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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4956828, member: 98035"]I would say that a complete set of emperors is impossible on a budget anywhere south of several million dollars, and a complete set of usurpers is impossible because several are only known from 2-5 coins which are all held in museums' permanent collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who are curious, the choke point for a complete set of bona fide emperors is Olybrius, who IIRC is known from only 12 coins, only a few of which are in private hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the Wildwinds Chronological list - it is very complete, but it is missing a few entries who are essentially impossible to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I ran into the problem of running out of affordable Roman coins (I still haven't spent over $1,000 on any individual coin, and only own a few over $500). My solution was to challenge myself by collecting by title, specifically:</p><p><br /></p><p>As Caesar, or heir apparent to the living Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And posthumous, whether specifically a consecration issue, or not.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191497[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This has led to some unique challenges and has driven me to not only learn a lot about Roman history, but also to seek out some particularly rare coins that not many would appreciate. Some favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>Caligula, issued as Caesar under Tiberius - Only from Carthago Nova in Spain, and only a couple hundred specimens known across 3 denominations of the same series</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191520[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Hadrian - The entire reason that Antoninus got the honorific "Pius" (the emission was small, as Hadrian was quite unpopular when he died)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191521[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III as Caesar under Pupienus and Balbinus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191524[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Victorinus - particularly surprising given how and why he died!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191530[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine as "Filius Augustorum" or "Son of the Emperors" - Minted by Galerius to try to give him a participation ribbon after Diocletian told him to stand down and relinquish claims to the purple</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191531[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Maxentius as Caesar - minted only at Carthage, only for a few months for uncertain reasons, as Maxentius usurped imperial power directly without ever holding the title of Caesar!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191533[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of years ago I had actually put together a spreadsheet to act as a checklist for this collecting approach - I need to figure out the best way to get it hosted for others to use and improve on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4956828, member: 98035"]I would say that a complete set of emperors is impossible on a budget anywhere south of several million dollars, and a complete set of usurpers is impossible because several are only known from 2-5 coins which are all held in museums' permanent collections. For those who are curious, the choke point for a complete set of bona fide emperors is Olybrius, who IIRC is known from only 12 coins, only a few of which are in private hands. I like the Wildwinds Chronological list - it is very complete, but it is missing a few entries who are essentially impossible to collect. [URL]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html[/URL] I ran into the problem of running out of affordable Roman coins (I still haven't spent over $1,000 on any individual coin, and only own a few over $500). My solution was to challenge myself by collecting by title, specifically: As Caesar, or heir apparent to the living Augustus [ATTACH=full]1191496[/ATTACH] As Augustus [ATTACH=full]1191495[/ATTACH] And posthumous, whether specifically a consecration issue, or not. [ATTACH=full]1191497[/ATTACH] This has led to some unique challenges and has driven me to not only learn a lot about Roman history, but also to seek out some particularly rare coins that not many would appreciate. Some favorites: Caligula, issued as Caesar under Tiberius - Only from Carthago Nova in Spain, and only a couple hundred specimens known across 3 denominations of the same series [ATTACH=full]1191520[/ATTACH] Divus Hadrian - The entire reason that Antoninus got the honorific "Pius" (the emission was small, as Hadrian was quite unpopular when he died) [ATTACH=full]1191521[/ATTACH] Gordian III as Caesar under Pupienus and Balbinus [ATTACH=full]1191524[/ATTACH] Divus Victorinus - particularly surprising given how and why he died! [ATTACH=full]1191530[/ATTACH] Constantine as "Filius Augustorum" or "Son of the Emperors" - Minted by Galerius to try to give him a participation ribbon after Diocletian told him to stand down and relinquish claims to the purple [ATTACH=full]1191531[/ATTACH] Maxentius as Caesar - minted only at Carthage, only for a few months for uncertain reasons, as Maxentius usurped imperial power directly without ever holding the title of Caesar! [ATTACH=full]1191533[/ATTACH] A couple of years ago I had actually put together a spreadsheet to act as a checklist for this collecting approach - I need to figure out the best way to get it hosted for others to use and improve on it.[/QUOTE]
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