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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 3731086, member: 89970&quot;]I love it all, including ancient and modern numismatics, but I came to a realization many years ago that I could not and would never be able to afford to collect everything and have a meaningful collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; One could argue that a sample of everything is meaningful, but researching and knowing enough to make smart purchases takes a lot of time, more time than I’m willing to spend.</p><p><br /></p><p>So around 30 years ago I sold my US and British collections to fund and focus solely on ancients. About 10 years ago, I sold my Roman Imperial coins to focus solely on Roman Republican coins. I have further specialized in the early anonymous (with and without symbols) coins of the denarius system.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Lately, I’ve felt like I’ve specialized too much, so I’m expanding to later Roman Republican silver and also, coins of the Roman Imperial tetrarchy of the late 2nd, early 3rd century, a series of which I was very fond of before I sold my Imperial collection.&nbsp; I’ve recently even placed unsuccessful bids on really nice Imperial denarii, rationalizing that they kind of fit in with my “origin of the denarius” theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few representations from my years of changing themes -</p><p>A Set of early anonymous coins from my primary focus area (Origin of the denarius)[ATTACH=full]1000410[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice portrait denarius of Macrinus (&quot;portraits of emperors&quot; theme)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000411[/ATTACH] </p><p>Halfpenny of William III (British Halfpennies)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000415[/ATTACH] </p><p>Finally, a portrait of my early US Copper collection (early 1980&#039;s)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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