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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3204989, member: 8959&quot;]I have never had a second chance opportunity to purchase a coin, as TIF describes.</p><p>However, there are many coins in my collection that I puchased because they &#039;spoke to me, strongly&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are two examples. The first one is a sestertius of Lucius Verus with a portrait that I will modestly describe as &#039;majestic&#039;, &#039;imperial&#039;. I bought it partly because I think it portrays Verus like he probably truly was - courageous and righteous, and not the weak, self indulging, decadent, luxury-prone individual which history portrays. This portrait does the emperor justice:</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is an as of Nero which I had to have for similar reasons: a dignified portrait of an emperor who is also often maligned in history books, but who may have in fact been different from what history portrays.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830431[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830432[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there are many coins which &#039;spoke to me&#039; for particular reasons which have found their way to my collection over the years. I guess I am a somewhat sentimental individual who finds pleasure in coins which evoke emotional feelings in me. My wife does not have time for such &#039;sentimentalities&#039;, she says, specially when they cost money...and tells me that when a coin speaks to me so strongly in future, I should just wear ear-plugs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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