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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25303172, member: 101855"]Welcome to the boards! I have been collector for over 60 years, but I only started to collect imperial Roman coins about 10 years ago. Before that I collected U.S. coins, tokens and medals extensively. I was also a coin dealer in U.S. coins and tokens for 15 years. I have also tried to collect at least one coin for each Roman emperor. You will get some advice about who those men were. There are usurpers who claimed to be emperor and issued coins, some of them very rare. I used the list that is in this book, which still available from Whitman Publishing. [ATTACH=full]1616379[/ATTACH] Collecting at least one coin from each emperor who is listed in this book is challenging. I did pretty well with more large budget that most people have until I hit the 400s. There I have hit a brick wall. You know you are in trouble when the easiest coins to get are the gold pieces. Here is a collection of the 12 Caesars, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. This not easy to do, but it's quite an accomplishment if you do. Please don't be discouraged, you can do quite a bit. The Caesar portrait piece in this set was struck 11 months after his death. Caesar portrait coins that were struck when he was alive and very pricey. [ATTACH=full]1616380[/ATTACH] There are people here who know a lot more than I do, but I'll help you here on-line if you post your questions.[/QUOTE]