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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4259287, member: 110350&quot;]Welcome, Herodotus! I&#039;m a relatively new member here myself:&nbsp; I joined on January 29, but already have 236 posts and comments, so, yes, it&#039;s addictive!</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m also a relatively recent active collector of ancient coins.&nbsp; I bought a few terribly worn LRBs when I was 9 or 10 years old, and then as an adult bought a total of about 8 or 9 Greek and Roman coins over the 30-year period from 1986 though 2015 (while also being a somewhat regular collector of antiquities), but in terms of numismatics primarily collected British coins and historical medals during that period.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to sell most of that collection (although I kept the antiquities!), and when I began collecting coins again in 2017 I switched to ancient coins, since I&#039;d always found them interesting even though I hadn&#039;t bought many of them over the years.&nbsp; My collection is still tiny compared to many of the members here -- only about 110 ancient coins in total.&nbsp; And I&#039;m always slightly embarrassed to act as if I really know very much or as if I have a decent collection, but it&#039;s amazing how much I&#039;ve managed to learn in just a few years from reading about and looking at images of ancient coins, and even just in the couple of months I&#039;ve been here.&nbsp; (I&#039;m in awe of the collective knowledge and expertise -- and helpfulness -- of the other members.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I&#039;ve found that this is the one place in the world where I can talk about and show off the ancient coins I do have without being concerned that people&#039;s eyes are going to glaze over after about 60 seconds!&nbsp; Even my son, an Art History PhD student, has a limited tolerance for the subject.&nbsp; Plus, for whatever reason, it seems to be viewed as somewhat &quot;weird&quot; in general for women to interested in numismatics or to collect coins as a hobby, which creates even more of a disincentive to talk about my interest in the subject.&nbsp; Although I do think perhaps that&#039;s less true of ancient coins than other areas of coin collecting, given the substantial overlap with history, archaeology, and art history, all of which are fields in which women are strongly represented.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, here&#039;s my one Seleucid coin, which I acquired in the recent Frank Robinson auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>Syria, Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypon) Tetradrachm, 109-96 BCE Antioch Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right / Rev. Zeus Nikephoros seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and scepter in left, P/E/A to outer left, monogram below throne; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ; all within laurel wreath. Selecuid Coins [SC] Pt. 2, 2309; Seleucid Coins Online [same] (available at <a href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);</a> Hoover HGC 9, 1200; Newell SMA 405, SNG Israel 2554-55.&nbsp; 27 mm., 16.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin does not have an elephant on it, of course, but here&#039;s a Roman coin with an elephant:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AR Antoninianus, ca. 247 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, &amp; cuirassed bust right, IMP PHILIPPVS AVG/ Rev. Elephant walking left, bearing driver holding goad, AETERNITAS AVGG. RIC IV-3 58, RSC IV 17.&nbsp; 23 mm., 4.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1085724[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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