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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3014347, member: 85693&quot;]I like Doug&#039;s approach to collecting.&nbsp; Being surprised is a big part of it for me - I don&#039;t really know what I want until I see it, and sometimes only after I get it in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, after many years of collecting, I just got my first Gallienus, one of the most common emperors out there - it&#039;s not that I was avoiding him, I was just waiting for an attractive one that fit in my budget (not an easy fit, as it turned out).&nbsp; I&#039;m very happy with it - the Apollo reverse, the sand patina.&nbsp; There are a lot better ones out there and maybe someday I&#039;ll land one, but like all the rest of my collection, it&#039;ll be by chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748125[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748126[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even further off topic in regards to Marcus Aurelius, but I just got a batch of cheap Byzantines recently, and it was a tiny, very ragged half tetarteron of Manuel I that was my favorite - believe me, I was not &quot;in the market&quot; for a half tetarteron - it was something about the way St. George looked, some aspect that just appealed (or &quot;spoke&quot;) to me.&nbsp; I&#039;ll keep an eye out for a better one, but something else unexpected will probably crop up...and I like this one well enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748122[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to ramble - I&#039;ll end with a Marcus Aurelius that I bought a few years back on eBay - it was listed as Antoninus Pius.&nbsp; The large eye appeals to me - I sometimes suspect an Eastern mint for some of these:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748131[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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