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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1903844, member: 44132"]I've always collected some sort of coin. When I was very young (8 or so), I searched along with all my friends for a 1909 S VDB, but, of course, I never found one. Then I moved on to Barber Nickels and Liberty Dimes. In my teens I was very interested in literature, especially Shakespeare, and was hooked on Roman history from the play The Death of Julius Caesar. I even named my son Mark Anthony (how geeky is that?). While living in Germany in the mid to late 70's, I visited Rome and Trier to mention a couple of Roman historical places, which also re-energized my interest in Roman history. Finally, in 1981 I purchased my first Roman coin. A Mark Anthony Legionary Denarius which I still own today. Needless to say, the rest is history. I now have a fairly large collection of Roman Imperial coins, and I've branched out recently to collecting Roman Republican and Greek coins when I can find any I can afford.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]325745[/ATTACH]</p><p>MARCUS ANTONIUS AR Denarius </p><p>OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow REVERSE: LEG XI, eagle between standards </p><p>Patrae 32-31 BC </p><p>3.05g, 16mm </p><p>RSC 27[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1903844, member: 44132"]I've always collected some sort of coin. When I was very young (8 or so), I searched along with all my friends for a 1909 S VDB, but, of course, I never found one. Then I moved on to Barber Nickels and Liberty Dimes. In my teens I was very interested in literature, especially Shakespeare, and was hooked on Roman history from the play The Death of Julius Caesar. I even named my son Mark Anthony (how geeky is that?). While living in Germany in the mid to late 70's, I visited Rome and Trier to mention a couple of Roman historical places, which also re-energized my interest in Roman history. Finally, in 1981 I purchased my first Roman coin. A Mark Anthony Legionary Denarius which I still own today. Needless to say, the rest is history. I now have a fairly large collection of Roman Imperial coins, and I've branched out recently to collecting Roman Republican and Greek coins when I can find any I can afford. [ATTACH=full]325745[/ATTACH] MARCUS ANTONIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow REVERSE: LEG XI, eagle between standards Patrae 32-31 BC 3.05g, 16mm RSC 27[/QUOTE]
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