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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 25906930, member: 51347&quot;]Congrats [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>It is no mystery, or truly &quot;The Darkside&quot;.&nbsp; Rather it is an earlier historical period of Humanity that you can learn, just like most folks learn with coins of the Modern Era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I have many coins from the Empire, I am more fascinated with the Roman Republic.&nbsp; THERE was the history that were the seeds and foundations of what later became the Empire.&nbsp; However, if you learn the struggles, failures, and also the unprecedented successes that they had, you really appreciate what the Roman Republic accomplished.&nbsp; I enjoy their struggles in the 3 Punic Wars, where at many points, Rome ALMOST was destroyed by Carthage (remember Hannibal?). It is also the foundation that the United States sought to use in developing our laws and system of government.&nbsp; The Empire corrupted those ideals, and formed a Kingship / Dictatorship starting with Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>By default in my collecting, I have accumulated around 150 of the Rulers of the Roman Empire (including wives, etc.).&nbsp; But, the Empire is not my focus.&nbsp; Here is one of my sets of the Seutonius Twelve ( Commonly known as the 12 Caesars).&nbsp; I added Vindex and made it a Round Baker&#039;s Dozen <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, cuz he started the Civil war to kill off the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. </p><p><br /></p><p>My set is a mish-mash of Common, Scarce, and Rare coins across the Empire and several of the denominations. </p><p><br /></p><p>I really do not focus on how perfect a coin is, I focus on touching the critical junctures in Human History.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck and ENJOY!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649938[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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