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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2923163, member: 44316"]If you are compelled to try to complete sets, you can decide to define "set" differently. We see collectors on this list with one from each mint that issued "huts" or "soldier spearing fallen horseman." </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ugly-milestone.306485/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ugly-milestone.306485/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ugly-milestone.306485/</a></p><p>You might one of each AE type of some emperor Valentinian (AD 364) through Theodosius II and Valentinian III (AD 450).</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll bet most of us do like to work on sets where we see a theme we'd like to complete (e.g. at least one of each emperor, or each of the twelve Caesars). Pick your own theme and don't let anyone tell you your collection is a failure if it does not have that key date in high grade (as US coin publications hint every issue.) </p><p><br /></p><p>With ancients, buy anything you like. If you post it here with some information about it, the post will get "likes" regardless of the grade and red book rarity and value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2923163, member: 44316"]If you are compelled to try to complete sets, you can decide to define "set" differently. We see collectors on this list with one from each mint that issued "huts" or "soldier spearing fallen horseman." [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ugly-milestone.306485/[/url] You might one of each AE type of some emperor Valentinian (AD 364) through Theodosius II and Valentinian III (AD 450). [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/[/url] I'll bet most of us do like to work on sets where we see a theme we'd like to complete (e.g. at least one of each emperor, or each of the twelve Caesars). Pick your own theme and don't let anyone tell you your collection is a failure if it does not have that key date in high grade (as US coin publications hint every issue.) With ancients, buy anything you like. If you post it here with some information about it, the post will get "likes" regardless of the grade and red book rarity and value.[/QUOTE]
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