nagasaki exports), Vietnamese copies of Chinese, Vietnamese copies of Japanese, tiny Vietnamese imitations and Javanese lead and tin copies.&nbsp; Size, weight, material and character style all play a role in identification.</p><p><br /></p><p>How can all of that not be fun??</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, new areas of coinage lead to new historical reading, enhancing the interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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