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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6318138, member: 101855&quot;]You are free to collect whatever you like, but I&#039;ve found that I get more out of what I have if there is a rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes I get something, don&#039;t do much with it for years and then come back have an interest in the same topic. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I bought this denarius of the emperor Geta (lived 189 to 211 AD, was emperor with is brother, who killed him 209 to 211.) for a high school history project. Many years later I got interested in Roman imperial coinage, and this was my first piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250329[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1250330[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>To complete the story, here is Caracalla, the brother who killed Geta ... right in front of his mother during a &quot;peace conference&quot; they were supposed to be having. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1250332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the goddess Dea Caelesits riding a lion and holding a thunder bolt. Don&#039;t try that at home! </p><p><br /></p><p>Some years after I bought the Geta denarius I bought a few old British coins. My interest did not bloom until a few decades later. I bought this Commonwealth shilling because of the date, 1652, which has a connection to the Massachusetts silver coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1250334[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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