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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3928461, member: 96898&quot;]My main aim is to have my entire coin collection photographed and digitally catalogued at the end of next year. So far, I&#039;m more or less done with taking pictures and typing catalogue entries for my Romans, and I have made good progress with the medieval collection. Unfortunately though, many of my Greek, most of my Eastern, and almost all of my 1500–1650 coins still lack proper photography and digital labels. Catching up on this will be quite some work but also a good opportunity to improve my macro photography skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as new acquisitions go, there probably won&#039;t be as many as in recent years. Yet, I have an eye on the following coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Roman</u>: I&#039;m looking out for a couple of Severan denarii with reverse types I find interesting, including first of all a nice <i>dea caelestis</i> and secondly a Neptune as well as a Ceres reverse for a little pantheon I&#039;m building. For the same reason, I&#039;m searching for an attractive Valerian antoninianus with a DEO VOLKANO reverse. If good opportunity arises, I might also add a couple more Republican denarii to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Greek</u>: Really not that much. I&#039;m mostly happy with my collection as it is. Yet, there are a few important and iconic types that I feel would complete it, for example an Aegina stater, a coin from Thebes (I&#039;d be fine with an attractive hemidrachm), a Tarentum nomos, a Byzantium siglos, etc. Realistically speaking, I&#039;ll probably buy one or two from this wish list next year and leave the rest for later.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Medieval</u>: I have a list of bracteates that I&#039;m looking out for. I&#039;ll definitely be bidding should any of these appear on the market for an acceptable price. Yet, this likely is in many cases just wishful thinking due to the general scarcity of these coins as well as other collectors with much deeper pockets. A Jerusalem denier struck by Amalric and showing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also on my list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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