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<p>[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3316291, member: 82194"]<font face="Times New Roman">I had a great day coining on Friday at the <i><a href="http://www.houstoncoinshow.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.houstoncoinshow.org/" rel="nofollow">Houston Money Show</a></i> held in Conroe, TX.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">A short 30 mile drive had me arriving at 10a. After getting signed in and paying my 3 bucks I wandered the floor a bit browsing the approx. 120 tables. As expected the majority of the dealers were trading in US coinage, which was good for me as I sold a few slabbed Morgan and Peace Dollars to supplement my buying cash. It was easier than I thought to let them go and now I'm totally resigned to sell the majority of my previous collection of US material.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman">I went and visited with my friend Bruce Burton who is a numismatic bookseller at the local shows and picked up some pamphlets to add to the ever-growing library:</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Jacob, Kenneth. <i>Coins and Christianity</i> (Seaby, 1959)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Banks, Florence. <i>Coins of Bible Days</i> (Durst, 1955)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Hill, G.F. <i>Imperial Persian Coinage</i> (Obol, 1977)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Walker, Ralph. <i>Reading Medieval European Coins</i> (Attic Books, 2000)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Finally, around 1:30p I made my way back over to the foreign/ancients section and, since the crowds had dispersed, easily landed in conversation with Nick (Economopoulos) at the Pegasi Numismatics table. Nick is very easy to converse with and has, on more than one occasion, spent a good bit of time to educate me about the coins in his cases. Unfortunately, I cannot afford much that Nick has to offer but he has items for every budget and I bought all of these from Nick, save the last which came from Allen G. Berman who is another fine dealer I find extremely knowledgeable and more than willing to share and educate a novice.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman">Here's what I picked up:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Diocletian_Emmett-4046.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Roman Provincial Egypt. Diocletian, 284-305 AD. Potin Tetradrachm. (7.56g)</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Mint of Alexandria, Egypt, struck 292/293 AD.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Constantius-II_RIC-VIII-106.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">CONSTANTIUS II, 337-361 AD. Silvered Æ Centenionalis (6.13 gm)</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Mint of Constantinople 348-351 AD.</font></font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878912[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Roman Provincial Egypt. Claudius I, 41-54 AD. Æ Diobol. (9.12g)</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Mint of Alexandria, Egypt, struck 49/50 AD.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Lucilla_RIC-1763S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Lucilla, Wife of Lucius Verus. Augusta c. 164-182 AD. Orichalcum sestertius. (21.55g)</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Rome Mint, under M. Aurelius & L. Verus, struck 164-166 AD.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Caria-Rhodes_Jenkins-21.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">CARIA, Rhodes. 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.80 gm), mag: Philokrates.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/medieval/ENGLAND__Richard-I.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">ENGLAND. Richard I the Lionhearted, 1189-1199 AD.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">AR Penny, (1.4g) class 4a, Moneyer Goldwine at Canterbury Mint.</font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Just wanted to share with my CT friends.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">-d</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3316291, member: 82194"][FONT=Times New Roman]I had a great day coining on Friday at the [I][URL='http://www.houstoncoinshow.org/']Houston Money Show[/URL][/I] held in Conroe, TX. A short 30 mile drive had me arriving at 10a. After getting signed in and paying my 3 bucks I wandered the floor a bit browsing the approx. 120 tables. As expected the majority of the dealers were trading in US coinage, which was good for me as I sold a few slabbed Morgan and Peace Dollars to supplement my buying cash. It was easier than I thought to let them go and now I'm totally resigned to sell the majority of my previous collection of US material. [FONT=Times New Roman]I went and visited with my friend Bruce Burton who is a numismatic bookseller at the local shows and picked up some pamphlets to add to the ever-growing library:[/FONT] Jacob, Kenneth. [I]Coins and Christianity[/I] (Seaby, 1959) Banks, Florence. [I]Coins of Bible Days[/I] (Durst, 1955) Hill, G.F. [I]Imperial Persian Coinage[/I] (Obol, 1977) Walker, Ralph. [I]Reading Medieval European Coins[/I] (Attic Books, 2000)[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Finally, around 1:30p I made my way back over to the foreign/ancients section and, since the crowds had dispersed, easily landed in conversation with Nick (Economopoulos) at the Pegasi Numismatics table. Nick is very easy to converse with and has, on more than one occasion, spent a good bit of time to educate me about the coins in his cases. Unfortunately, I cannot afford much that Nick has to offer but he has items for every budget and I bought all of these from Nick, save the last which came from Allen G. Berman who is another fine dealer I find extremely knowledgeable and more than willing to share and educate a novice. [FONT=Times New Roman]Here's what I picked up:[/FONT][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Diocletian_Emmett-4046.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Roman Provincial Egypt. Diocletian, 284-305 AD. Potin Tetradrachm. (7.56g) Mint of Alexandria, Egypt, struck 292/293 AD.[/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Constantius-II_RIC-VIII-106.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]CONSTANTIUS II, 337-361 AD. Silvered Æ Centenionalis (6.13 gm) [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mint of Constantinople 348-351 AD.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]878912[/ATTACH] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Roman Provincial Egypt. Claudius I, 41-54 AD. Æ Diobol. (9.12g) [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mint of Alexandria, Egypt, struck 49/50 AD.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Lucilla_RIC-1763S.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3]Lucilla, Wife of Lucius Verus. Augusta c. 164-182 AD. Orichalcum sestertius. (21.55g) Rome Mint, under M. Aurelius & L. Verus, struck 164-166 AD.[/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Caria-Rhodes_Jenkins-21.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]CARIA, Rhodes. 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.80 gm), mag: Philokrates.[/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/medieval/ENGLAND__Richard-I.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]ENGLAND. Richard I the Lionhearted, 1189-1199 AD. AR Penny, (1.4g) class 4a, Moneyer Goldwine at Canterbury Mint.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Just wanted to share with my CT friends. -d [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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