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<p>[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 4011018, member: 90981"]I made the short trip up from Brooklyn on Saturday and had a great time at the show. I unfortunately had to leave a little earlier than expected, so I didn't get to meet too many of you, but I was happy to get to meet Terence Cheesman (and see his fantastic additions from this show). I also got to chat with the famous "BCD" for a few minutes, which was great.</p><p><br /></p><p>The highlight of the day for me was when the folks at Harlan J. Berk's table were nice enough to let me hold the Eid Mar denarius...just spectacular. I really wish I had taken a picture, but I was just totally in awe. I never imagined I'd ever get to hold one of those in my hand. I also ended up buying a nice denarius of young Severus Alexander from Berk, which was probably my favorite purchase of the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, it was a lot of fun to get to hold a lot of high-end coins that are waaay out of my price range...that alone is worth the price of admission to me. I was pleasantly surprised at what a great variety was available this year, there really was something for everyone at the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up buying a few nice 3rd Century Romans, including a Sev. Alexander denarius, and ants of Otacilia Severa, Herennia Etruscilla, and Tacitus. Very happy with all of these. I took a quick picture below, but I'll eventually take better photos and do a full write up on these. Happy to hear everyone had a great time, and I hope to meet more of you at next year's show!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055198[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 4011018, member: 90981"]I made the short trip up from Brooklyn on Saturday and had a great time at the show. I unfortunately had to leave a little earlier than expected, so I didn't get to meet too many of you, but I was happy to get to meet Terence Cheesman (and see his fantastic additions from this show). I also got to chat with the famous "BCD" for a few minutes, which was great. The highlight of the day for me was when the folks at Harlan J. Berk's table were nice enough to let me hold the Eid Mar denarius...just spectacular. I really wish I had taken a picture, but I was just totally in awe. I never imagined I'd ever get to hold one of those in my hand. I also ended up buying a nice denarius of young Severus Alexander from Berk, which was probably my favorite purchase of the show. As always, it was a lot of fun to get to hold a lot of high-end coins that are waaay out of my price range...that alone is worth the price of admission to me. I was pleasantly surprised at what a great variety was available this year, there really was something for everyone at the show. I ended up buying a few nice 3rd Century Romans, including a Sev. Alexander denarius, and ants of Otacilia Severa, Herennia Etruscilla, and Tacitus. Very happy with all of these. I took a quick picture below, but I'll eventually take better photos and do a full write up on these. Happy to hear everyone had a great time, and I hope to meet more of you at next year's show! [ATTACH=full]1055198[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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