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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acsearch.info, post: 8022884, member: 105839&quot;][USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER] That&#039;s an interesting, rational and pragmatic strategy you have. For me rarity is relative since I am not only a type collector, but also try to find the best preserved example of a type that I can afford. A common type in great condition and/or of very fine style may be just as rare as a rare type regardless of the condition/style. Same goes for other factors, such as provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I am collecting Quadrantes, Semisses and Tesserae and already have the more common types, I usually try to buy every type I don&#039;t have yet and then try to upgrade whenever possible. Luckily, great conditions are rather rare with these denominations and the rare types only appear every few years, so I don&#039;t really have to have a strategy other than: buy when available <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are of course exceptions, such as the latest Jacquier sale where they offered an entire collection of these coins. So I spent quite a lot more than I usually would.</p><p><br /></p><p>One coin I bought there was the following Nerva Quadrans:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://image-cdn.sixbid.com/v7/lots/paul-francis-jacquier-numismatique-antique/munzen-der-antike-8737/spezialsammlung-von-teilstucken-sammlung-prof-7333294.jpg?p=lot_o" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a rare type at all, but the provenance (Este collection, see small silver collector&#039;s mark) is, especially if you only collect these small denominations. So I had to have it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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