My version of 5 Good Emperors

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  1. expat

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    There must be numerous examples of the subject in a variety of denominations. With the recent acquisition of Nerva mine is finished. I would love to see yours.
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  3. GarrettB

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    Nice set, Expat! I really like that style of Hadrian and will be looking for one in the future. I'll add my own set here (which I've shared before). I would just add the 5, but I don't have an image with just the 5 together.

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    When I redo them, I'll add my more recent Hadrian.

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  4. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    I actually have some embarrassing Nerva's, but I give myself a pass for Nerva:

    I collect Roman "captives coinage" and, I believe, he is one the very few rulers from Julius Caesar through Leo & Zeno that did not produce any -- either Imperial or Provincial -- including "personifications mourning." (If anyone knows any that are close, please let me know!)

    Antoninus and Hadrian are tough, too, but I found a way.

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    NERVA: N/A

    TRAJAN: His Dacian campaign was his great achievement. He bragged with a huge, varied series of captives coins. Mine are silver, but they come in gold and bronze and many more variations:
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    Even Trajan's famous architectural types are often about the Dacian conquest. His Column celebrating it, and the Bridge over the River Danube which won him the campaign (kinda). Trajan's Column Denarius 3E-B-E 01-10-2023.png Trajan-AE-As-Danube-Bridge (ARC Photo).jpg


    HADRIAN: Had very few captives coins. Aside from the Britannia personifications, only a few specimens are known. I had to go to Alexandria to find one (this one uses an "Armenian captives" reverse type introduced by Trajan). Ex Dattari and ETB Collections:
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    ANTONINUS PIUS: Another hard one. Only the "Britannia mourning" types for Imperial coins (and some Provincials). New, from the "Mentor Collection" (George Muller Estate):
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    MARCUS AURELIUS: Made a big return to captives coinage. Sadly, I've only just begun with him and don't have much that's pretty. Here's an Armenia:

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    COMMODUS (substitute for Nerva): Produced lots of braggadocius captives coinage, but it was all his father's military accomplishments (same for Lucius Verus'), including the Sarmatian and Germanic captives of the Marcomannic Wars pictured here:
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