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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 4906926, member: 15588&quot;]Reading Roman history piqued my curiosity about Roman coins and years ago I one day realized that many affordable examples existed. On a trip to a local coin store, I asked if they had any ancients and they pulled out a box that contained this inexpensive, but mostly legible, Probus coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184019[/ATTACH]</p><p>Which led to the realization that other affordable ancients remained, so I bought the following coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II (from a local coin show):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184015[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero Hemidrachm (from a coin shop in Denver):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184018[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My first Republcan, Clodius Turrinus (from the same local coin shop as the Probus):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184014[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All of these led to what I consider my current favorite, this Marcus Aurelius that I posted in this forum a few months ago:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184016[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184017[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So no one coin got me into ancients, the concept of owning ancient coins along with their surprising and relative affordability made me pursue some and then my purchases gradually increased in scope and cost. I&#039;m still not sure how I&#039;ll outdo the Marcus Aurelius, but something will likely come along.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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