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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1641986, member: 25357&quot;]Hi all.&nbsp; Some of you may recognize me from CoinTalk.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a fairly consistent poster over the last 3 years or so.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a collector of US coins for years.&nbsp; Lately reading all the posting activity of you ancient coin collectors has seriously piqued my interest in that section of the hobby.&nbsp; So I&#039;ve decided to come over to the dark side and enter the world of ancient collecting!:devil:</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve collected a handful of Roman coins over the years, mostly from the Imperial period.&nbsp; I&#039;ve decided I want to focus on Roman Empire coins and try to complete some kind of Roman Emperor&#039;s Set.&nbsp; I know this can be an ambitious undertaking.&nbsp; Without counting usurpers and impostors I come up with roughly 111 Emperors.&nbsp; Some of these are great rarities and may only come available once in a great while.&nbsp; I&#039;m looking for advice on making this a more manageable collection.&nbsp; How have some of you divided up these coins?&nbsp; What kind of ideas/advice can you offer on collecting Roman Imperial coins?&nbsp; What are some good reference books to help me on my journey?</p><p><br /></p><p>You all seem to follow a certain convention when posting your coins:&nbsp; Coin obverse legend, Reverse legend, Date, weight/diameter in mm, attribution.&nbsp; Am I right and is this the standard?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve bought two references thus far: ROMAN COINS and their values by David Sear and the Whitman Handbook of ancient Greek and Roman Coins.&nbsp; My meagher collection right now consists of some 15 Roman Coins total:&nbsp; 13 Emperors, A fallen Horseman and an Urbs Roma.&nbsp; But I think I&#039;ve been bitten by the bug.&nbsp; I just added this Trajan to my collection today.&nbsp; I&#039;m looking forward to hearing back from any who might take an interest in providing some advice in this area.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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