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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 24864150, member: 10461&quot;]No hard rules- do it the way you see fit!&nbsp; Be prepared to shell out some bucks if you go all silver, though- and you&#039;d need really, <i>really</i> deep pockets to do it all in gold!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m working on the set in all metals (bronze, silver, and gold).&nbsp; My Augustus is a provincial from Ephesus, so they&#039;re not all Rome mint.&nbsp; I also have one posthumous coin (Vespasian) and one &quot;as Caesar&quot; coin (Domitian).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do go for portrait coins, preferably with the name of the emperor visible on the flan (though my Tiberius doesn&#039;t quite meet that criterion).&nbsp; Beyond that, I just go for what I like.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my second time assembling the series.&nbsp; Here is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/">my old Twelve Caesars set</a>, the first time I completed it in 2013.&nbsp; I had a $500/coin budgetary ceiling at the time, which made Caligula and Otho challenging.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second time around, here is what I have so far:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Julius Caesar </b>(Wanted.&nbsp; Lifetime portrait denarius.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000">Augustus</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000"><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/81c3fff4536a4dfdbf9643fbd5aeb526.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000">Tiberius</span></b></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/b32239ac792f4e0a9909a3d0233a750d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Caligula</b> (I&#039;ve decided to sell this one rather than slab it, due to the rim nick)</span></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_12/Caligula.png.4046821f9c4dc37cfe31fd4002025ebf.png.3e56894180fe1589674c2550031af6ef.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Claudius</b></p><p><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/2259f0d270b4498990ce657c8de62ea8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/0bfdc1d3ccd3489ba5278a82484fa936.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Galba </b>(Wanted.&nbsp; Undecided on which denomination or type.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Otho </b>(Just graded by NGC: Fine; Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_10/5AD699A8-D1B8-4BFA-A496-4BF5FF6AA653.jpeg.d62579c7f67b41da7e49e12e0443ff40.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Vitellius</b> (Wanted.&nbsp; Undecided on which denomination or type.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Vespasian</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/63e7ea2ce7c242b58974b3a38534a4ee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Titus</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/95ec23f24c6a426d90ef8c5bcf6682c5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Domitian </b>(Just graded by NGC: Ch XF; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_10/D5B1933A-C1EF-4656-ACF4-F4F8A0AAB1C9.jpeg.e6735988095f7ca0f374112bc24ae848.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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