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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2609836, member: 74712&quot;]I&#039;m fairly certain I&#039;ve posted this before, but I&#039;ll do it again!&nbsp; My first was actually a medieval (of course) - I was fascinated by the Robin Hood legend and King Richard I (before I came to know better that the two aren&#039;t historically related...), and was dumb-founded to find a coin by Richard on e-bay for an affordable price!&nbsp; So, this was a birthday gift to myself in 2000:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]570764[/ATTACH] </p><p>French Feudal, Poitou</p><p>Richard I, r. 1168-1185; AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams</p><p>Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, cross patée, annulet in third quarter</p><p>Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines</p><p>Ref.: AGC 343A (1/a), Duplessy 926, Roberts 3887, SCBC 8008</p><p><br /></p><p>So this opened me up to a world of coins outside the United States, and soon after I visited my local coin shop where I bought my first actual Ancient:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]570771[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p>Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (211 A.D.)</p><p>Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 20.28mm x 2.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, Head of Caracalla, laureate, right</p><p>Rev.: P M TR P XIIII COS III P P; Pax, draped, advancing left, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand</p><p>Ref.: RIC IV-1 Caracalla 184, p. 238.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one attracted me because of how well done it was, and that one of his titles was the conqueror of Britain!&nbsp; Well, I was sold (and it was even cheaper than the Richard coin...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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