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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 3982436, member: 89970&quot;]I missed this thought provoking thread because I’m admittedly a dreadful CT citizen.&nbsp; By now there are lots of offshoots of this topic that are worth responding to but I will stick with the main theme that [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] started.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few decades ago, I was visiting family in Bozeman, Montana and wandered into the local&nbsp; coin shop where I found a small selection of ancient coins.&nbsp; The dealer did not pretend to know much about them but instead gave me the phone# of the consignor, who was a professor at MSU.&nbsp; That was my first encounter of a long relationship with [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER].&nbsp; On the phone, Warren invited me to his home the next day to look at coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Over the many years since then I have visited Warren and he has been a guest at my house. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have sometimes regretted after the fact, the realization that I have been more interested in showing my collection than looking at the coins of a collecting friend, but I must strongly suggest that as many times, I have been inspired by the collections I viewed to the point that it altered my perception of whole themes and issues, and influenced my research and collecting goals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I’ll never forget the tray of late roman AE of Decentius and Magnentius with large Chi-Rho on the reverse that Warren placed in front of me on one of my visits so many years ago.&nbsp; Coins of the same type but each with its own small details of distinction.&nbsp; It was a true thematic sub-collection that I had never appreciated before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its true that Ancient Numismatics is largely a solitary activity, but it is in our occasional interactions that we grow in ways we wouldn’t otherwise.&nbsp; Sharing our collections is one of those ways.&nbsp; Twenty years ago, it would be rare in the Western US where I live, to encounter an ancient numismatist who lives nearby.&nbsp;&nbsp; Through this CT forum I was able to link up with [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] who not only lives 40 minutes away, but also has a collecting specialization very similar to mine.&nbsp; I have seen CT posts about coins outside of my focus area and collection philosophies that have significantly changed my mind about what my collecting goals should be about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Through forums like this, I think we are less solitary than we ever were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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