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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8257900, member: 134416&quot;]That type is very, very neat.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could buy somewhat more expensive coins, but I want to be somewhat true to a budget. I have been known to venture into the &gt;$500 pool.&nbsp; It just isn&#039;t often.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most I&#039;ve ever spent on a coin was an HJB Tremissis of Johannes, purchased in the 90s. It&#039;s relatively worn for gold but not terrible; a quite decent fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even with hideous gold prices, Solidi of Leontius (695-8) aren&#039;t THAT expensive. I have always wanted one...</p><p><br /></p><p>AE of the Constantinian dynasty are a nice suggestion, but other than a few neat bust types or issues, my interest during that period deeply trails off after the defeat of Maxentius. It does pick up with Magnus Maximus, and I am lucky enough to have a nice Siliqua of his. My interest then drops off again after Eugenius.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin of Eugenius has always been on my bucket list.&nbsp; I usually luck into things in my hobbies, so the right Siliqua could come along. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have zilch interest in re-selling any of my coins, so it really doesn&#039;t greatly matter if I continue on the VG or F trail of more desirable types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even I shy away from G or below, unless it&#039;s something I&#039;ve always wanted and can&#039;t otherwise afford.&nbsp; Bronze disease is another dealbreaker. That&#039;s too much of a pain in the neck to deal with.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are quite a few really attractive AE coins that can be had for $500 or less in the pre-294 Roman series, especially when it comes to Asses or Dupondii.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;m still on the Byzantine kick, I&#039;m trying to acquire some really nice examples of certain types, like that S882 I recently posted, and I have my eye on a certain coin which is better than the Sear plate coin. I&#039;d also like to upgrade the Heraclius Seleucia.&nbsp; Mine isn&#039;t all that great, but it was literally the only one of that type available for sale on vcoins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or I suppose I could wait a month or two and snag a common Solidus.&nbsp; However, gold&#039;s currently too high for me to justify an AV purchase unless it&#039;s something I always wanted. The Jack Benny in my just won&#039;t allow that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an of example of what I mean by a budget example of a nicer&nbsp; type:&nbsp; I had always wanted this type and along came one which wasn&#039;t totally terrible. One can always upgrade a lower grade coin.&nbsp; It does get one&#039;s foot in the door for the type, however.[ATTACH=full]1456106[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I do have some nicer coins (random example):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456108[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been an opportunistic buyer over the years.&nbsp; Some buys were pretty decent.</p><p><br /></p><p>One buy that I do deeply regret on missing out on; somewhere in the 2011-2014 ranger there was a vcoins Carausius Denarius for sale, somewhere around $700.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t all that flush at the time or else I would have hopped on that long-time want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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