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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3996510, member: 72790"]Collecting coins of the Punic Wars may be somewhat challenging and expensive for you. Punic (Carthaginian ) coins are not inexpensive but can be found in decent condition if you are patient in pursuing them. Likewise, Roman coins of the First Punic War era are costly, declining in price by well into the Second Punic War and fairly inexpensive by the Third War. Some of the Greek kingdoms and city states were allied to one side or the other (Syracuse comes to mind) during these wars and they can sometimes be found in very nice condition and at a lower cost. The other two eras you are interested will present a wealth of material, good condition coins at moderate cost. If you are not familiar with it, the US, "Forum Ancient coins" (forumancientcoins.com) will provide you with much reading material in those periods of history and their connections with the coinage of them. And of course writing here on this site will be a good platform to converse with like minded collectors. By the way, I live in that part of the US which was New Sweden in the early 17th Century. A number of communities in this area have Swedish names and in the early history of what are now the states of Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southwestern New Jersey the Swedish people and heritage left a still present influence in this region of the States. I wish you good fortune in your quest for learning more about ancient history and ancient coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3996510, member: 72790"]Collecting coins of the Punic Wars may be somewhat challenging and expensive for you. Punic (Carthaginian ) coins are not inexpensive but can be found in decent condition if you are patient in pursuing them. Likewise, Roman coins of the First Punic War era are costly, declining in price by well into the Second Punic War and fairly inexpensive by the Third War. Some of the Greek kingdoms and city states were allied to one side or the other (Syracuse comes to mind) during these wars and they can sometimes be found in very nice condition and at a lower cost. The other two eras you are interested will present a wealth of material, good condition coins at moderate cost. If you are not familiar with it, the US, "Forum Ancient coins" (forumancientcoins.com) will provide you with much reading material in those periods of history and their connections with the coinage of them. And of course writing here on this site will be a good platform to converse with like minded collectors. By the way, I live in that part of the US which was New Sweden in the early 17th Century. A number of communities in this area have Swedish names and in the early history of what are now the states of Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southwestern New Jersey the Swedish people and heritage left a still present influence in this region of the States. I wish you good fortune in your quest for learning more about ancient history and ancient coins.[/QUOTE]
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