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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3326434, member: 75937"]- What metrics do you choose to add coins ? I actively seek out Roman imperial and provincial issues, primarily 2nd and 3rd century. That doesn't mean I won't add a Seleukid, Greek or Judean coin if it appeals to me. I'll pick up a Republican coin, too, if it has a more interesting design than Roma/quadriga. Can't afford gold. I am particularly fond of the following areas: dual portrait provincial coins, coins portraying various pagan deities, women of the Antonine and Severan dynasties (I've been actively acquiring Faustina I coins of late, particularly seeking the lifetime issues and those with veiled busts), Gallienus, Trebonianus Gallus and Lupa Romana coins. If there is an unusual variety, I will scoop it up, particularly if it's a good deal. - Do you have a rough size of a collection in mind (10, 100, 5000, 1000, 50,000 coins?) I like to acquire coins often. I'm of the "I'd rather have 10 coins worth $50 each than 1 coin worth $500" school. I imagine I'll have about 3000 by the time I leave this world. - Do you work off of a "wantlist"? How has your wantlist changed over time? How rigid are you with following your wantlist and plans? I have a want-list for my areas of interest: coins I don't already have. That said, the interest in my subcollections is fluid and changes over time. It depends on if I see something interesting and I'm inspired to go off into a different direction. - What's the longest you've waited to find a coin you've wanted? How long have you been waiting for your current target? I don't really have a fixed want list, but pick up interesting items along the way, so I'm not really waiting for anything. I will, however, see items for sale in my "specialty" areas that make me say, "That's an item I have never seen for sale before; I had better get it while I have the opportunity." I have several coins that are quite scarce but went unappreciated by others. - What portion of purchases do you make privately vs from auctions? I would guess: 20% V Coins, shows and private purchases; 80% auctions. - How often do you handle your coins or look at your pictures? Just about daily. - How much time do you spend searching for lost pedigrees? Very little. I'd like to do more in the future as acsearchinfo's coin recognition software gets better. - How many books/catalogs do you own or have easy access to? My go-to is Sear's RCV and I have all 5 volumes. I also have all the old volumes of RIC. I have volumes 3-6 of BMCRE. I have print copies of AMNG 1, Ruzicka, Lingren 2-3, Tameryazev and Makarenko, and catalogs of various museum collections. I use online Moushmov a fair amount. I also use online Cohen, but mostly to compare to descriptions listed in other sources -- Cohen reports on coins that are probably forgeries or are inaccurately described in his sources. I have digitized, public-domain versions of most of the BMC Greek volumes. I like old catalogs available in the public domain online -- Sulzer's collection, the Mionnet volumes, Wiczay, and AMNG III. I search at acsearchinfo to help attribute unknown coins. I mostly use them to identify die-matches and to get a sense of how scarce a certain issue may be by seeing how many have come up for auction over the past 15 years or so. I have a lot of old catalogs going back to about 2000. I have perhaps 8 years worth of The Celator in print. General numismatic works -- not references -- perhaps 20 others.[/QUOTE]

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