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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2857829, member: 82549&quot;]On an earlier thread someone wrote that he was new to ancient coin collecting and was wondering what was the best way to learn how to ID ancient Roman coins. I think it was Doug Smith who suggested buying some small lots of inexpensive coins and trying to ID them.</p><p><br /></p><p>A link on a different thread about a different topic led to the eBay seller ancient_treasures. In scrolling his listings, I noticed that he had several lots of late Roman bronzes (LRBs) up for auction. Most of these coins are from the 3th &amp; 4th century C.E., and in decent shape. They all look like they would be attributable with a little detective work. My guess is that most or all of these lots will end up going for between, $50 - $100 working out to around $5 - $10 per coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no association with this seller, other than having bought a few coins from him in the past. But if you are looking for some ancient coins to develop your identification skills with, I think any of these 9-coin lots would serve you well. Here&#039;s a link to one example lot:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-9-ROMAN-BRONZE-COINS-/202058018423" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-9-ROMAN-BRONZE-COINS-/202058018423" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-9-ROMAN-BRONZE-COINS-/202058018423</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll see other, similar lots if you check out this seller&#039;s store:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/ANCIENT-TREASURES?_trksid=p2047675.l2563" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stores.ebay.com/ANCIENT-TREASURES?_trksid=p2047675.l2563" rel="nofollow">http://stores.ebay.com/ANCIENT-TREASURES?_trksid=p2047675.l2563</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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