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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7277887, member: 86498&quot;]I really do not know. Since I have started collecting ancient coins I have gone through a number of cycles which could be characterized by either</p><p>A. I bet you wish you sold all your coins and got into...….&nbsp;&nbsp; or</p><p>B. I bet you are really glad your not in...…. and are &quot;investing&quot; in your coins. </p><p>&nbsp;I don&#039;t think I really ever saw my collection as an investment and so far I have managed to ignore any of this commentary and plod along collecting my coins. I cannot say that I really understand what drives the market whether it be the macro economy or even our rather small ancient coin market. I find the market in Greek coins much more susceptible to volatility&nbsp; than the Roman and sometimes a fad can inflate or deflate the prices for a particular group of coins. </p><p>&nbsp; I always like to think that I buy a coin because there is something about it that I like. Like this one</p><p>&nbsp;Antoninus Pius Bil Tetradrachm Alexandria 139-140 AD Obv Bareheaded bust right draped. Rv. Dikaiosyne seated left Emmett 1377/2 Milne 1616. 14.49 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1275426[/ATTACH]When I bought this coin back in 1987 really nice looking coins from this mint were very unusual. A friend of mine brought this coin back from Ottawa and I knew I had to own it. Eventually we worked out a deal in which I paid about 2 to 3 times what these coins would normally go for to get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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