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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2250866, member: 42773"]I'll pose a challenge to anyone who wishes to pursue it: how would you go about collecting these types in an intentional way? There is no right or wrong answer, but these coins are cheap and easy to collect, so why not think about it? Certainly all three emperors in both types would make a pleasing set, perhaps all from one mint - Siscia is the most common. Or perhaps a collection that featured some of the interesting symbols found in the fields, such as stars. The OP coin has an interesting symbol, the thing that looks like an R with a cowlick. There are others. I collected this GLORIA type of Valens for the wonderful style the engraver put into the captive. This from Thessalonica's first issue of the type and hence has no field marks. Perhaps the extra room in the fields enticed the engraver to make the captive larger and give him some real character. [ATTACH=full]445450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]