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Message:: [QUOTE="Lord Geoff, post: 1886104, member: 42001"]So I am in the market to buy my 2nd individual ancient, following the Ptolemy I posted a while ago. I am pretty sure that I want to collect coins that have the following attributes : large (or at least largish), bronze (mostly due to price constraints), female on the obverse (not necessarily empresses), good detail/legends/etc.  I am confident I should be able to buy one a month of these for around $30 give or take, at least until I have exhausted the more common ones.  At which point I will have to make allowances on the size / detail, or up my price.  Does this sound reasonable? With that end in mind, I have ~$100 (possibly a bit more if needsbe) to spend on a coin now from birthday/savings.  Knowing my goal above, I guess what I am asking is if there are any coins with females (large, good detail) that I can get for $100 but CANNOT get for $30.  I do not care about varieties, I am more thinking let's get one of the tougher ones to get out of the way now, while I have more than usual to spend on an individual coin. Does this make sense?  Any suggestions? I am also open, with this purchase, to silver.  For example, if there is a nice empress or something which is only on silver and is a little pricier, this might be the right time to buy one.  Although I do not really want smaller coins, in general.[/QUOTE]