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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 4956446, member: 44357&quot;]That Hadrian aureus is a beautiful example, [USER=114838]@Cicero12[/USER] , and a really great place to start the this era of your collection, and poetic that you managed to track down a fitting pedigree as well!</p><p><br /></p><p>My collecting journey started as a child with US coins, then briefly a range of world and ancients (lower-end mixed lots and an attempt at a &quot;one per century&quot; collection). Then after a few fortunate career moves, I was able to dive more deeply into US coins, focusing on early gold and colonials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, I bought my avatar coin and all bets were off. I stopped buying US coins and eventually sold the bulk of them: I was bit hard by the ancient bug.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, while it isn&#039;t the coin I&#039;ve owned the longest, it is the longest member of what I consider to be my &quot;primary&quot; collection today:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Antoninus Pius 138-161 AD. Aureus, 7.30g (6h). Rome, 140-4 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: TR - POT - COS III Emperor as Romulus advancing right in military dress, holding spear with points at both ends and trophy over shoulder. BM 238. C. 909; RIC 37, 906 var., Strack 71. Biaggi 761 (this coin). Calicó 1650 (this coin).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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