I. Like. Big. Bronze, and I cannot lie...

This glorious bastard arrived today, double sestertius of Postumus, my first of the denomination. I know most of these were overstruck, but I'm not finding enough detail on this coin to suggest a host type. Let's see yours!

 

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Nice coins. What are the weight and sizes of these buggers?

 

Yes, for these, size is important.

 

Just one coin my friend, two pics. 35mm, 23g - pretty hefty, but I also had a Ptolemaic hemidrachm come knocking yesterday, at 44g...

 

A purse full of these could become a dangerous weapon. Nice coins (both).

 

Amazingly cool OP-fatty, JA (congrats on that new sweetie) ... man, eventhough I have a couple of Postumus, I'd be tempted to bid on that ol' salty dawg!!

 

Nice one JA . Or should I say two !!!!!

 

That is a very nice specimen. I don't know what percentage are overstruck but many are very thin and flat so would have had to have been hammered flat first destroying detail. My poor example is only 15.9g and quite thin. The strike failed to smooth the rough flan. Note mine has no SC. Most of his bronzes don't.

 

I don't have any double sestertius yet, but I have early sestertius that are larger!

Claudius Sestertius (34mm, 29.89 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of dress. RIC I 99

 

Really nice material, Postumus is one of my fav. Emperors. Still need him, as for most others...

 

Major score, and wonderfully large!

My two... both showing SC in exergue.



First one is 17.8g, but the second is a paltry 9.85g, the size and weight suggesting to me that a recycled as flan was used.

 

cool coins, Z .... rugged

 

Nobody comments on the silly pun title?

 

It's a gift ... I've played the big-butt video a few times in the past

=> butt hey, if you're askin' ...



oh, ooops ... ummm, butt the rule is that you've gotta post a coin to make it a coin-post

Postumus (got back)

 

Posthumous or posterior. .

 

You spelled Postumus incorrectly, butt I got your joke!!

 

Which rulers issued double sestertii besides Postumus?

 

a double sestertius is VERY high on my list, those are pretty darn sweet JA.

here's a large alexandrian drachm i have, kind of thin for the type but still pretty cool. tied for second largest ancient in my collection (diameter).


Hadrian 117-138 AD Æ Drachm (35mm, 15.4g) Dated yr 2 (117/8 AD) Alexandria
Laureate bust right, slight drapery. / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below; L B (date) in ex. Köln 760.

 

Great coin, John.

 

That double sestertius is a winner!

I'm going to post this coin, even though I don't have it yet:



Here's another large bronze. This one has a huge portrait:


Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE31, 16g, 12h; Serdica.
Obv.: AVT K M AVR SEVH ANTΩNEINOC Laureate head right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC; Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left.