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David R Sear, Numismatist. - Ancient Coins, Numismatics, Greek Coins, Roman Coins, Classical Coins
Description
Some of you may be curious to know something of my background and what led me to become so absorbed in the subject of ancient numismatics.
I was born near Harrow, in north-west London, during World War II and had an early exposure to ancient history on a school visit to the site of the Roman city of Verulamium (St. Albans) in Hertfordshire in 1953. The deep impression left by this experience has stayed with me ever since and was responsible for my enthusiasm for ancient (especially Roman Imperial) history during the later years of my education. I eagerly devoured knowledge at a pace which can only be driven by an inner passion for a subject and knew the names, dates, and biographical details of all the Roman emperors long before I had any real comprehension of the coinage which was produced in their names.
This ultimately led to the beginning of my long association with B.A. Seaby Ltd., the well-known London coin and publishing company. In the late summer of 1958 Seaby were advertising for two numismatic 'apprentices' to assist in their English and Ancient Departments, and I decided to answer the call. I was interviewed by both the company founder, H.A. ('Bert') Seaby, and his son Peter (who was later to become Managing Director) and joined in September as assistant to Lieut.-Col. Kozolubski, then head of the Seaby Ancient Dept. This association lasted for six years, until the 'Colonel's' death in 1964, and much of my grounding in the subjects of ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine numismatics belongs to those valuable years. I then became the head of the Department, a position which I held for the following nine years until I left the company in 1973.
Contact
- IO Vision
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- La Conner WA
- US 98257
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- 208 867-0807
