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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 5349429, member: 116315&quot;]I began collecting ancients a few months ago, so I think I still qualify as a new collector.</p><p>I have always been fascinated by ancient history, and I had been collecting world coins for a few years, so this spring, with not much else to do, since I was stuck at home because of the pandemic, I went on the internet and purchased some uncleaned Roman coins. While there wasn&#039;t anything special in those lots, it was still a very fun experience, and in the span of a few weeks I had already learnt a lot through various websites and I had also begun working on specializing in the coinage of the Crisis of the Third Century and of the Late Empire in general.</p><p>There are a few reasons that made me switch from modern coins to ancient ones: first of all, I think that it&#039;s very immersive to hold in hand artifacts belonging to a time period you like, and I also love the fact that each one of your coins has a story that stretches back thousands of years - the legends, the deisgns and the metal composition all allow you to draw a picture of the time period a coin belongs to. Modern coins, while undoubtedly pretty and well-made, don&#039;t have the same effect, at least on me. Secondly, I feel like that collecting ancient coins is something way more vibrant than modern ones, because there&#039;s always an element of mistery and discovery, and few things are as thrilling as finding a rare variant that might not come up again for sale for a very long time.</p><p>Despite the fact that my coin collection has been growing steadily, I still don&#039;t have any physical reference books. I think that Sear&#039;s book, in particular, would prove to be especially useful, since it lists most of the various legends and designs in one accessible and easy-to-use volume, and I also believe that it would look very impressive on any library. I&#039;d also really enjoy getting a few more unattributed coins to work on, since it&#039;s something that, while very enjoyable, I haven&#039;t done in quite a while. </p><p>I&#039;d like to thank both [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] and [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] for the opportunity of participating in this contest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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