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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1392730, member: 26302&quot;]Lets see, ancients are from 7th century BC to about 500 AD, (fall of western Roman Empire). Byzantines are debatable as to whether &quot;ancient&quot; or not. Many ancient collectors collect them, but not other medieval coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best way to get into them? Read our posts, Doug&#039;s website, and anything else you can read about. Figure out what era you are interested in and read, read, read.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most common ancients outside China are Late Roman bronze coins. These are the ones cheap on Ebay. Still, in higher grade they are still nice coins. Best thing about Roman coins is you can read the legends easily. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>All ancient coins in gold and silver are numismatically valuable enough the PM value is meaningless. There is no &quot;junk&quot; ancients worth melt value. </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually find ancients easier to spot fakes. The key is to spot style differences, so its different that with moderns.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Must haves&quot; will vary, I will let other chime in on that. The best part of ancients is there is no way to have a &quot;complete&quot; collection, so there is no pressure to buy any &quot;key&quot; dates. Buy whatever YOU like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most popular depends on what you mean. Most valuable is large, beautiful, high grade ancient Greek. Probably the most beautiful coins ever made. probably more people collect Roman coins than any other series, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that is a help to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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