This coin probably won't make it in before the next year, but my goal was to get him before yearend and i have accomplished that..now i'll have 4(actually two of one and maybe 2 of this dude) of the year of the 5 with a Pescennius Niger notwithstanding. POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS (Sellers Pics)
Good stuff! Coin will make excellent addition to your collection. I also was successfull in Calico & Aureo Auction/ we both had success. John
..thanks AA...i've bought few coin for the reverse and with these guys, its good if you can make out who it is and read some of the legend...and they still aren't cheap..
This is a foil pressing of the sestertius I bought in the sixties from a 50 cent pickout pot. I sold it for a loss in 1974 along with most of my collection. This one was several times more several years later.
Super great, @ominus1 ! Congrats! I need a Pescennius Niger also. Are you getting any of this WIND??? I am working out of SE Iowa this week and we are having 75mph wind gusts! DIDIUS JULIANUS RI Didius Julianus 193 CE - 9 weeks - AE Sestertius
Congrats on acquiring that rarity! Nice strong portrait on it too. Mine saw heavy circulation: DIDIUS JULIANUS AR Denarius. 2.42g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 28th March – 1st June AD 193. RIC 1; Cohen 2. O: IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right. R: CONCORD MILIT, Concordia standing facing, head turned left, holding aquila and signum. And one he struck for his daughter: DIDIA CLARA AE Sestertius. 18.24g, 30.0mm. Rome mint, AD 193. Struck under Didius Julianus. RIC 20; Cohen 4. O: DIDIA CLARA AVG, draped bust right. R: HILAR TEMPOR, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; S-C across field.
