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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 671762, member: 9204&quot;]GD and Gao - can either of you show me conclusive proof of ancient coin collections? I don&#039;t doubt that it existed in some form, but to say that this has been a hobby for two thousand years is a bit of an exaggeration, I feel. Now, if there were a Roman text on coins of Alexander the Great or such, then I would believe it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Before you repeat yourselves, the fact that Augustus gave out curios to his courtiers does not make him a numismatist. Neither does the quote from Pliny prove much! However, there was found a hoard of Roman gold coins, each from different emperors, consisting of about a dozen coins. But this is as close as I&#039;ve come to finding anything like a proof of an ancient coin collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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