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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5547202, member: 75937"]The twelve Caesars doesn't even include the most influential emperors in Roman history. If you're going to let a book define what constitutes a set of Roman coins, why not chapter 10 of Mary Beard's excellent history, <i>SPQR</i>? Chapter 10 is titled, "Fourteen Emperors." I've suggested this as a collecting area <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-youre-going-to-let-a-history-book-define-your-collecting-focus-why-not-mary-beard.314828/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-youre-going-to-let-a-history-book-define-your-collecting-focus-why-not-mary-beard.314828/">before</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fourteen are:</p><ol> <li>Tiberius</li> <li>Caligula</li> <li>Claudius</li> <li>Nero <br /> </li> <li>Vespasian</li> <li>Titus<br /> </li> <li>Domitian</li> <li>Nerva</li> <li>Trajan</li> <li>Hadrian</li> <li>Antoninus Pius</li> <li>Marcus Aurelius</li> <li>Lucius Verus</li> <li>Commodus</li> </ol><p>Now, I'd add Septimius Severus to this list, because he was a very important emperor in Roman history.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could complete the entire set in VF - EF denarii for about $10,000. The first three are the priciest. There are no shortages of these coins at high-end auctions and the well-heeled collector could obtain the entire set over the course of a month or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think a good way to get your feet wet would be to acquire the "five good emperors" (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius) subset of this list. You can get very high grade examples of each of these for a couple hundred bucks. You could get them for < $80 each if you were willing to accept gF-VF and were patient. High grade examples would be easy to sell, too, if you decided to move in a different direction. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got bored with a "one coin per person" collection and now collect a little bit of everything in the realm of the Roman Empire. I like provincial coins as much or more than Imperial issues; I have subcollections of the Antonine women, Severan women, and the so-called "barracks emperors," particularly Philip I, Trajan Decius, Trebonianus Gallus, Volusian, and Gallienus. I'm never at a loss for coins to acquire and my subcollections give me much joy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5547202, member: 75937"]The twelve Caesars doesn't even include the most influential emperors in Roman history. If you're going to let a book define what constitutes a set of Roman coins, why not chapter 10 of Mary Beard's excellent history, [I]SPQR[/I]? Chapter 10 is titled, "Fourteen Emperors." I've suggested this as a collecting area [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-youre-going-to-let-a-history-book-define-your-collecting-focus-why-not-mary-beard.314828/']before[/URL]. The fourteen are: [LIST=1] [*]Tiberius [*]Caligula [*]Claudius [*]Nero [*]Vespasian [*]Titus [*]Domitian [*]Nerva [*]Trajan [*]Hadrian [*]Antoninus Pius [*]Marcus Aurelius [*]Lucius Verus [*]Commodus [/LIST] Now, I'd add Septimius Severus to this list, because he was a very important emperor in Roman history. You could complete the entire set in VF - EF denarii for about $10,000. The first three are the priciest. There are no shortages of these coins at high-end auctions and the well-heeled collector could obtain the entire set over the course of a month or two. I think a good way to get your feet wet would be to acquire the "five good emperors" (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius) subset of this list. You can get very high grade examples of each of these for a couple hundred bucks. You could get them for < $80 each if you were willing to accept gF-VF and were patient. High grade examples would be easy to sell, too, if you decided to move in a different direction. I got bored with a "one coin per person" collection and now collect a little bit of everything in the realm of the Roman Empire. I like provincial coins as much or more than Imperial issues; I have subcollections of the Antonine women, Severan women, and the so-called "barracks emperors," particularly Philip I, Trajan Decius, Trebonianus Gallus, Volusian, and Gallienus. I'm never at a loss for coins to acquire and my subcollections give me much joy.[/QUOTE]
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