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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8258438, member: 134416&quot;]Yes, there&#039;s certainly no shame in being a budget collector. A collector of $5 Constantinian coins can have the same love of history as the finest collector.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lane for both the budget collector and the finest collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a <i>hobby</i> and any prudent person should spend commensurately with his or her free income.&nbsp; And with today&#039;s increasingly uncertain world one would be very foolish to be reckless.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a regular guy and I split my disposable income between two main hobbies. While I always have loved coins, the coin part was relatively dormant for almost a decade.&nbsp; In my other hobby I didn&#039;t have the biggest income but I managed to meet and exceed all my goals.&nbsp; The ultimate rarities all seemed to come to me in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have the advantage of having collected for a long time; I was able to get my Otho back in the 90s when they were cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a budget collector I also avoid auctions like the plague. Besides hating the idea of having to duke it out with someone else over the item and usually paying too much, what&#039;s the point if one can only focus on one or two lots? I haven&#039;t done auctions since the late 90s, although a few of my favorite coins were unsold lots.&nbsp; While not disrespecting it at all for people who do hold it in high esteem, provenance also means little to me.&nbsp; All of our coins have some kind of story. The ugly and decrepit Postumus Double Sestertius could have been part of the 1773 East Tar Pit Hoard for all we know.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The provenance of my S882 Heraclius was all very interesting, but would it have influenced my buy at all if it had been owned by Harold Appleknocker? Not at all. I saw a very attractive example of a long time want and hopped on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But getting back to the subject at hand we budget collectors have to use our wits and be nimble.&nbsp; One usually knows where to get deals on some very attractive coins.&nbsp; If one&#039;s smart and/or lucky, one can even pick up attractive coins of the 12 Caesars - even sub $200.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456181[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve only just purchased this coin, but since it isn&#039;t very expensive I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll jinx myself by posting it.&nbsp; I have far more attractive coins on my to buy list but before pivoting back to Roman I present to you a way nicer than average S805. One almost never sees facial features of the emperors or legends.&nbsp; There&#039;s an XF example I have my eye on with full legends and details, arguably less attractive though with corroded surfaces, probably because the way it was cleaned, and is five times the price of this one.&nbsp; I may or may not get that one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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