CaptainCook123

Thank you all for your incredibly helpful advice. I think I will start looking into the Arabian-themed coinage of Trajan. A provincial tridrachm from Bostra featuring Arabia on the reverse was the first ancient coin I bought. I've since noticed that there are incredibly similar reverses on denarii from the Rome mint. A comparison between the two might be useful, especially if the dies for the provincial issue might have been carved at Rome.

Hello everyone, this is my first post and I can definitely say I'm glad to be here! I'm fairly new to collecting but I'm fascinated by cataloguing my small (so far!) collection. I would love to get more involved in the area but it seems as though catalogues or at least articles, e.g die studies, exist for all the types I am interested in. Is there any scope for an enthusiastic amateur to get involved in something like this? My primary interests are Greek and early/mid Roman imperial silver. If anyone could point me in the direction of any useful articles or guides I would also be very grateful.