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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 2924626, member: 87200"]Also my interest in history piqued my interest in coins. I stumbled upon a coin shop in Aiea, Hawaii when I was 11 and they were selling ancients, with probably 20 on display at any given time. I was struck by how one could purchase roman coins for $20-$80 with some of the most famous emperors. </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest in history right now is focused on reading the original sources - Plutarch, Ammianus, Cassius Dio, the Historia Augusta, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Josephus, Eusebius, the Alexiad (Byzantine) of Anna Comnena, and so on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 2924626, member: 87200"]Also my interest in history piqued my interest in coins. I stumbled upon a coin shop in Aiea, Hawaii when I was 11 and they were selling ancients, with probably 20 on display at any given time. I was struck by how one could purchase roman coins for $20-$80 with some of the most famous emperors. My interest in history right now is focused on reading the original sources - Plutarch, Ammianus, Cassius Dio, the Historia Augusta, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Josephus, Eusebius, the Alexiad (Byzantine) of Anna Comnena, and so on.[/QUOTE]
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