Common emperors that you're missing?

..well really, as far as 'true' Roman emperors(ratified by the senate at Rome), i'm not missing any 'common' ones now..i've worked very hard and spent a lot of cash chasing them all...still i lack Gordian I & II, which those i wouldn't rate 'common', and i reckon authentic Balbinus & Pupienus and maybe a Aemilianus...other than those, i think i'm flush..

 

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Missing depends on your collection focus, and since I focus on the earlier days of the empire, i'm missing a lot of empresses and emperors from about 240 AD and onwards.
Within my focus area though, i still need a denarius of Caracalla as a grumpy adult (common) and a denarius of Didius Julianus (not common). I just cant seem to find "the" coin of Caracalla. And a denarius of DJ is a matter of money...

 

I am quite happy when I manage to steal a new emperor (or Caesar) with a low price (aren't we all...)
Saloninus as Caesar is not a rare character but rarely found under 20 EUR from what I've seen. Getting this was not a bad move.

 

I can check off Romulus, Won at Roma Numismatics on 10/8/2021.

 

..well....i don't have him either..but(now he was the last emperor of Rome correct?!) he isnt one i'd call 'common' either...

 

Licinius I: None of his reverses are compelling enough.
Geta, Phillip II, Salonius, probably a bunch more children: Again, I opted to buy their more significant Imperial relatives.
Twelve Caesars pre-Vespasian + Titus - Too expensive for the quality you get
Anything after Julian II: Stopped at this point due to boring reverses.
All the rarities such as Didius.
Florian/Tacitus/Aemellian: Not interesting enough to me and no unique/ironic/fitting reverses.

 

I guess I'm missing Valentinian III and Zeno as well. They'd fit the $200 or under threshold I have set for 'common.' However, I just can't get excited over AE4's.

I'm surprised that Zeno's Solidi are somewhat cheaper than I thought. I don't care much about Zeno so I can't really justify splurging.

I think Jim meant Romulus, Maxentius' son.

 

The "common" rulers i'm missing are Domitia and Poppaea.

Everyone else that I'm missing will cost four figures plus.

Antinous is a priority for me - always looking for a good drachm of his that isn't tooled.

My coin purchasing will slow down now that i can indulge my travel hobby again - collecting countries.

 

Pescennius Niger is my current chase. The guy seemed to be a solid Roman with a lot of achievements on the military front, although he lost in the end with a couple battles against Severus in the east. The problem with his coins is that most of them are either poor quality or the portrait is quite unattractive in my mind... and the fact that at this point it is extremely difficult to find one for less than $1,000.

There are currently several up for auction over the next month or so, but none do much for me. Still waiting.

 

Zeno was actually a quite important and capable emperor. I got a solidus of his for just over 400€ last year. Much better than the poor AEs!

 

I think I have seen more Pescennius, Didius J and Pertinax coins on auction the last years, than ever before. It has already affected the price on Pertinax. I lack the two others, but I don’t count them as «common» just yet.
I’m constantly distracted by other coins that I find more interesting, but I should pull it together and buy that Constantius argenteus and that Balbinus ant.

 

And a solidus is nothing to sneeze at either. Was it the Millennia specimen? -- said to be among the finest known. photos?

 

Still looking for a Bonosus. Hoping for one in the bargain bin

 

I'm still on the lookout for a Caligula portrait coin. Imperial preferred.

 

I used to have one but I think I turned it in to the bank as I heard they were proscribed and illegal to own. As you know he was condemned by the senate and his coins were all recalled & destroyed.


Caligula, bronze sestersius,
rv Caligula addressing the cohorts
Ascension issue of 37-38 AD.

One of the 1st Roman coins I bought after finishing graduate school around 1988.

 

It's questionable that these even exist.

 

Haha, I know.

 

I assume it's Romulus, son of Maxentius - Rare, but not especially pricey. I think mine cost about $200.


Romulus Augustus on the other hand is a minimum 5-figure coin, probably low/mid 6 figures.

 

I collect denarii and I am missing Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero and Titus.

Once I get those ones I can focus on Vitellius, Otho and Galba who are much less common with short reigns.

 

Caligula and Claudius are in a league of their own when it comes to denarii. Especially Caligula. You may settle for one of their drachms, though, which Sear (kindly) has placed together with the denarii.

I would rank them in difficulty:
Caligula
Claudius
Otho
Galba
Nero
Vitellius
Titus
Tiberius