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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 8688814, member: 42034&quot;]Since I do a talk on Ancient History as Shown by Coins at a high school, it&#039;s almost a requirement for me to have the 1st and the last &quot;Ancient&quot; coins so as to delineate the period for the students.&nbsp; This being high school I go along with the teachers and class curricula who define the Ancient era as ending in 476 AD with the Fall of the Western Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t display my first here but here is my latest Ancient Coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1520822[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome, Western-Imperial, Julius Nepos, 474-475, &amp; 480 AD.</p><p>Gold tremissis, 1st reign (474-475 AD)</p><p>direct purchase from Ed Waddell&nbsp; </p><p>(Ed&#039;s photo: I should retake in high res)</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from wear, this piece has no flaws and is well-struck. I did recently (January 2019?) bid on the Heritage tremissis of Romulus Augustus (476 AD) which had SCRATCHES on both sides but that piece went for a huge sum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Romulus Augustus was not recognized by the East so Julius Nepos is the last legally recognized Western Roman Emperor.&nbsp; Given the high prices of Romulus, I will not make that a priority in Ancients buying as this Nepos is good enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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