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<p>[QUOTE="dadams, post: 2581903, member: 82194"]Today was the capper to a stupendous week in the life of this new ancients convert, but let me start at the beginning . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>I've met some good cyber friends over the course of this year through discussion here and elsewhere and they have essentially converted me from being a US coin guy into a full fledged darksider and ancients dude. They've got me listening to <a href="http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html" rel="nofollow">The History of Rome</a> podcast series by Mike Duncan (THoR), reading Roman history books, and daily perusing this Ancients forum and all out trying to learn as much-as fast- as I can.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over on the CU forums [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] and [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] started this game called <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/965947/numismatic-gladiator-intro-index-thread" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/965947/numismatic-gladiator-intro-index-thread" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Gladiator</a> (NG) where the assignment to the selected gladiators is to battle it out by popular vote based upon a numismatic purchase. I came out on top in <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/964635/numismatic-gladiator-iii-andres-vs-dadams" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/964635/numismatic-gladiator-iii-andres-vs-dadams" rel="nofollow">NG III</a>, with the purchase of a US large cent. As the series of NG continued to play out, <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/969031/numismatic-gladiator-x-the-championship-round-all-past-champions-from-ng1-ng9-face-off" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/969031/numismatic-gladiator-x-the-championship-round-all-past-champions-from-ng1-ng9-face-off" rel="nofollow">NG X</a> was to be a championship round. Nine coin nerds duking it out with $10 or less purchases. I strayed way outside the realm of US coinage in this round and went with a Constantine I Campgate. I won, amazingly, and had my first ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip now a couple months . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>I've just finished reading "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the court of Nero" by James Romm and am up to the "Year of Four Emperors" in the THoR podcast and someone has seen my paltry 6 Roman coins and also knows I am about to begin on Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars".</p><p><br /></p><p>This, Tuesday I got a mysterious package in the mail - contained within:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_a-gift.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I won't mention who sent these coins, but it was one of the kindest and most generous gestures on their part to ensure that I had one of the 12 Caesars to hold in my hand as I read Suetonius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortuitously, I have been looking forward to this week long before the mysterious package arrived. Today I took a day off work.</p><p><br /></p><p>This morning I slept a touch late, got up, lazed around and by 9a or so was digging through piles of plastic slabs. I found what I was looking for and set them aside for later. By 11:30a I was at my daughters school to eat lunch with her and her 4th grade classmates. At 1:00p I was strolling up and down the aisles of <a href="http://houstoncoinshow.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://houstoncoinshow.org/" rel="nofollow">The Houston Money Show</a>. I proceeded over to Bruce Burton's Numismatic Literature booth as we are kindered bibliomanes and mentioned I was on the hunt for ancients. He recommended I go see his friend Nick along the far wall. We talked for a bit longer, but I had places to go and along the way I sold those plastic thingamajigs with a bit of ease and absolutely no regret.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the far aisle, I found Nick by the description Bruce had given. I stop and say hello and that I have a new found interest in ancients and that I've been learning about them quite a bit . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>ARRRGGGGHHH, $3,000, 650, 275, 6-10-12 thousand and more - I'm poor. It's actually quite busy at Nick's table so he mentions he has a discount box and that if I come back in a bit when it slows he'll let me look through it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Off I go.</p><p><br /></p><p>The far aisle here is where the ancients are hoarded and soon I land in front of <a href="http://www.bermania.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bermania.com/" rel="nofollow">Allen G. Berman</a>'s table. We talk for a few minutes (or longer) and finally he says to pull up a chair. "Do you want the under $50 box, or the over $50 box?" he said. "Um, how about the over $50 box" was my rather weak reply. Long double row boxes of ancients and the most I've laid eyes on in one place. We talk, I ask questions, he answers. I ask more questions, look through more boxes, ask more questions. A few people roll up to the table while I'm there and ask Allen to take a look at this or that and as I overhear him expound on coins in rapid fire talk I have no doubt I'm in the right place and won't hesitate to confirm Allen's deep wealth of knowledge in ancient and medieval coinage. I sat there and was graciously received, and taught, for almost an hour and a half and came away with a couple purchases:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_berman001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dealings wrapped up with Allen, I head back to see Nick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick, I learn, is Director of <a href="https://www.pegasionline.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pegasionline.com/" rel="nofollow">Pegasi Numismatics</a> and from all appearances I seem to be way out of my league here, yet nevertheless he is cordial and freely giving of his time with me. He asks what I am collecting and I sheepishly reply that my focus is non-extant at this point. I pepper him with questions, just as I did with Allen, and soon I realize he too is freely willing to educate me. I peruse the discount box and pull an Elagabalus AR Ant. and a Maximinus Thrax. These are price marked on the 2x2 insert and I was only expecting to purchase a single coin but when he quoted me the cost I eagerly accepted both:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_pegasi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A good day, a good week ... Thanks friends!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any example of a gifted coin or one that is special to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dadams, post: 2581903, member: 82194"]Today was the capper to a stupendous week in the life of this new ancients convert, but let me start at the beginning . . . I've met some good cyber friends over the course of this year through discussion here and elsewhere and they have essentially converted me from being a US coin guy into a full fledged darksider and ancients dude. They've got me listening to [URL='http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html']The History of Rome[/URL] podcast series by Mike Duncan (THoR), reading Roman history books, and daily perusing this Ancients forum and all out trying to learn as much-as fast- as I can. Over on the CU forums [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] and [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] started this game called [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/965947/numismatic-gladiator-intro-index-thread']Numismatic Gladiator[/URL] (NG) where the assignment to the selected gladiators is to battle it out by popular vote based upon a numismatic purchase. I came out on top in [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/964635/numismatic-gladiator-iii-andres-vs-dadams']NG III[/URL], with the purchase of a US large cent. As the series of NG continued to play out, [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/969031/numismatic-gladiator-x-the-championship-round-all-past-champions-from-ng1-ng9-face-off']NG X[/URL] was to be a championship round. Nine coin nerds duking it out with $10 or less purchases. I strayed way outside the realm of US coinage in this round and went with a Constantine I Campgate. I won, amazingly, and had my first ancient. Skip now a couple months . . . I've just finished reading "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the court of Nero" by James Romm and am up to the "Year of Four Emperors" in the THoR podcast and someone has seen my paltry 6 Roman coins and also knows I am about to begin on Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars". This, Tuesday I got a mysterious package in the mail - contained within: [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_a-gift.jpg[/IMG] I won't mention who sent these coins, but it was one of the kindest and most generous gestures on their part to ensure that I had one of the 12 Caesars to hold in my hand as I read Suetonius. Fortuitously, I have been looking forward to this week long before the mysterious package arrived. Today I took a day off work. This morning I slept a touch late, got up, lazed around and by 9a or so was digging through piles of plastic slabs. I found what I was looking for and set them aside for later. By 11:30a I was at my daughters school to eat lunch with her and her 4th grade classmates. At 1:00p I was strolling up and down the aisles of [URL='http://houstoncoinshow.org/']The Houston Money Show[/URL]. I proceeded over to Bruce Burton's Numismatic Literature booth as we are kindered bibliomanes and mentioned I was on the hunt for ancients. He recommended I go see his friend Nick along the far wall. We talked for a bit longer, but I had places to go and along the way I sold those plastic thingamajigs with a bit of ease and absolutely no regret. At the far aisle, I found Nick by the description Bruce had given. I stop and say hello and that I have a new found interest in ancients and that I've been learning about them quite a bit . . . ARRRGGGGHHH, $3,000, 650, 275, 6-10-12 thousand and more - I'm poor. It's actually quite busy at Nick's table so he mentions he has a discount box and that if I come back in a bit when it slows he'll let me look through it. Off I go. The far aisle here is where the ancients are hoarded and soon I land in front of [URL='http://www.bermania.com/']Allen G. Berman[/URL]'s table. We talk for a few minutes (or longer) and finally he says to pull up a chair. "Do you want the under $50 box, or the over $50 box?" he said. "Um, how about the over $50 box" was my rather weak reply. Long double row boxes of ancients and the most I've laid eyes on in one place. We talk, I ask questions, he answers. I ask more questions, look through more boxes, ask more questions. A few people roll up to the table while I'm there and ask Allen to take a look at this or that and as I overhear him expound on coins in rapid fire talk I have no doubt I'm in the right place and won't hesitate to confirm Allen's deep wealth of knowledge in ancient and medieval coinage. I sat there and was graciously received, and taught, for almost an hour and a half and came away with a couple purchases: [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_berman001.jpg[/IMG] Dealings wrapped up with Allen, I head back to see Nick. Nick, I learn, is Director of [URL='https://www.pegasionline.com/']Pegasi Numismatics[/URL] and from all appearances I seem to be way out of my league here, yet nevertheless he is cordial and freely giving of his time with me. He asks what I am collecting and I sheepishly reply that my focus is non-extant at this point. I pepper him with questions, just as I did with Allen, and soon I realize he too is freely willing to educate me. I peruse the discount box and pull an Elagabalus AR Ant. and a Maximinus Thrax. These are price marked on the 2x2 insert and I was only expecting to purchase a single coin but when he quoted me the cost I eagerly accepted both: [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/tn_pegasi.jpg[/IMG] A good day, a good week ... Thanks friends! Please post any example of a gifted coin or one that is special to you.[/QUOTE]
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