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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3716818, member: 14873"]Actually that was too terse a response [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] for you asked for some commentary. As I posted previously, I can carry twenty coins in my shoulder bag with me wherever I go:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]996306[/ATTACH]</p><p>Which provides great security and allows me to fondle, admire and study my coins wherever I go (now mostly Doctor’s offices, medical clinics, pharmacies, etc.). The last time I posted this pic that rascal [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] counted the number of coins in the Bag (21) and wrote ………</p><p><br /></p><p>“James, you sneaky devil. I count 21 coins in your (edited:bag)”</p><p><br /></p><p>……… which forced me to admit I was carrying a “reserve” coin in the extra pocket. Well, [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER], there is now a new “reserve” coin - what do you think it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I have lined up enough research and reading material pertaining to those twenty coins and their historical associations to last me ten years — I intend to read, reread and study all of the wonderful Mattingly introductions to the BMCRE volumes; same with the Sutherland introductory chapters to RIC volume VI and VII; the research writings of Bastien; all of the major biographies of the Julio-Claudians, Flavians and the Tetrarchs; the annotated panegyrics of the Tetrarchs …………… and so on and so on. And I intend to keep adding to, and updating, my web pages and composing new ones. When the ten years that I have allocated to this project have passed I will be 100 years old and there should have been enough new books and reference material published during that time to keep me going for at least a few more years! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Added via Edit: And I will frequently break away from the reading and research during that time in order to render calligraphy and bind books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3716818, member: 14873"]Actually that was too terse a response [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] for you asked for some commentary. As I posted previously, I can carry twenty coins in my shoulder bag with me wherever I go: [ATTACH=full]996306[/ATTACH] Which provides great security and allows me to fondle, admire and study my coins wherever I go (now mostly Doctor’s offices, medical clinics, pharmacies, etc.). The last time I posted this pic that rascal [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] counted the number of coins in the Bag (21) and wrote ……… “James, you sneaky devil. I count 21 coins in your (edited:bag)” ……… which forced me to admit I was carrying a “reserve” coin in the extra pocket. Well, [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER], there is now a new “reserve” coin - what do you think it is? I think I have lined up enough research and reading material pertaining to those twenty coins and their historical associations to last me ten years — I intend to read, reread and study all of the wonderful Mattingly introductions to the BMCRE volumes; same with the Sutherland introductory chapters to RIC volume VI and VII; the research writings of Bastien; all of the major biographies of the Julio-Claudians, Flavians and the Tetrarchs; the annotated panegyrics of the Tetrarchs …………… and so on and so on. And I intend to keep adding to, and updating, my web pages and composing new ones. When the ten years that I have allocated to this project have passed I will be 100 years old and there should have been enough new books and reference material published during that time to keep me going for at least a few more years! :) Added via Edit: And I will frequently break away from the reading and research during that time in order to render calligraphy and bind books.[/QUOTE]
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