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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 14820236, member: 10461&quot;]… was an ancient, albeit a rather modestly priced one.&nbsp; I liked the patina on it, and had been feeling the lack of any Judaean coinage in my collection for a while.&nbsp; I got this one at a slight discount from the marked price.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1532198[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1532200[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1532199[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t foresee myself getting heavily into Judaean coins, but the Bar Kochba and Jewish War coinages (and the siege of Masada and all that), have piqued my interest for a little while.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer, Tom Wood, is a new friend I hit it off with immediately.&nbsp; I even had dinner Friday night with him and some some of his friends.&nbsp; I thought I might run into some of my old friends but that didn’t happen so much on Friday- so I just made some new ones. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’m using Tom’s table as my base of operations while at the show.&nbsp; I might buy another coin from him today (Saturday), but the one in his additional inventory that I have my eye on is a US colonial and not an ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- my ongoing semi-live walkabout report from the show is here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-show-orlando-2023.402155/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-show-orlando-2023.402155/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-show-orlando-2023.402155/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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