Hello everybody.
I collect
roman coins, but do not do so in any consistent fashion. I do not collect a certain
type, or certain emperor, or even a period.
I tend to get my coins when I travel to a new city that has numismatic stores... I will check out the stores there and get a coin if it stands out (and is not too expensive). I never know ahead of time what I will purchase when I go into a
shop. I never even know if I will purchase anything at all... I just walk in and see what happens... so most of these coins can be thought of as souvenirs of sorts.
I never bought anything online. I've never been to an
auction.
So I am a very chaotic, very ammateurish, and very... innocent collector. I love
history. My dad is a
history teacher, I grew up with tales of old', and I consider holding these coins in my hand as something special... it's
history. I try to imagine what they may have been used for... for a soldier's regular pay in
Rome? To purchase some goods in the town market in
Gaul? To pay for certain services in a brothel in
Asia Minor? Maybe all of the above?
Here's the link:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6770I
hope it works.
I have other coins as well, but I deem them to be less exciting and interesting (some
Sestertii, Antoninians and Nummuses) than the ones posted here.
Best wishes,
Alex