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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2622537, member: 76440&quot;]Many of us change collecting focus over time as our interests evolve.&nbsp; Personally, I think specialty is a good thing, as it adds depth and value to your knowledge and sometimes (not always) your collection.&nbsp; As a teenager, I began collecting Roman Imperial coins in a general, unspecialized manner.&nbsp; That broad collecting focus continued for decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gradually, I started buying mainland Greek coins and English hammered coins.&nbsp; Those two experiments were short-lived.&nbsp; I remain passively interested in Greek coins and have kept my small collection, but I lost interst in English hammered coins and sold that collection last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>A third experiment was to buy a representative sample of Roman Republican coins to add developmental context to my Roman Imperial collection.&nbsp; That limited intention has resulted in a wholesale shift of my collecting focus to Roman Republican coins.&nbsp; In effect, I have restarted collecting from scratch with a renewed focus and vigor. What interests me most about the Republican coinage is that the full evolution of coinage from crude, weighed bronze to Imperatorial propaganda can be collected in a series spanning a mere 300 years.&nbsp; In acquiring Roman Republican coins, I&#039;ve also focused on provenanced or provenancable coins.&nbsp; Middle market Roman Republican coins are remarkably easy to provenance, likely because the Republic issued few gold coins and largely formulaic bronze coins.&nbsp; Old auction catalogues are full of Republican denarii and bronzes that are still affordable today vs. the aurei and high-value sestertii you&#039;ll find in the Imperial sections of those catalogues.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m now considering selling most of my Roman Imperial collection to continue this pursuit.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice: if the Constantinian coins are becoming too difficult to collect or too expensive, try experimenting with some other areas that interest you.&nbsp; One such experiment may stick, as in my case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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