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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rg3, post: 2622340, member: 79213&quot;]Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and wonderful examples. It will take me a while to research each and I plan on revisiting this post and asking questions. This is an outrageous question. I have colleagues who ask similar questions like &quot;what are the 100 greatest math books?&quot; or &quot;what are the 100 greatest theorems?&quot; It seems ridiculous when posed, but then you learn a ton when someone tries to organize and puts pen to paper (finger to key, whatever). </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the Roman denarius was struck from 211BC to 235AD (this may be subject to debate, I am a beginner) you&#039;d have about 450 years of strikes from which to pick 100 coins. So on average, about 2 coins per decade. On the other hand you&#039;ve got about 250 years of empire, so maybe 50-60 coins should be devoted to imperial strikes. Should each of the 27 emperors be represented? If so, what denarius best embodies their reign? Not sure if this is the best way to select &quot;the 100 greatest roman denarii&quot;, but it could be the means to tell an interesting story. Repeat picks include (not in any order): </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Vespasian&#039;s Judea Capta </p><p>2. Trajan&#039;s Column </p><p>3. Julia Domna&#039;s Four Seasons&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>4. Mark Antony&#039;s Legionary series</p><p>5. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi&#039;s Apollo&nbsp; </p><p>6. Sextus Pompey&#039;s Pharos/Scylla</p><p><br /></p><p>Other thoughts on what types may make an objective list? For instance, the Caesar elephant snake stomp, perpetual dictator, and venus/aeneas types were represented. If you only had 1-2 denarii to represent JCaesar what would they be? I know everyone included types they have, which I like from an availability viewpoint. One of the drawbacks of Berk&#039;s book (for me) is that I&#039;d have to spend a considerable amount of time on a plane or rob a bank to see a reasonable percentage of the coins in person. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know some of you have expertise in particular time periods. For example, </p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] with the Severan dynasty. If you were to pick 10 denarii to represent (or to embody, or you consider to be the greatest of) the dynasty&#039;s ~45 year reign, what would they be? I now understand this question could be answered on levels, with respect to Eastern mints or Roman mints. I know [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] is collecting MAntony&#039;s legionary series. If you had to choose one to represent that type, which would it be and why (I am guessing one of the legions was particularly BA)? </p><p><br /></p><p>I ask these questions with naivety but honesty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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