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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8019672, member: 110350&quot;]At this point I have three primary prerequisites: (1) a reverse that interests and appeals to me, and isn&#039;t just &quot;someone standing there&quot;; (2) what I consider nice enough condition and an attractive enough design overall for me to find the coin visually appealing (and I certainly have different standards for different types; for example I&#039;ll buy a Roman Alexandrian billon or bronze coin in considerably lesser condition than an Imperial silver); and (3) I can afford the coin without spending so much that I&#039;ll feel terribly guilty buying any more coins at all for the next couple of months.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 4 1/2 years or so that I&#039;ve been more or less actively collecting ancient coins (after 30 years of collecting British coins and historical medals) -- my total right now happens to be exactly 300 ancient coins-- I&#039;ve generally shifted from Roman Imperial denarii and antoninianii (originally one for each emperor or empress or other royal family member), with a few bronzes sprinkled in and also a handful of Greek coins, to adding additional coins I liked for some individual emperors rather than continuing with accumulating different emperors for their own sake, to adding some LRBs and siliquae, to adding some Roman Provincials and to the beginning of my Roman Republican collection, to a somewhat greater interest in Roman Alexandrian coins, especially as Republican coins have become more expensive just in the last couple of years. And to my first two ancient gold coins in the last year. I still like every one of those categories, though. It isn&#039;t as if I&#039;ve abandoned any of them completely.</p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly have no grand plan. I imagine that I&#039;ll keep going where my interests and my finances take me in the future..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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