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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3150774, member: 74968&quot;][USER=22037]@divinemine[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>You can decide to collect popular issues like the &quot;tribute penny&quot; for Tiberius or the &quot;Judea Capta&quot; denarius for Vespasian, or you could decide to collect rarer issues if rarity is something you want to pursue.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might decide that you want a mix of metals or collect all in the same metal. (There are limitations to this as Otho did not mint any imperial bronze). you might decide to collect only imperial issues or you might include provincial issues. If you allow provincials, then a bronze of Otho would be available.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you decide on silver issues there are a few stumbling blocks. The most difficult and expensive to acquire will be the Caligula and the Claudius. Not only are these scarce, they are also very popular. There is plenty of competition for them when they appear. They do appear with some regularity in larger, well advertised auctions. The nice thing is that your targets will probably not all come to market at the same time. This will give you the opportunity to examine your strategy for collecting and decide whether or not you think it is working. Do not be afraid to change your mind or direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example of some of the choices you will face consider the coins of Julius Caesar. If you want a silver issue you can choose a lifetime or posthumous example. You can choose a portrait or non-portrait example. One popular choice is the famous &quot;elephant&quot; denarius. For Galba you might want to choose an issue of Rome. However, his coins were also minted in Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was building my set I tried to get the most difficult ones before acquiring the easier ones. However, you can do this anyway you like as stated by [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]. There is only one rule-have fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have more questions, there are plenty of kind people here who will help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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