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<p>[QUOTE="Volante, post: 20287234, member: 57279"]I've been thinking it would be a fun challenge to complete an entire set of imperial denarii by emperor. Anybody completed that set before and/or can speak to the difficulty/expense of it? I would limit myself to senior emperors only, so no Aelius for instance. I would target at least VF condition throughout (XF for the common emperors). And I wouldn't include any of the post-Gordian bronze denarii, but would limit myself to the standard silver issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>Going from memory, this is the list I have - any I'm missing? I'm thinking maybe <$10k for all (assuming I start from scratch), with Gordian I/II and Caligula accounting for 2/3rd of that - do you think that's a reasonable budget?</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus</p><p>Tiberius</p><p>Caligula</p><p>Claudius</p><p>Nero</p><p>Galba</p><p>Otho</p><p>Vitellius</p><p>Vespasian</p><p>Titus</p><p>Domitian</p><p>Nerva</p><p>Trajan</p><p>Hadrian</p><p>Antoninus Pius</p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>Lucius Verus</p><p>Commodus</p><p>Pertinax</p><p>Didius Julianus</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Caracalla</p><p>Geta</p><p>Macrinus</p><p>Elagabalus</p><p>Severus Alexander</p><p>Maximinus Thrax</p><p>Gordian I</p><p>Gordian II</p><p>Pupienus</p><p>Balbinus</p><p>Gordian III[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Volante, post: 20287234, member: 57279"]I've been thinking it would be a fun challenge to complete an entire set of imperial denarii by emperor. Anybody completed that set before and/or can speak to the difficulty/expense of it? I would limit myself to senior emperors only, so no Aelius for instance. I would target at least VF condition throughout (XF for the common emperors). And I wouldn't include any of the post-Gordian bronze denarii, but would limit myself to the standard silver issues. Going from memory, this is the list I have - any I'm missing? I'm thinking maybe <$10k for all (assuming I start from scratch), with Gordian I/II and Caligula accounting for 2/3rd of that - do you think that's a reasonable budget? Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius Marcus Aurelius Lucius Verus Commodus Pertinax Didius Julianus Septimius Severus Caracalla Geta Macrinus Elagabalus Severus Alexander Maximinus Thrax Gordian I Gordian II Pupienus Balbinus Gordian III[/QUOTE]
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