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<p>[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2544946, member: 76111"]Well the British Museum IMHO is the best history museum in the world. The exhibits are 1st rate, the artifacts one of a kind, and the scale amazing. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coins on display don't remotely do the collection justice. There is one room dedicated to money and only a portion of that is ancients. There are other ancient coins spread throughout the ancient artifact areas as supporting items to the overall display but you have to hunt for them. Still, it's amazing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I, however, made an appointment a few months ago and spent nearly 4 hours in the Coins and Medals study room going though trays of the BM's Roman Republicans under the watchful eye of BM staff. I handled several EID MAR's, multiple examples of Labienus, very rare aurei of Brutus, Marc Antony, Pompey Jr., etc. Yes, that rocked!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2544946, member: 76111"]Well the British Museum IMHO is the best history museum in the world. The exhibits are 1st rate, the artifacts one of a kind, and the scale amazing. The coins on display don't remotely do the collection justice. There is one room dedicated to money and only a portion of that is ancients. There are other ancient coins spread throughout the ancient artifact areas as supporting items to the overall display but you have to hunt for them. Still, it's amazing. I, however, made an appointment a few months ago and spent nearly 4 hours in the Coins and Medals study room going though trays of the BM's Roman Republicans under the watchful eye of BM staff. I handled several EID MAR's, multiple examples of Labienus, very rare aurei of Brutus, Marc Antony, Pompey Jr., etc. Yes, that rocked!![/QUOTE]
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