I have been bidding on this one....and won it. plmk what you think: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=20556 stainless
Here's mine: Gallienus AE Antoninianus - Sol Obverse: Radiate and cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG Reverse: Sol standing left, raising right, whip in left, SOLI INVICTO Catalog: RIC Asia 658 (Mint not certain, possibly Antioch)
looks good stainless are you going for a military theme?? I only say this because I know you have a gordian III (military leader) and this coin has a soldier on it as well as the fact Gallienus did do his fair of fighting before he died
Thats a pretty decent Gallienus. I searched a long time before I found one that was nice enough for my tastes. AR antoninianus – 19mm Antioch, 255-256 AD radiate draped bust r. IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG Gallienus standing l. holding sceptre, presenting Victory to Valerian, standing r., holding globe and scepter VIRTVS AVGG RIC Va Antioch 456
I do think the military coins are cool, but right now I am trying to get one coin of each emperor possible for ancient Rome. I know it is impossible to get all of them, and will be very hard to get others (Otho), but I have my whole life to get this done. I won't have to ruch with this project (and I can't really). So I will take my time and buy other coin along the way. stainless
yeah and when your older u can focus on the more expensive emperors like julius whom I can't seem to find a decent coin of for under like 500 bucks
Well, yoan try to win this one, if this is one you are looking for (doesnt look like Julius Caesar to me) http://cgi.ebay.com/FG-DT-64-JULIUS...oryZ4734QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem stainless
First off, Julius Caesar (I presume the Julius you're talking about!) was never an emperor, though he is popularly included with the emperors. He was dictator, but wasn't the first to hold that position by a long shot. Augustus was the closest thing to a first Emperor Rome had. Second, coins of Julius Caesar needn't necessarily have his bust on them. At the time, the coinage still reflected Republican traditions, and the imperial theme of the emperor's portrait wasn't firmly established until about halfway through the reign of Augustus. The one stainless posted shows Aeneas carrying his father Anchises - if anyone of you are familiar with your Virgil, this reverse should be meaningful to you! That coin looks to be genuine, but suffering from some brittleness and horn silver.
