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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 13050535, member: 135271&quot;]My main focus is in ancient coins. I haven&#039;t settled into any niche yet, and my interest is about as broad as ancient history itself! But I&#039;d say my main focus is Early-to-Mid Roman Imperial - from Augustus to, say Septimius Severus. I want to get a Julius Caesar lifetime portrait coin, and I&#039;ve got coins of every emperor up to Marcus Aurelius. Continuing that will be one area of collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got a hankering to try a more focused sub-collection on one of the later emperors, because nice coins can be had much cheaper. Also thinking a sub-collection of animal types would be cool. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another area of collecting which has just been opened up a bit to me is the Seleucids. I&#039;ve been intrigued with what I&#039;ve been reading about them and it seems like an interesting area. Ditto the Ptolemies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I throw in World coins kind of impulsively. I don&#039;t really have a main interest there, just go with what appeals to me. I like British Empire history, with a special interest in the Victorian era, so I&#039;ve got a number of coins from this period. I enjoy reading about the Cold War era too, so I have a few Soviet coins in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a good handful of US coins too, but the market for US coins is too &quot;regulated&quot; for me, if you know what I mean. I am just not that interested in the minutiae of grading, slabbing, price guides, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I hope to do in all of my collecting is, start to focus more on quality rather than quantity. This takes patience though, something I&#039;m not really great at. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We&#039;ll see how 2023 goes![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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