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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4244386, member: 85693&quot;]Great story, Donna.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had some coins when I was a kid, but US stuff as I recall.&nbsp; My first ancient came when I was in my 20s in 1987, from a local dealer (I still buy from him to this day, from time to time).&nbsp; I still have it, and it is still one of my favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(194-195 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII, laureate head right / MARS PATER, Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder.</p><p>RIC 46; RSC 311; BMCRE 84.</p><p>(3.23 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Around the same time I managed to scrounge together $75 for my first ancient Greek.&nbsp; I really couldn&#039;t believe that I could own something this beautiful...it is only within the last year or so I attributed it fully - I spent a lot of frustrating hours with a paper copy of Mueller c. 1987, but figured it out pretty quickly on the Internet. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>Drachm </b></p><p><b>Antigonus I Monophthalmus</b></p><p><b>(c. 320-306 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Lampsakos Mint</b></p><p>Head of Herakles in lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus std. left on throne, eagle &amp; sceptre. Controls: obv. forepart Pegasos left; rev. AI below throne.</p><p>Price 1385; S-6731.</p><p>(4.22 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I went a long time not really collecting ancients - world crowns, chopmarks, countermarks, and a bunch of non-coin stuff, books, prints, etc.&nbsp; I have a short attention span, apparently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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