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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2202247, member: 5682&quot;]Since I am not a coin collector, I can&#039;t comment on his coins (their prices or their authenticity).</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I have appreciated his enthusiasm for ancient history. Through numismatics, he gives a nice outline of ancient history. He never says anything controversial, but he does not delve too deeply into the history, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The video below, for example, shows some nice numismatic examples of the Nerva-Antonine (Adoptive) Emperors:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ofyTt6i_01c[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Trajan sestertius at 2:08 is pretty interesting. The reverse shows Trajan seated on chair upon a raised platform presenting Parthamaspates (a Roman client King of the Parthian Empire) to a kneeling Parthia.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthamaspates_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthamaspates_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthamaspates_of_Parthia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>His slick salesmanship is a little too much for me, but I enjoy his promotion of the study of ancient history.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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