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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1328732, member: 26302"]Well a lot to take in. I am not sure about the idea that one name only was common. Maybe during early medieval times, but Romans always had two names minimum, usually more. When you say "Caesar" do you mean Julius? Octavian was later adopted and named Caesar as well, and his family members. Later on Caesar meant the junior emperor, or emperor to be, with Augustus meaning the senior emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for Roman coins, there are literally thousands upon thousands of types. I would suggest looking around and trying to narrow your range, as there are many collectors who spend decades and only collect maybe 10% of the available Roman coins out there. Roman coins are the most common of all ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the Josean dynasty, there are Korean cash coins available, but they are scarcer than Chinese issues. I know scott semans of <a href="http://www.coincoin.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincoin.com" rel="nofollow">www.coincoin.com</a> carries them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1328732, member: 26302"]Well a lot to take in. I am not sure about the idea that one name only was common. Maybe during early medieval times, but Romans always had two names minimum, usually more. When you say "Caesar" do you mean Julius? Octavian was later adopted and named Caesar as well, and his family members. Later on Caesar meant the junior emperor, or emperor to be, with Augustus meaning the senior emperor. As for Roman coins, there are literally thousands upon thousands of types. I would suggest looking around and trying to narrow your range, as there are many collectors who spend decades and only collect maybe 10% of the available Roman coins out there. Roman coins are the most common of all ancient coins. For the Josean dynasty, there are Korean cash coins available, but they are scarcer than Chinese issues. I know scott semans of [url]www.coincoin.com[/url] carries them. Chris[/QUOTE]
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