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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26409934, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><i>[ATTACH=full]1685096[/ATTACH] </i></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><i>My sister made a little video of me presenting this collection. There are minor errors in it- I misspoke in a few places.</i></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[MEDIA=youtube]I8qAThFUcv0[/MEDIA]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is the category of my collection for the <b>Twelve Caesars of Rome</b>. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-collections-master-thread-2025.419181/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-collections-master-thread-2025.419181/">SEE MY OTHER COLLECTIONS HERE.</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This collection consists of twelve coins, of Julius Caesar followed by the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire. These rulers were chronicled in Suetonius' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars" rel="nofollow"><i>The Twelve Caesars</i></a>. The Twelve Caesars is a popular, if somewhat challenging, collection theme with collectors of Roman coins.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Twelve Caesars were: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar" rel="nofollow">Julius Caesar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" rel="nofollow">Tiberius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" rel="nofollow">Caligula</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius" rel="nofollow">Claudius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero" rel="nofollow">Nero</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" rel="nofollow">Galba</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho" rel="nofollow">Otho</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius" rel="nofollow">Vitellius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" rel="nofollow">Titus</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" rel="nofollow">Domitian</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is the second time I have collected the Twelve Caesars. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/">My first Twelve Caesars collection</a>, completed in 2013, was done on a relatively modest budget of $500 USD or less per coin, which made rulers like Caligula and Otho challenging.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This time around, I did it with a somewhat expanded budget, allowing me to pursue slightly higher quality pieces in some cases, and even a few gold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureus" rel="nofollow">aureus</a> coins. I set a minimum grade of Fine or better, and may upgrade some of these beyond that, later.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">All my other ancient coins have <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-ancient-medieval-collection-to-1600-ad.419182/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-ancient-medieval-collection-to-1600-ad.419182/">their own thread</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Coins below are displayed in chronological order. Photos are not shown to scale.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Thank you for taking the time to view my collections. I welcome your comments.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Numismatic Regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">~Robertson (“Rob”) Shinnick (“lordmarcovan”)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Golden Isles of Georgia, USA</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26409934, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][I][ATTACH=full]1685096[/ATTACH] [/I] [I]My sister made a little video of me presenting this collection. There are minor errors in it- I misspoke in a few places.[/I] [MEDIA=youtube]I8qAThFUcv0[/MEDIA] This is the category of my collection for the [B]Twelve Caesars of Rome[/B]. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-collections-master-thread-2025.419181/']SEE MY OTHER COLLECTIONS HERE.[/URL] This collection consists of twelve coins, of Julius Caesar followed by the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire. These rulers were chronicled in Suetonius' [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars'][I]The Twelve Caesars[/I][/URL]. The Twelve Caesars is a popular, if somewhat challenging, collection theme with collectors of Roman coins. The Twelve Caesars were: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar']Julius Caesar[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus']Augustus[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius']Tiberius[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula']Caligula[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius']Claudius[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero']Nero[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba']Galba[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho']Otho[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius']Vitellius[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian']Vespasian[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus']Titus[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian']Domitian[/URL]. This is the second time I have collected the Twelve Caesars. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/']My first Twelve Caesars collection[/URL], completed in 2013, was done on a relatively modest budget of $500 USD or less per coin, which made rulers like Caligula and Otho challenging. This time around, I did it with a somewhat expanded budget, allowing me to pursue slightly higher quality pieces in some cases, and even a few gold [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureus']aureus[/URL] coins. I set a minimum grade of Fine or better, and may upgrade some of these beyond that, later. All my other ancient coins have [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordmarcovan-my-ancient-medieval-collection-to-1600-ad.419182/']their own thread[/URL]. Coins below are displayed in chronological order. Photos are not shown to scale. Thank you for taking the time to view my collections. I welcome your comments. Numismatic Regards, ~Robertson (“Rob”) Shinnick (“lordmarcovan”) Golden Isles of Georgia, USA[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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