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<p>[QUOTE="Gao, post: 1565444, member: 19409"]I think this really depends on how you define a set. Obviously, one can't get every single type of ancient coin ever, but can still come up with "sets" that have a chance of completion. For instance, I think he could try collecting a coin of each emperor in a certain dynasty, like the Constantinian or Severan dynasties. Or a coin from each mint in a certain period (slowly trying to do that for the first tetrarchy at the moment), or perhaps an example of each non-gold imperial Roman denomination. These examples should all be doable in his price range. Unfortunately, it's probably a bit harder to figure out an affordable and completable set for females (some can get expensive), but I'm thinking that maybe he could try doing a set of all female deities and personifications on Roman coinage as long as he doesn't mind a full bodied female rather than portraits. Anyone know if that be doable in his price range, or are their some personifications that aren't popping into my head that are a huge pain to acquire?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gao, post: 1565444, member: 19409"]I think this really depends on how you define a set. Obviously, one can't get every single type of ancient coin ever, but can still come up with "sets" that have a chance of completion. For instance, I think he could try collecting a coin of each emperor in a certain dynasty, like the Constantinian or Severan dynasties. Or a coin from each mint in a certain period (slowly trying to do that for the first tetrarchy at the moment), or perhaps an example of each non-gold imperial Roman denomination. These examples should all be doable in his price range. Unfortunately, it's probably a bit harder to figure out an affordable and completable set for females (some can get expensive), but I'm thinking that maybe he could try doing a set of all female deities and personifications on Roman coinage as long as he doesn't mind a full bodied female rather than portraits. Anyone know if that be doable in his price range, or are their some personifications that aren't popping into my head that are a huge pain to acquire?[/QUOTE]
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