The theme for the next meeting is collecting ancient coins by theme, or how to collect ancient coins. The classical world is so large and overwhelming, where does a collector begin? Books on these coins can be expensive and difficult to get hold of or do not cover the series sufficiently widely.
here are some suggestions,
- Get Marc
Antony Legionary issues or the military types of Gallienus
- Collect
lifetime portraits of the twelve
Caesars, or the Five
Good Emperors, or those from the Year of
the Five Emperors
- Get all bust
types for one emperor
- All the coins
depicting the
Circus Maximus or a bridge, boat, camp gates or captives.
- Get coins
featuring Britannia
- Collect coins
of female rulers
- Get one of
each recurring reverse, such as Liberalitas,
Pax or Consecratio
- Or just get
anything that is interesting and you like!
Good advice, stick to a theme, although to be honest I have never followed it!
