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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3723327, member: 76194"]I started out as a generalist, collecting anything Greek or Roman:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998071[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]998072[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then I veered off and started to collect Islamic medieval coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998074[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then I flirted with Indian ancient and medieval coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and once I grew bored with all that, I even dabbled in medieval European coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998082[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But eventually I drifted away from medieval coinage altogether and started collecting ancient Chinese coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998083[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But these days I'm back to collecting only ancient Greek and Roman coinage...and I'm a generalist in those two areas. With a Max cap of 200 coins for my collection, as a generalist I doubt my Greek and Roman collection will ever be considered "coherent" by specialists, but I just buy and collect what I like and that's all that really matters to me...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]998093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3723327, member: 76194"]I started out as a generalist, collecting anything Greek or Roman: [ATTACH=full]998071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]998072[/ATTACH] Then I veered off and started to collect Islamic medieval coinage: [ATTACH=full]998074[/ATTACH] Then I flirted with Indian ancient and medieval coinage: [ATTACH=full]998076[/ATTACH] and once I grew bored with all that, I even dabbled in medieval European coinage: [ATTACH=full]998082[/ATTACH] But eventually I drifted away from medieval coinage altogether and started collecting ancient Chinese coinage: [ATTACH=full]998083[/ATTACH] But these days I'm back to collecting only ancient Greek and Roman coinage...and I'm a generalist in those two areas. With a Max cap of 200 coins for my collection, as a generalist I doubt my Greek and Roman collection will ever be considered "coherent" by specialists, but I just buy and collect what I like and that's all that really matters to me... [ATTACH=full]998092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]998093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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