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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jdmKY, post: 7854916, member: 115308&quot;]Much like [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER], I attribute my interest in coins to a love of history Growing up, I would read voraciously. I remember that (on the rare occasion) when my parents wanted to discipline me, they would order me to my room. That was where the World Book Encyclopedia resided, so I would just pull out a random volume and start reading. I couldn’t have been happier.</p><p>I collected stamps in high school, but became aware of ancient coins while visiting a jewelry store in St Thomas on my honeymoon. That piqued my interest so I started reading (thank you, David Sear).</p><p>I started out as a generalist, with both Greek and Roman coins. At one point, I thought that maybe I would specialize in Athenian coins, but that really didn’t excite me. So I kept reading. I couldn’t resist the rich history of the Imperatorial Period.</p><p>So I traded all my various coins for a couple of Roman mosaics and started over. Early on, I decided that I would avoid Provincials as there were plenty of targets otherwise. This was in the early ‘80’s and I’ve slowly built a collection of 87 Imperatorial coins. I get tremendous pleasure from having coins directly linked to such important historical figures as Julius Caesar, Octavian, Brutus, Antony and Cleopatra among others.&nbsp; </p><p>And after collecting Imperatorials for nearly 40 years, I’m pretty sure that there will be no changes in my tastes going forward![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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