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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael W. Bradley, post: 8347634, member: 114144&quot;]I am a relative newbie myself, so I get it. When I first realized I could &#039;own&#039; and have Roman history to myself-I did two things: bought uncleaned batch-around a $1 a-piece (10 I think). Only 1 was any good. And naturally I cleaned that one first. It was a very interesting experience. Right off I identified it as Constantine &quot;Roma&quot; with the (reverse) symbol of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. Even so it had a crack in it but didn&#039;t diminish it to me.&nbsp; As for the&nbsp; rest: I eventually got around to cleaning them too. Very small broken cull coins. But mildly interesting. At the same time I thought I would take a risk and get a &quot;Vespasion&quot; that had a personal meaning to me. It turns out that I recently discovered the seller was on the &quot;Notorious Fake Seller&quot; list. So I don&#039;t know. I recently made some comparisons-maybe yes-maybe no. What I want to say is that obtaining post-Constantine coins will not be a problem. The hyper-inflation of those times, endless expensive wars, the &#039;decline&#039; was well underway. Unless you have a fondness for late Empire, you will be coming up with fairly much of the same coin and will sooner or later become bored with it.&nbsp; To go backwards, requires care and caution. Buying from long established reputable dealers could increase your premium up to 3 times-depends on your budget and what kind of collection you want and for what purpose. I had a few screwballs.Once I got lucky and an uncleaned coin turned out to be early. Another time a goof thought he sold me a Roman coin but turns out to be Greek much older-possibly Alexander even-though not in great condition. ILLEGIMATI NON CARBORUNDEM.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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