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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 5009392, member: 44357&quot;]I see a collection as an evolution and I too will periodically cull pieces that don&#039;t quite fit or which I&#039;ve upgraded. Your culling makes good sense in my eyes, trading nice but otherwise replaceable coins for an extremely tough piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;d love to keep everything, it&#039;s financially prohibitive and, looking back at the batches of coins I&#039;ve sold, I wouldn&#039;t want to buy them again regardless of budget; my collection is better off now being more tailored and focused.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consigned these coins a couple years ago to NAC. I had just upgraded the Knossos drachm to an irreplaceable stater and while the others were nice, I didn&#039;t &quot;need&quot; them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201674[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>With the proceeds, I purchased this Domitian ex. Boscoreale aureus (also Ex. Biaggi and a few other important sales) as well as this Cleopatra denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201676[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I sold a larger number of coins in a Triton auction. I&#039;d since upgraded a few and some of the others just didn&#039;t quite fit anymore:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201679[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The resulting purchase was a Nektanebo stater - the only coin with hieroglyphics on it - and a finely styled infant Hercules drachm, both of which are well-pedigreed (the former recently became subject to import restrictions so I knew I needed to buy the next available example):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201682[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201683[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be going through another round of refinements to offset some of the cost of my recent Eid Mar + Greek purchases and, having begun the selection process, I can already see how it will result in a net-improvement.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;ll be sad to see some pieces go but I&#039;ve been window shopping and picked out nicer examples of the types which will hopefully eventually find their way to my collection even if it takes a handful of years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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