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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 8020285, member: 44106&quot;]Love this thread and the responses so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>To go back to another previous thread on how collections evolve, my collection started with an LRB when I was 12 and I was hooked. That evolved into collecting Roman denarii and antoninianii but also expanded into medieval European and ancient Greek coins as I explored other areas. I began to consolidate into a few areas:</p><ul> <li>My Roman collection of primarily denarii, antoninianii and LRBs (although I also have a few asses, dupondii and sestertii, as well as some Roman Republican, including a few aes rude and aes formatum that I found myself long ago)</li> <li>A Greek Magna Graecian collection consisting primarily of sub-collections of Metapontum and Tarentum, but also Messapian coinages of Brundisium, Hyria/Orra, Graxa, Samadi, and Uxentum. I have also begun a sub-collection of medieval Apulian coinage from Brindisi and Bari</li> <li>A collection of the coinage of East Friesland (Ostfriesland) from the early mediaeval period (the earliest Frisian coins were minted in the 6th/7th centuries but mints like Emden and Jever began minting around 1000 AD) into the Prussian period</li> </ul><p>The Messapian and Ostfrisian themes were easy to pick out because that&#039;s where my ancestry comes from, so it is easy to passionately collect in these areas. That doesn&#039;t mean that I am restricted to collecting just these coins though - over time, I have branched out to get a few coins of Alexander the Great, or those great Knossos bronze issues from the Roman period, or a few of Medieval England (I lived there in my formative years), or a Crusader coins like those silvers of Bohemond III, or... well, you get the drift.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But back to how I choose what to buy. The coin has to be attractive, it has to have some historical significance, and it has to be affordable (although the coins I can afford now are better than those when I was younger <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). On the Roman side, I am trying to build out the main emperors but have a fondness for the adoptive ones, especially my avatar Hadrian. On the Greek side, I have occasionally branched out into interesting types - for example, I got myself a nice example of the Athenian owl Tetradrachm given its current affordability due to the recent Turkish hoard purported to be from the &quot;Ten Thousand&quot; campaigns.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the long, drawn-out explanation... I guess it just goes to prove the point which continues to be made in all of these discussions, which is to let your collection take it to wherever you want it to go. There are no rules except the ones you choose to follow. Let your passion guide you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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