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>>55539199
>if so, how...
Don't forget Rome was the global dominion over most the civilized western world for over half a millenia. And pretty much all subdued tribes and nations and their neighbors were trading using roman currency. We found roman coins as far as Japan, and it wasn't rare to see them still in use for trading purposes during the late middle age era in Asia Minor. It's hard for our limited mind to even imagine what the Roman Empire encompassed. To this day all empires are trying to legitimize their existence by using roman attributes and symbols. Look at the US, it's chokeful of Roman symbols of power.

That's for the supply side, but the main factor explaining how surprisingly cheap they are is to be found on the demand side. Truth is ancient coins enjoyers aren't as many as you might think. People believe there are plenty, because there is a LOT of litterature about it, but it's mostly because ancient coins enjoyers are at 10 on the autism scale.

Truth is you probably have x100, if not x1000, more pokemon cards' collectors. Mostly because nostalgia is a powerful driver for any kind of collections, and few have a nostalgic connection with ancient coins. Which is sad about the absolute state of mankind when you think a shitty mass printed ugly cardboard charizard is fetching more than hand casted silver (or gold) coins from 2,000 years ago... But you should see it as an advantage. For now the demand is low so you should jump on the bandwagon and slurp, because ancient coins will always be rarer and more valuable with time, while pokemon trash will be worthless a generation from now.