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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1314427, member: 19463&quot;]The good news is that the most common gameplan by new ancient coin collectors is to get one coin from each Roman Emperor and one coin from each Greek city-state.&nbsp; The bad news is that none of them succeed.&nbsp; Even if you eliminate the guys that were only questionably emperor because the died fighting with someone else over the position, there are some rare/expensive ones.&nbsp; While many collectors own those coins, they tend not to be the beginners who started with that goal.&nbsp; Greek cities are even harder since there are many of them that you have never heard of and that even the location of the place has been lost to time.&nbsp; Some of these only come on the market every few years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend buying ancients that appeal to you but not setting yourself up for the frustration of trying to complete a set that is not clearly defined.&nbsp; Like Chris said, the list of who you need is up to debate so a hard line &#039;complete&#039; set including two or three guys that are super rare (there are two known coins of Domitian II but he is hardly known to history - do you need one?).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Question to the well schooled among you:</p><p>Who is the least common Roman Emperor who is without question a fully legitimate Roman Emperor?&nbsp; I&#039;ll say that Silbannicus and Regalian are not unquestionably needed for the set.&nbsp; Is Pescennius Niger?&nbsp; He never controlled Rome and all the coins were Eastern styles.&nbsp; How about Didius Julianus?&nbsp; What about the ones appointed as a co-ruler by a legitimate emperor but that didn&#039;t really last long enough to be more than a footnote?&nbsp; This might include Martinian and Valerius Valens (Licinius&#039; man, not the later common brother of Valentinian).&nbsp; Who is legitimate?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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