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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 3150766, member: 75641&quot;][USER=9204]@Ardatirion[/USER] and [USER=56398]@vlaha[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>First of all vlaha, understand that ancients are really about the adventure you go on.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of that adventure will be annoying.&nbsp;&nbsp; Trying to make out letters on cheapo bronzes when you don’t really know what the legends should be yet, trying to learn what reference books go to what type of coinage, finding dealers on internet or in person that you like and can trust, et cetera.&nbsp; Those annoyances were mine at least and they faded pretty quickly as I learned to use Wildwinds, bought some good reference books of my own and bugged these guys in here a ton.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The fun part of the adventure is that most of us started in one place and ended up in several very different places along the way or at the end.&nbsp; I had a couple of ancients that were gifted to me as a kid and I got interested in figuring them out (in so, coming to the true purpose of the gifter) so I did.&nbsp; Then I wanted more.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like the challenge of finding cheap coins that appeal to me mostly because when I started I was really broke.&nbsp; As it turns out I really love the research and can dig deep in it to write little notes for here for other people to talk with me about.&nbsp; I started all over the place sort of doing a one coin per emperor set.&nbsp; Then like [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] i then was like “oh, who is this lady here?” She was Julia Domna, whom I named my daughter after.&nbsp; Then I dove deep into Septimius Severus and am still there.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also love Probus and all of his crazy type combos from his six year reign.&nbsp; I also like dinking around in junk bins for cheap 4th century coins of the family of Constantine I.&nbsp; I like collecting those by mint mark because I am a lunatic.&nbsp; They are like $10 Max a coin for the most part.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a 12 Caesars set that sees action once in awhile too.&nbsp; If I am counting in my brain correctly I have 8.&nbsp; But I also use bronze and Provincial to help complete the collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is what I can afford and I don’t care.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are nice coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just don’t collect Septimius Severus.&nbsp; He is terrible and boring and I already have enough competition from [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] in that regard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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