As a tyro numismatist, I wanted to get into ancients really, really bad... The advent of ebay and the seemingly unlimited supply of "recently dug" coins piqued my interest in a big way.
In learning what a minefield of fakes and forgeries Ancient coins are, I decided to forgo it. There's only so much time in life for so many passions; to attain the requisite knowledge on ancient coinage- so you aren't constantly getting hosed by Bulgarian forgers- seems to be a lifelong pursuit and I'm already engaged in far too many 'lifelong pursuits'.
But yeah. Intensely cool hobby for those willing to dedicate the time to do it right.
