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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7948005, member: 80952&quot;]Again, this hobby takes time and practice makes perfect. </p><p>And no, I am not perfect, I am still a beginner. </p><p>When I decided to collect ancient coins I was reading discussions between collectors and frankly I was wondering if I will ever be able to identify a coin myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t understand how did people managed to read legends, especially when the font is difficult to read for a 21st century person. AND, of course, when legends are partially missing because of wear/off center strike. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was also amazed about collectors recognizing portraits and deities because of some attributes/objects. Then it started to work for me also. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you see a reverse with somebody holding a rudder and a cornucopiae then you will know who that is. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also when I said I want to learn something about Greek coins, that was almost a fresh start because of a different alphabet - even more difficult to read. </p><p>I don&#039;t study other cultures, at least not yet. </p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing other coins, on the Internet and in hand, will make things easier day by day. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I used to do (and I still do sometimes) - was to take a closed auction and browse through coins. I did not read the description - I was just looking at the pictures, trying to read the legends, trying to figure who is the ruler, what is the obverse and then I was comparing to what the auction house wrote. When I was stuck, I was reading their description/attribution. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will leave you here a pic of a coin, one of my first. Probably my best denarius. I bought it in a lot of 4 coins without attribution. I had no idea who the emperor is, who is on the reverse and the legends were also blurry for me. But I identified it myself using the websites I mentioned earlier. This would be a nice exercise for you. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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