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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4847913, member: 51347&quot;]Personally, slabs do nothing for me, so I break them out. HOWEVER, I do enjoy the fact that expert eyes have assessed those coins, and by their opinion, authenticated them. Removing them from the slab puts them into my hand as intended for ALL coins to be held and transacted by Humans.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wrote about my collecting habits before...</p><p><br /></p><p>I focus on the Roman Republic, and those Entities that interacted with them. I also collect coins that represent critical junctures or people whom affected change in Human History. Most of my collection is BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman Republic Entities include the Republic, Early Republic, Carthage Empire, Makedon, Etruria, Italia, Sicily (Rome&#039;s first Province, and start of their Empire), et al. I also enjoy Egyptian Royal Scarabs, which represent milestones within their History. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a ragtag / &quot;dog&#039;s breakfast&quot; collection of the Roman Rulers. Somehow, they accreted to my collection as gifts to me, sidebar purchases, etc.&nbsp; Over time, somehow I managed to accumulate 151 different Roman Rulers (from Augustus through the End of the Western Empire). However, this is not a focus of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Presently, major life changes has slowed my collecting efforts. We hope to move through them, but the Ancient&#039;s Collecting is still a roaring fire in my mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>MOST importantly...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">HAVE FUN !!!</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-22-28-png.1097325/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>RR Anon Ca 240 BCE AR Heavy Quinarius Drachm 16mm 3.0g Rome Helmet Hd Mars r - Horse’s hd sickle Cr 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carthage</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-24-23-png.1097326/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Carthage - Sicily AR Litra 4th C BCE 9.5mm 0.65g Palm Tree Horse Head SNG Cop 74 EE Clain-Safanelli R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Italia</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-27-32-png.1097327/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Larinum Frentani 210-175 BCE AE Quincunx 22mm 9.8g Mars or Athena corinthian helmet- Galloping Horseman spear sheild tbolt 5 pellets NH Italy 625 BMC 2 </p><p>SCARCE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Makedon</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-32-10-png.1097336/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Makedon Alexander I 498-454 BCE AR Obol 10mm 0.75g Horse - Quadripartite incuse sq SNG ANS 32 R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-33-29-png.1097337/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Etruria Populonia AR 5 Asses 3rd C BCE 2.0g Young Hd L V behind HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 Vecchi Etruscan 91.6 ex NAC 29 No 9 R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sicily</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-35-6-png.1097338/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sicily Kalakte AE unit 2nd C BCE Head Athena in Helmet - Owl rev R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SCARAB</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-36-54-png.1097339/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Egypt Scarab RAMESSES II cartouche 19th Dyn 1292-1189 BCE winged uraeus cobra 4.1g 19mm Gustave Mustaki coll acquired fr Egypt in 1948</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Yeah, and a &quot;dog&#039;s breakfast&quot; of those Roman Empire lunatics:</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-6_9-41-1-png.1097342/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>RI Verina w Leo I AE2 20mm 457-475 Victory inscribing CHI RHO - RIC X 656 R3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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