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<p>[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 7847328, member: 89687"]...in the ancient coin field, there are many a rabbit hole one can go down..but they are still all connected in some way...its interesting to hear what motivates us to collect who & what we do...last year my goal became, later in the year, to get all of who i could of Rome 3rd century...it was a challenge..of course, i didn't get them all in the time i allotted meself, but i came purdy close..and it is still a goal for me to get them all that i'm able <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />a few weeks back, i believe it was [USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] (?) posting about getting coins of all the emperors and he was at 155 i believe..but he talked of the year of the 5 & 6 and he already had most, if not all of them...it inspired me to conquest those which i still lacked, in those years and others too.. the 26th of July i purchased Clodius Albinus(while also filling the tetarchy with Const. Chlorus...along with a Maximius Diai<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) the 10th of august i bought a coin of Pertinax(i'll post it whens i gets its<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)...and last nite i won a rough, but inexpensive for him, bronze Moisa Superior of Aemilian(et.al)...the last of which i'll have to have authenticated by our good Peeps here at CT <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 7847328, member: 89687"]...in the ancient coin field, there are many a rabbit hole one can go down..but they are still all connected in some way...its interesting to hear what motivates us to collect who & what we do...last year my goal became, later in the year, to get all of who i could of Rome 3rd century...it was a challenge..of course, i didn't get them all in the time i allotted meself, but i came purdy close..and it is still a goal for me to get them all that i'm able :)a few weeks back, i believe it was [USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] (?) posting about getting coins of all the emperors and he was at 155 i believe..but he talked of the year of the 5 & 6 and he already had most, if not all of them...it inspired me to conquest those which i still lacked, in those years and others too.. the 26th of July i purchased Clodius Albinus(while also filling the tetarchy with Const. Chlorus...along with a Maximius Diai:)) the 10th of august i bought a coin of Pertinax(i'll post it whens i gets its:))...and last nite i won a rough, but inexpensive for him, bronze Moisa Superior of Aemilian(et.al)...the last of which i'll have to have authenticated by our good Peeps here at CT :)[/QUOTE]
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