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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2117160, member: 24544&quot;]These are my first ancient coins.&nbsp; Just a little history, I collected large cents for around 3 year, mainly late dates by die variety.&nbsp; I have been interested in ancients for a while, but never took the plunge until this Baltimore show.&nbsp; I picked up three coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Alexander the Great tetradrachm, Price 2710 - Western Asia Minor mint 323-280. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]400983[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]400984[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The next two are roman sestertius, I just can&#039;t get away from copper!</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Antoninus Pius Sestertius, Laureate head right, securitas seated left - my attribution is RIC 967, but I bought it unattributed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]400985[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]400986[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3) Gordian III Sestertius, Laureate, draped/cuirassed head right, Laetitia standing left holding wreath and anchor - RIC IViii 300a:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]400987[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]400988[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, I am very excited about my new coins and collecting ancients in general.&nbsp; I would like to focus more on these two areas, greek tetradrachm and roman sestertius, but we will see how budget constraints and changing interests play out in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any feedback on the coins would be appreciated, I&#039;m new to this area and constructive criticism is welcome.&nbsp; Additionally, if anyone wants to check the attribution on the sestertius that would be great, I bought both unattributed and did the work with ERIC II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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