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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8021339, member: 75937&quot;]Over my 30-year collecting &quot;career,&quot; I&#039;ve accumulated a lot of different coins, comprising several different sub-collections, from prutot of the Roman procurators in Judea to the VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS commemoratives of the 4th century CE and everything in-between. I&#039;ve got a little bit of everything in the Roman sphere and some Greek bronzes, too. So, I still make impulse purchases of things that catch my eye, particularly if I am enamored of their artistry, design, or if they are a good price.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;ve had a fascination with the coins of the Antonine and Severan women for much of my coin collecting years. I&#039;ve been diving deep into the coins of Faustina I and II over the past two or three years and I&#039;m at the point where I can recognize rarities that otherwise go unnoticed at auction and I&#039;ve acquired some true rarities in this way. It has distracted me from other pursuits, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390517[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I watch several dozen auctions and online retail dealers&#039; stock at least weekly and if a Faustina coin I don&#039;t have comes up and it&#039;s within my admittedly modest budget, I&#039;ll get it. I&#039;m not too concerned about grade; it&#039;s all about completeness and rarity for me. I very much enjoy studying and researching my coins, trying to fit them into a chronological and historical framework (because they aren&#039;t dated). I enjoy writing my weekly &quot;Faustina Friday&quot; installments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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