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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 5544588, member: 86498"]I guess if I were to give advice on putting together a collection of Roman Imperial denarii I guess I would repeat some of the things said about starting a collection of coins. One thing would be to establish two things in the beginning</p><p>1. Establish a minimum acceptable grade</p><p>2. Establish your boundaries. Are you going to include antoninianii, or aurelianii? Are you going try to add some of the usurpers? the imperial women?</p><p>I myself would not go the route of either the 1 emperor 1 coin nor would I try to get every type of one emperor. I myself prefer a more mixed approach. Some of my favorite denarii have interesting reverses commemorating successful wars, building projects and visits to the provinces. Some emperors such as Marcus Aurelius and Caracalla have a series of different portraits so one can see their image mutate from an juvenile to a mature individual. But some just seem to have a really neat story behind them.</p><p>Caracalla Ar Denarius Rome 217 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv, Victory seated right facing trophy. In exergue VIC PART Victory over Parthia RIC 297e 2.61 grms 18 mm Photo By W. Hansen</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241199[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here we have the image of the bridegroom from Hell. According to the Roman historian Herodian Caracalla had made overtures to the King of Parthia to wed his daughter. Then.......</p><p>A huge mob of barbarians gathered and stood about casually, wherever they happened to be, eager to see the bridegroom and expecting nothing out of the ordinary. Then the signal was given, and Caracalla ordered his army to attack and massacre the spectators. Astounded by this onslaught, the barbarians turned and fled, wounded and bleeding. Artabanus himself, snatched up and placed on a horse by some of his personal bodyguards, barely escaped with a few companions. The rest of the Parthians, lacking their indispensable horses, were cut down (for they had sent the horses out to graze and were standing about). They were unable to escape by running, either; their long, loose robes, hanging to their feet, tripped them up.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_war_of_Caracalla#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_war_of_Caracalla#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a>Taken from Wikipedia</p><p>You just cannot make this stuff up</p><p>Planchet archives at: <a href="https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/" rel="nofollow">https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 5544588, member: 86498"]I guess if I were to give advice on putting together a collection of Roman Imperial denarii I guess I would repeat some of the things said about starting a collection of coins. One thing would be to establish two things in the beginning 1. Establish a minimum acceptable grade 2. Establish your boundaries. Are you going to include antoninianii, or aurelianii? Are you going try to add some of the usurpers? the imperial women? I myself would not go the route of either the 1 emperor 1 coin nor would I try to get every type of one emperor. I myself prefer a more mixed approach. Some of my favorite denarii have interesting reverses commemorating successful wars, building projects and visits to the provinces. Some emperors such as Marcus Aurelius and Caracalla have a series of different portraits so one can see their image mutate from an juvenile to a mature individual. But some just seem to have a really neat story behind them. Caracalla Ar Denarius Rome 217 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv, Victory seated right facing trophy. In exergue VIC PART Victory over Parthia RIC 297e 2.61 grms 18 mm Photo By W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1241199[/ATTACH] Here we have the image of the bridegroom from Hell. According to the Roman historian Herodian Caracalla had made overtures to the King of Parthia to wed his daughter. Then....... A huge mob of barbarians gathered and stood about casually, wherever they happened to be, eager to see the bridegroom and expecting nothing out of the ordinary. Then the signal was given, and Caracalla ordered his army to attack and massacre the spectators. Astounded by this onslaught, the barbarians turned and fled, wounded and bleeding. Artabanus himself, snatched up and placed on a horse by some of his personal bodyguards, barely escaped with a few companions. The rest of the Parthians, lacking their indispensable horses, were cut down (for they had sent the horses out to graze and were standing about). They were unable to escape by running, either; their long, loose robes, hanging to their feet, tripped them up.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_war_of_Caracalla#cite_note-9'][9][/URL]Taken from Wikipedia You just cannot make this stuff up Planchet archives at: [URL]https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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