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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R*L, post: 3567791, member: 96878&quot;]I am toying with the idea of heading in a more focused direction at some point with my collection. But as has been expressed above I think a broad start is useful in this hobby before a collector can really be in a position to make an informed decision about specialization.&nbsp; I for one have certainly benefited from collecting across the ancient coin world within quite broadly defined characteristics (eg Greek, Roman and Eastern coins prior to a fuzzy cut off date around the time of Zeno, give or take a Byzantine Emperor or two (or *cough* ten). As a result, I have increased my understanding and appreciation of different cultures, history, art, ancient numismatics in general, and of course the contemporary ancient coin trade and market.</p><p><br /></p><p>That has been invaluable and a source of real enjoyment for me and I&#039;m not quite ready to move away from that approach yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if I do, and subject to maintaining a certain degree of self discipline, I also dislike the idea of imposing too ridged a limit on my area of collecting. And that might be the nub of the issue. It seems that the idea of defining the &quot;set&quot; of coins that you collect and the criteria that makes that collection cohesive is always going to be highly subjective and depend on the interests of the collector. Put another way, IMO what ties any collection together is the story that the collector has about the collection as much the items themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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