Nice to finally add a new coin, this year, and it's a bit of a doozy too. My new Aemilian Antoninianus. Aemilian (253 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: PACI AVG, Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre. Toma Mint 3.44g 21mm RIC 8, C 26
Really nice coin. This is my Antoninianus, I've posted before. Roman Empire Aemilian (Jul-Oct 253) Antoninianus, Rome Obv: IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Rev: ERCVL VICTORI, Hercules standing r., resting on club and holding bow and lion's skin on left arm. RCV 9832 RSC 13 22mm 3.06 gn I also found a Sestertius RCV 9862 RIC 54(a) Rome July - Oct 253 AD. I bought the first coin and then a week later the dealer told me he had the Sestertius and was giving up on Ancients so I was able to buy it reasonably.
Nice antoninianus, but what do you think about the sestertius? The laurel wreath and the name AEMILIANV seem much tooled. Are you sure it was a sestertius of Aemilianus?
To be truthful I am not skilled enough to know the difference having never seen one before. I had to rely on the dealer who although has given up on ancients is still in business and offered a lifetime guarantee. I will take a look at the name with my microscope. Thanks for your comment.
I have a Sestertius of Aemilian of the same type, in poor condition but certified genuine by Sear: IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG - laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS DECENNALIBVS SC in four lines within laurel wreath Orichalcum Sestertius, Rome mint, struck ca. August 253 AD 29mm / 11,28 g RIC IV 54a (RRR), Cohen 67, Hunter 25, Sear 9862, Banti 18 (same obverse die)
I do think Dafydd´s Sestertius is genuine despite obviously being tooled. It seems to be from the same reverse die (and maybe even the same obverse die originally) as my coin.
Wow, @Mat it is a doozy! great quality, just nice. I have a basic AE version... Although, looks as if his eyes and neck were cut like a Damnatio. AEMILIANUS RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Rev: P M S COL VIII;Moesia standing, looking left between bull and lion, AN XI - Damnatio Memoriae (eye and neck slashed) Comments: (John provided) Aemilian was a powerful general who defeated invading Goths and got himself proclaimed emperor by his troops. He marched on Rome and defeated Trebonianus Gallus, but when Valerian came at him with a much larger army, Aemilian's soldiers mutinied and assassinated him. He reigned all of three months in AD 253. His short reign makes him one of the challenging slots in an emperor set, which is probably exacerbated by the fact that a damnatio memoriae was issued against him. Likely many of his already scarce issues were destroyed. Aemilianus, 253. Bronze, Viminacium in Moesien. Büste / Weibliche Gestalt zwischen Stier und Löwe. Pick, Dacien & Moesien I, 1, S. 57, g.; Grünbraune Patina Selten Sehr schön Ex: @John Anthony
