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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3608076, member: 75937&quot;]I like holding history in my hands. My coins are coated with traces of centurion blood, gladiator sweat, pagan altar smoke and ancient olive oil. It&#039;s fun to imagine all of the transactions they may have facilitated.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my coins, I feel a connection to the past, not just to the ancient world, but to those collectors of the Enlightenment who studied and cataloged the coins before me. I feel as if I&#039;m part of a great tradition, going back to Eckhel, Banduri, Sulzer, Wiczay, Mionnet, Cohen, et al. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not only do I feel a kinship with the denizen of the Roman empire who might have used this sestertius to buy a pair of sandals for his six-year-old granddaughter, but I feel a kinship with the nearsighted old numismatist in the eighteenth century describing his treasure in scholarly Latin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]966106[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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