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<p>[QUOTE="Nerva, post: 2911388, member: 87761"]I've enjoyed this thread. Nice to find out more about you all. I'm an occasional contributor, but I've never introduced myself formally. </p><p><br /></p><p>I collected in a small way as a child, after my father gave me a few coins he owned. I sold that collection before I went to college, but I've always missed it. I had a nice bright Faustina denarius, and I'd often thought about buying a replacement. I only started collecting again after inheriting my father's collection. I didn't know he'd been collecting, but he had a really nice group of Celtic coins, some English hammered, and some moderns. I sold the moderns, added to the Celtic and hammered, and started collecting ancients in earnest. </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect widely, but I do try to collect gater groups of related coins. I'm attracted to historically important coins showing key figures from history or interesting scenes. I've put together a decent little group of Republicans, of which this is my favourite. I choose my screen name because I like the ambiguity - there's a Republican monneyer Nerva as well as a 'good' Emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p>I work in finance and I'm interested in economic and financial history. My other passion is art history, and I'm always attracted to particularly artistic dies. I'm into triathlon, too, so anything related to the ancient Olympics speaks to me. [ATTACH=full]703042[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nerva, post: 2911388, member: 87761"]I've enjoyed this thread. Nice to find out more about you all. I'm an occasional contributor, but I've never introduced myself formally. I collected in a small way as a child, after my father gave me a few coins he owned. I sold that collection before I went to college, but I've always missed it. I had a nice bright Faustina denarius, and I'd often thought about buying a replacement. I only started collecting again after inheriting my father's collection. I didn't know he'd been collecting, but he had a really nice group of Celtic coins, some English hammered, and some moderns. I sold the moderns, added to the Celtic and hammered, and started collecting ancients in earnest. I collect widely, but I do try to collect gater groups of related coins. I'm attracted to historically important coins showing key figures from history or interesting scenes. I've put together a decent little group of Republicans, of which this is my favourite. I choose my screen name because I like the ambiguity - there's a Republican monneyer Nerva as well as a 'good' Emperor. I work in finance and I'm interested in economic and financial history. My other passion is art history, and I'm always attracted to particularly artistic dies. I'm into triathlon, too, so anything related to the ancient Olympics speaks to me. [ATTACH=full]703042[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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