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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vercingetorix, post: 289343, member: 3374&quot;]i would also recommend buying yourself a good book or two -- wayne sayles penned several inexpensive introductory books for ancient beginners (including a nice overview of ancient and modern forgeries of classical coins), but for the money, i can&#039;t recommend david van meter&#039;s &#039;the handbook of roman imperial coins&#039; highly enough.&nbsp; some of the pricing is out of date, but it gives you an excellent idea of the relative scarcity of each coin.&nbsp; you can find this book at a number of vcoins merchants for around $30.&nbsp; if you really get into ancients and want to persue a particular line of interest, there are other, more specific books or sets of books, but until then, you need van meter.</p><p><br /></p><p>anyone agree, or disagree?</p><p><br /></p><p>also, CNG and pegasi numismatics, among others, have auctions with occasionally inexpensive and nice beginner coins -- and you won&#039;t have to lose too much sleep over authenticity when you buy from them.&nbsp; ebay is tough at first.&nbsp; 2 of my first five coins were counterfeits.&nbsp; apparently ancient counterfeits, which is kind of cool, but stil...</p><p><br /></p><p>v.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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