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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 5310384, member: 42034&quot;]They always say to buy the book 1st which I never did.&nbsp; I was always worried that the coins I was chasing would rise in price too fast and if I slowed down to buy the book I&#039;d miss them.&nbsp; Now 30 years later I can definitely say some books help.</p><p><br /></p><p>I myself avoid Ebay due to the amount of time required to weed out overpriced garbage &amp; counterfeits.&nbsp; The major auctions will be okay for authenticity.&nbsp; Once the vaccine&#039;s out and people start attending shows again, consider going to a major ancients auction in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>There you can see what the stuff actually looks like.&nbsp; Some coins may not seem impressive but then when you see them in person you can see how big they are &amp; other aspects not captured in photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also sometimes they provide nice dinners during the auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also you can read history books of periods that you like, then become a bit of a specialist in those areas.&nbsp; Like Conan the Cimmerian/Barbarian for example.&nbsp; Cimmerian coins exist and they are the nomadic destroyers portrayed in the films.&nbsp; Their coins are pretty rare too [I don&#039;t own one] -- as well as being gold or electrum I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic (Egyptian) coins used to be kinda dead but interest is growing in those.&nbsp; They have the uniform tendency to make the biggest stuff they can, no matter what it is.&nbsp; Biggest pyramids, big [somewhat cheap] silver dekadrachms, biggest copper coins: only matched by the Aes Graves, and biggest gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Ptolemaic silver coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224184[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #006600">Ptolemy V, r 204 - 181 BC, maker of the Rosetta Stone,</span></p><p><span style="color: #006600">silver tetradrachm, 13.99 g</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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