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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3128100, member: 51347"]I have to thank [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] for a fun book that lists SEVERAL Ancients. Book 1, which is out now has 2 page chapters on significant coins through history. Book one lists Ancient coins from 350 BCE to 20 BCE. 350 pps, probably 150 significant coins in 2 page chapters. </p><p><br /></p><p>Talks about the HISTORY of what and why of the coin, a pic, where it was bought, etc. Really cool as I enjoy collecting Ancients as placemarkers in History. Rather than a huge drawn-out history, each chapter for each coin in 2 pages long - quick, fun, easy read. Helps any novice or first-time Ancients collector to to find out what kind of coins or history that they would be interested in pursuing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not all the way through it, but I am having FUN reading it!</p><p><br /></p><p>ANCIENT SELFIES by Clinton Richardson Under $20.00USD</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Selfies-History-Revealed-Through/dp/0991247531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531169902&sr=8-1&keywords=ancient+selfies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Selfies-History-Revealed-Through/dp/0991247531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531169902&sr=8-1&keywords=ancient+selfies" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Selfies-History-Revealed-Through/dp/0991247531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531169902&sr=8-1&keywords=ancient+selfies</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797502[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ancient Selfies is the 2018 eLit Awards Gold Medal Winner for best new history book in electronic format and a 2017 Finalist in the International Book Awards Competition in history. Get your copy today of the book R. Dezmo of Readers Favorite calls "[P]henomenal, a historical book that transports readers back to ancient times.. . ." See the selfies that were hand-stamped onto ancient coins for the most important people of antiquity. Experience first-hand what the ancients experienced when they used these coins in their everyday life. Ancient Selfies gives you a rare, first-person glimpse into times of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marc Antony. It combines the intriguing stories of ancient rulers with their unique hand stamped coins. These metal selfies reinvented commerce and, as rulers used them to broadcast their messages, became the world's first social media. Those that have survived the centuries provide us with a unique window into the ancient world, letting us see a part of the ancient world as the ancients themselves saw it. Join the author on a personal journey to the distant past, one illuminated by the hand-stamped coins ancient rulers issued. Experience this fascinating part of our past in a new way. Spend time with the coins our ancestors left behind and contemplate their world as they saw it. For more, see <a href="http://www.ancientselfies.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientselfies.com" rel="nofollow">www.ancientselfies.com</a>. 150+ images include 125+ images of ancient coins | 560 BC to 20 BC. 2017 International Book Awards Finalist in History. 2018 eLit Awards Gold Medal Winner in History.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3128100, member: 51347"]I have to thank [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] for a fun book that lists SEVERAL Ancients. Book 1, which is out now has 2 page chapters on significant coins through history. Book one lists Ancient coins from 350 BCE to 20 BCE. 350 pps, probably 150 significant coins in 2 page chapters. Talks about the HISTORY of what and why of the coin, a pic, where it was bought, etc. Really cool as I enjoy collecting Ancients as placemarkers in History. Rather than a huge drawn-out history, each chapter for each coin in 2 pages long - quick, fun, easy read. Helps any novice or first-time Ancients collector to to find out what kind of coins or history that they would be interested in pursuing. I am not all the way through it, but I am having FUN reading it! ANCIENT SELFIES by Clinton Richardson Under $20.00USD [url]https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Selfies-History-Revealed-Through/dp/0991247531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531169902&sr=8-1&keywords=ancient+selfies[/url] [ATTACH=full]797502[/ATTACH] Ancient Selfies is the 2018 eLit Awards Gold Medal Winner for best new history book in electronic format and a 2017 Finalist in the International Book Awards Competition in history. Get your copy today of the book R. Dezmo of Readers Favorite calls "[P]henomenal, a historical book that transports readers back to ancient times.. . ." See the selfies that were hand-stamped onto ancient coins for the most important people of antiquity. Experience first-hand what the ancients experienced when they used these coins in their everyday life. Ancient Selfies gives you a rare, first-person glimpse into times of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marc Antony. It combines the intriguing stories of ancient rulers with their unique hand stamped coins. These metal selfies reinvented commerce and, as rulers used them to broadcast their messages, became the world's first social media. Those that have survived the centuries provide us with a unique window into the ancient world, letting us see a part of the ancient world as the ancients themselves saw it. Join the author on a personal journey to the distant past, one illuminated by the hand-stamped coins ancient rulers issued. Experience this fascinating part of our past in a new way. Spend time with the coins our ancestors left behind and contemplate their world as they saw it. For more, see [url="http://www.ancientselfies.com"]www.ancientselfies.com[/url]. 150+ images include 125+ images of ancient coins | 560 BC to 20 BC. 2017 International Book Awards Finalist in History. 2018 eLit Awards Gold Medal Winner in History.[/QUOTE]
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