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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2635900, member: 75937"]What should a new ancient coin collector avoid? E-bay. Until you have an experienced eye for fakes and bad deals, avoid it like the plague.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's always a good idea to read about the hobby before starting. Some good beginner books are:</p><p><br /></p><p>John Fox's <i><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-How-Collect-Them/dp/0582503094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735520&sr=8-1&keywords=Fox+roman+coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smile.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-How-Collect-Them/dp/0582503094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735520&sr=8-1&keywords=Fox+roman+coins" rel="nofollow">Roman Coins and How to Collect Them</a></i></p><p>Wayne Sayles's <i><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-v-1/dp/087341442X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735588&sr=8-1&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Ancient+COins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-v-1/dp/087341442X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735588&sr=8-1&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Ancient+COins" rel="nofollow">Ancient Coin Collecting</a></i> and <i><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-III-Propaganda/dp/0873415337/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735674&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Roman+Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-III-Propaganda/dp/0873415337/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735674&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Roman+Coins" rel="nofollow">Ancient Coin Collecting III: The Roman World: Politics and Propaganda</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Some excellent online resources include:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>--which is a virtual catalog of ancient coins</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/ancient-2.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/ancient-2.aspx" rel="nofollow">V-coins</a>--which is an online shopping mall of reputable coin dealers</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/" rel="nofollow">Warren Esty's website</a>--which is very informative and fun to browse</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">Doug Smith's website</a>--which is also very informative and fun to browse</p><p><a href="http://coinproject.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinproject.com/" rel="nofollow">Coin Project</a>--which is a Wildwinds-like online catalog</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/index.html" rel="nofollow">Acsearchinfo</a>--which is a searchable auction results database</p><p><br /></p><p>You can read issues of the now defunct ancient coin collecting magazine, The Celator, online <a href="https://community.vcoins.com/author/thecelator/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.vcoins.com/author/thecelator/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>As to what to collect, there are all sorts of things in the field of ancient Roman numismatics:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican Coins </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580777[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Early Roman Imperial Coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580782[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Second and third century Imperial coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580784[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580785[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]580786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of usupers and breakaway empires:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580788[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]580789[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And coins of the late Roman, Christian era:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580792[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2635900, member: 75937"]What should a new ancient coin collector avoid? E-bay. Until you have an experienced eye for fakes and bad deals, avoid it like the plague. It's always a good idea to read about the hobby before starting. Some good beginner books are: John Fox's [I][URL='https://smile.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-How-Collect-Them/dp/0582503094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735520&sr=8-1&keywords=Fox+roman+coins']Roman Coins and How to Collect Them[/URL][/I] Wayne Sayles's [I][URL='https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-v-1/dp/087341442X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735588&sr=8-1&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Ancient+COins']Ancient Coin Collecting[/URL][/I] and [I][URL='https://smile.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-III-Propaganda/dp/0873415337/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1485735674&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=Wayne+Sales+Roman+Coins']Ancient Coin Collecting III: The Roman World: Politics and Propaganda[/URL][/I] Some excellent online resources include: [URL='http://wildwinds.com/']Wildwinds[/URL]--which is a virtual catalog of ancient coins [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/ancient-2.aspx']V-coins[/URL]--which is an online shopping mall of reputable coin dealers [URL='http://esty.ancients.info/']Warren Esty's website[/URL]--which is very informative and fun to browse [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/']Doug Smith's website[/URL]--which is also very informative and fun to browse [URL='http://coinproject.com/']Coin Project[/URL]--which is a Wildwinds-like online catalog [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/index.html']Acsearchinfo[/URL]--which is a searchable auction results database You can read issues of the now defunct ancient coin collecting magazine, The Celator, online [URL='https://community.vcoins.com/author/thecelator/']here[/URL]. As to what to collect, there are all sorts of things in the field of ancient Roman numismatics: Roman Republican Coins [ATTACH=full]580776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580777[/ATTACH] Early Roman Imperial Coins: [ATTACH=full]580780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580782[/ATTACH] Second and third century Imperial coins: [ATTACH=full]580784[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580785[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580786[/ATTACH] Coins of usupers and breakaway empires: [ATTACH=full]580788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580789[/ATTACH] And coins of the late Roman, Christian era: [ATTACH=full]580792[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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