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<p>[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 2896519, member: 81896"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="4">My first ancient coin was actually a box of coins. It was a "<i>Coins of the Holy Land</i>" collection that I saw advertised in the back of a <i>Biblical Archeology</i> magazine. It contains Judaean prutot of the Hasmonean Dynasty, coins from the time of Herod the great, his son Herod Archelaus, and coins of the period of Pontius Pilate. It has a Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV bronze drachm, and an Aretas Nabataean bronze drachm, and a coin from the Roman War (<i>Masada period coin</i>). I was definitely hooked after I had this collection for a while. I was under the <i>ancients spell</i> and I've been there ever since.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]696786[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">I also must add that the collection contained a very elegant looking <i>Certificate of Authenticity</i> signed by the distinguished ancient coin numismatist—<i>Robin L. Danziger of ANA</i></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 2896519, member: 81896"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]My first ancient coin was actually a box of coins. It was a "[I]Coins of the Holy Land[/I]" collection that I saw advertised in the back of a [I]Biblical Archeology[/I] magazine. It contains Judaean prutot of the Hasmonean Dynasty, coins from the time of Herod the great, his son Herod Archelaus, and coins of the period of Pontius Pilate. It has a Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV bronze drachm, and an Aretas Nabataean bronze drachm, and a coin from the Roman War ([I]Masada period coin[/I]). I was definitely hooked after I had this collection for a while. I was under the [I]ancients spell[/I] and I've been there ever since. [ATTACH=full]696786[/ATTACH] I also must add that the collection contained a very elegant looking [I]Certificate of Authenticity[/I] signed by the distinguished ancient coin numismatist—[I]Robin L. Danziger of ANA[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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