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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3297491, member: 74834&quot;]This is what happens when you are pursuing emperors to complete your collection: a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eric-ii-rarity-list-110-personal-milestone-celebration.284480/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eric-ii-rarity-list-110-personal-milestone-celebration.284480/">thoroughly amusing thread</a> on CoinTalk. </p><p>And this is an excellent rarity list (<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ERIC%20-%20Rarity%20Tables" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ERIC%20-%20Rarity%20Tables" rel="nofollow">Table 2</a>) to keep as a peg for your collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not as a main pursuit, but on the side I&#039;m trying to collect as many emperors (and wives and caesars) as possible. Occasionally snatching up a rarity (relatively). I&#039;m content that I will never attain completeness. Often, collectors who find their collection complete, lose interest and sell it - trying to live with a void, the lack of a Pursuit. </p><p><br /></p><p>So - there&#039;s a list of 202 personalities. Of these, I have about 88. The rarest I have is Tranquillina, 187 (I think she&#039;s not as rare as <i>that</i>), and the commonest I don&#039;t have is Tiberius, 90. I have been collecting diligently for six years. And a bit <i>more</i> interested in Provincial imperial portrait coins than in ordinary Roman coinage. </p><p>But beauty is not only in numbers - it is history that I love most, history must be as clear as possible, so I&#039;m most interested in good condition. I&#039;d love to have Romulus or Balbinus, but not when they are totally worn. Here&#039;s one of my Tranquillinas, of a nice Provincial town few people know. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872935[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Colybrassus in Cilicia, Tranquillina (Augusta, 241-244). AE18. Obv.: Draped bust to the right. CAB TPANKVΛΛЄINA. Rev.: Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. KOΛVBPACCЄΩN. 18 mm, 3.06 gr. Bought it at an auction in Austria for a bit over $ 100. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-provincial-coin-cities-how-many-can-we-cover.300235/page-19#post-3020218" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-provincial-coin-cities-how-many-can-we-cover.300235/page-19#post-3020218">here for some more information</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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