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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3956759, member: 19463&quot;]I love it!&nbsp; Many of us would give anything to have a child who grew up to be even a little interested in Classics and, heaven forbid, maybe even adopting out collection of ancient coins.&nbsp; You are hesitant to make the step into the coins but already have built in help in reading the legends and someone who has heard of even a few famous Greeks and Romans.&nbsp; I hope you will take advantage of your family connection and learn more about Greece and Rome than they teach undergraduate Classics majors and have something to talk about at family gatherings that will mystify all the aunts and uncles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin to make this post legitimate:</p><p>Kids who are Classics or Math majors know about Pythagoras.&nbsp; He moved to Southern Italy about the time they started striking the coin below and either the man himself or members of his followers are credited with the concept of making the reverse an incuse of the obverse (helps strength without adding thickness not to mention,&nbsp; perhaps, stacking).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sybaris, Late 6th century BC AR nomos</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042297[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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