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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 675179, member: 19409&quot;]Like the others said, it depends on your price range and what exactly you&#039;re looking for. For instance, do you want something with a lot of history, or are you more interested in the coin itself being beautiful? Do you want a big coin or small? Do you want silver, gold, bronze, or does it not matter? Do you want something that looks exotic? I&#039;m going to advise on Roman coins, as I don&#039;t know much about other areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the lowest end for things that are attractive, try looking into bronzes of Constantine or his sons, particularly Constantius II. You should be able to get some rather nice looking ones for under $30, though they will be on the small side.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you want silver, the most affordable are the coins of the Severan dynasty or Gordian III. Gordian III is nice because his coins came just before the decline in the quality of coins in the third century caused by the inflationary problems of the empire, and you can easily find very nice, well preserved examples of his antoniniani. The antoninianus was a coin worth 2 denarii, and it was the biggest regularly produced silver coin from imperial Rome. I&#039;ve gotten a couple of these for under $30, but both of mine had somewhat worn reverse dies. You can get some really well preserved ones for under $50. Sestertii, the largest bronze coins that Rome made (around 30mm in diameter in most periods) are also rather plentiful in this period, though they may be a little more expensive than the silver coins. The main problem with Gordian III coins is that we don&#039;t have much history for his reign, so there isn&#039;t all that much of a story behind what you have.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Severans (Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander), on the other hand, have much more detailed histories available, so you will have more of a story with whatever you get. Antoniniani were introduced in this period, though they aren&#039;t as plentiful as those of the later century, so you will probably be stuck with denarii, which are dime sized or smaller if you have a low price range. There are some very beautiful coins of this era, and I say it&#039;s worth getting a coin of Septimius Severus for his amazing beard alone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you want something more exotic looking, you may want to look into getting a Parthian or Sasanian (also spelled Sassanian) coin, as they were really nice looking. I don&#039;t know enough about them to tell you much more than that, though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In any case, go to <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">VCoins</a> and see what&#039;s available in your price range. If you are searching for stuff based on what I said here, then make sure you use the singular forms of the words for coins (sestertius, denarius, and antoninianus).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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