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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 1155563, member: 19409&quot;]Yeah, that&#039;s not a bad way to do it.&nbsp; Another interesting idea I&#039;ve heard is to try to start by getting a coin of each dynasty before you try to get a coin of each emperor.&nbsp; That way, you can get yourself a broad cross section of history before getting bogged down in short lived emperors and the like.&nbsp; This would be particularly useful if you want to show the evolution of coinage through the Byzantine era, since, while there are many rare emperors there, there are few dynasties where there isn&#039;t at least one affordable coin type.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to keep in mind is that no one is going to force you to keep this theme up.&nbsp; Most people start trying to collect one of each emperor, but as they buy and learn more about imperial coinage, they usually lose interest in certain areas and start to specialize in others.&nbsp; Personally, I lost interest in most 4th and 5th century coins, but I found that I rather like the coins of Vespasian, Gordian III, and the first tetrarchy, so I&#039;ve been focusing a little more on getting them than anything else.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t mean that I won&#039;t ever buy anything from the 4th and 5th centuries or that I wouldn&#039;t want coins of emperors I don&#039;t have yet, but I&#039;m not as motivated to get them as I was when I first started collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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