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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 8211126, member: 74712&quot;]My first ancient I bought in 1999 or 2000 -I don’t recall which.&nbsp; I had recently got into coin collecting because of the State Quarters program and was looking for something interesting at my LCS.&nbsp; They had a few ancients which just captivated me - the one I really wanted was a Caesar Elephant Denarius, but I decided the $300 asking price was too much (and I am absolutely kicking myself over that decision now!).&nbsp; I bought this instead:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440617[/ATTACH] Imperial Rome</p><p>Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (211 A.D.)</p><p>Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 20.28mm x 2.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. Laureate bust, right</p><p>Rev.: P M TR P XIIII COS III P P. Pax, draped, advancing left, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand</p><p>Ref.: SRCV 6824, RIC IV-1 Caracalla 184, p. 238, RSC 190</p><p>Note: My First Ancient Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>I went back a few weeks later and bought another one.&nbsp; It wasn’t much longer before I was grabbing medieval coins off of eBay.</p><p>My most recent purchase was from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] ’s last auction!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440618[/ATTACH]</p><p>I like grabbing little eclectic things from JA when I can![/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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