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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4255600, member: 111387&quot;]Greetings,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am (username)Herodotus.&nbsp; I have an ancients problem/addiction.&nbsp; It started only a couple of short months ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What began as a desire in acquiring a few Roman Imperial coins has evolved into an obsession.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had an interest in antiquity for quite some time.&nbsp; The recent thought of owning some coins of a few Roman emperors seemed kind of neat.&nbsp; Little did I know that I would go on an acquisition spree that has now also included Republican, Imperatorial, as well as much Greek and some Byzantine coinage in turn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my interest in collecting ancients began as a child growing up in the 1980s collecting/trading baseball cards.&nbsp; The new common shiny cards of contemporary players of the time held much less interest for me than the older more vintage cards.&nbsp; I soon found myself trading my multiples of Jose Canseco, Dwight Gooden and Don Mattingly for Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron cards.&nbsp; I even held the lofty goal to acquire every Topps year of Hank Aaron, but soon came to the realization that his rookie card (and earlier career cards) were going to be way out of my financial reach as a young pre-teenager.&nbsp; I did however go so far as to meet Hank Aaron at a trading show, where he personally signed one of my cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to recent times...</p><p><br /></p><p>Having found this board through image links to threads during my quest(s) to attribute coins, I&#039;ve become a passive observer over the last several weeks. AKA &#039;Short-time lurker, 1st-time poster&#039;.&nbsp; I&#039;ve enjoyed many threads(archived and new), and have learned a bunch from the knowledgeable posters here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been a little hesitant to join, due to this forum being akin to going to a bar/pub, instead of the support group I desperately need to quell my addiction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m finding myself looking for more and more unidentified(or partially identified) lots, as attribution has been so stimulating and rewarding for me.&nbsp; I recently received a large lot of bronze Seleukid coins, and have been like a kid in a toy store figuring out each one -- at times with limited identifiable features.&nbsp; &quot;Yep that&#039;s a turreted Tyche, or an ivy adorned Dionysus, a laureate bust of Apollo, Alexander wearing a lionskin, or Athena donning a Corinthian helmet.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Is that a spiked Macedonian helmet on the reverse? Some sort of animal, A bull?&nbsp; A ram?&nbsp; Is that winged figure holding Nike? A cornucopia?&nbsp; Seated on an omphalos?&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I must admit, researching more about the histories represented behind each coin etc. has been fulfilling.</p><p><br /></p><p>As one may say, I&#039;ve been bit by the bug.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, to keep this to a limited read, as well as it would be uncouth to not post a picture of a coin on a coin forum.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one that I&#039;m really enjoying at this very moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please pardon my photo skills. Improving them is likely the next step down the rabbit hole of my newfound addiction...&nbsp; As will be obtaining a scale and calipers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post any Seleukid coins, elephant coins, or coins that one is really enjoying at this particular moment in time.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://srv2.imgonline.com.ua/result_img/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1DgKuvkVsm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. </b>145-142 BC. Antioch mint. Diademed and radiate head right / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPIFANOUS [D]IONUSOU, elephant standing left, holding torch in trunk; STA above control mark (star) in left field. SNG Spaer 1774; Houghton 249. About VF, dark green-brown earthen deposit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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