ERIC II Rarity List #110 Personal Milestone Celebration!!

Thank you very much. Some people say I do too much work but it's more like fun to me because I am learning and I examine every detail I can as well as keeping as best as I can accurate records.

 

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Congrats on your progress!!!

I have no idea what I might have picked up since last year in this regard but I'll post a denarius of Otho and Pertinax to start off with....a low grade example of the latter and a scarcer, worn, and over-priced left-facing denarius of the former:

 

Well, I do not have my coins online, rather they are pictured and stored on my PC. But, you really inspired me with your list... so I doctored it using your same format to make MY list... I had 103 Emperors, but recently I have been capturing several Empresses. Some of mine are not great, some of mine are not bad. I pretty much am collecting them to give to my Grandkids as I focus on The Roman Republic. We are VERY close on what we have...

I HAVE in BLUE:

1 Constantine I
2 Trajan
3 Gordian III
4 Hadrian
5 Antoninus Pius
6 Augustus
7 Constantius II
8 Septimius Severus
9 Gallienus
10 Caracalla
11 Probus
12 Severus Alexander
13 Vespasian
14 Marcus Aurelius
15 Philip I
16 Anonymous
17 Domitian
18 Constantine II
19 Aurelian
20 Licinius I
21 Julia Domna
22 Nero
23 Diocletian
24 Commodus
25 Maximian
26 Claudius I
27 Faustina II
28 Postumus
29 Claudius II
30 Elagabalus
31 Constans I
32 Faustina I
33 Valens
34 Crispus
35 Valentinian I
36 Tiberius
37 Geta
38 Trajan Decius
39 Julian II
40 Maximinus I
41 Titus
42 Lucius Verus
43 Nerva
44 Theodosius I
45 Arcadius
46 Galerius
47 Valerian I
48 Gratian
49 Julia Mamaea
50 Philip II
51 Maximinus II
52 Constantius I
53 Salonina
54 Honorius
55 Trebonianus Gallus
56 Magnentius
57 Caligula
58 Victorinus
59 Otacilia Severa
60 Helena
61 Theodosius II
62 Lucilla
63 Tacitus
64 Tetricus I
65 Galba
66 Maxentius
67 Anastasius I
68 Vitellius
69 Valentinian II
70 Macrinus
71 Agrippa
72 Sabina
73 Volusian
74 Jovian
75 Carinus
76 Licinius II
77 Clodius Albinus
78 Julia Maesa
79 Carausius
80 Herennia Etruscilla
81 Crispina
82 Constantius Gallus
83 Numerian
84 Magnus Maximus
85 Aelius
86 Leo I
87 Severina
88 Carus
89 Tetricus II
90 Plautilla
91 Allectus
92 Germanicus
93 Quintillus
94 Florian
95 Pertinax

96 Pupienus

97 Herennius Etruscus
98 Delmatius
99 Galeria Valeria
100 Maximus Caesar
101 Zeno
102 Fausta
103 Procopius
104 Severus II
105 Decentius
106 Vetranio
107 Otho
108 Marcian
109 Diadumenian
110 Valerian II
111 Valentinian III
112 Aelia Flaccilla

113 Balbinus

114 Julia Soaemias
115 Julia Paula

116 Orbiana
117 Antonia

118 Aemilian
119 Hostilian
120 Vabalathus

121 Mariniana
122 Saloninus
123 Nero Claudius Drusus
124 Pescennius Niger

125 Theodora

126 Julia Titi

127 Drusus
128 Marius
129 Didius Julianus


130 Livia
131 Agrippina I

132 Eudoxia

133 Magnia Urbica

134 Hanniballianus

135 Paulina

136 Flavius Victor
137 Macrianus
138 Quietus
139 Aquilia Severa
140 Eugenius

141 Gordian II
142 Gordian I

143 Johannes
144 Romulus

145 Marciana
146 Didia Clara
147 Manlia Scantilla
148 Domitia
149 Constantine
150 Laelianus
151 Basiliscus
152 Eudocia
153 Anthemius
154 Julian I
155 Pulcheria
156 Plotina
157 Agrippina II
158 Galla Placidia
159 Nigrinian
160 Majorian
161 Domitius Domitianus
162 Libius Severus
163 Matidia
164 Alexander
165 Pacatian
166 Julius Nepos
167 Verina

168 Tranquillina (Provincial - Thrace)

169 Domitilla II
170 Jovinus
171 Caius Caesar
172 Martinian
173 Zenonis
174 Honoria
175 Nepotian
176 Britannicus
177 Clodius Macer
178 Domitilla I
179 Maximus
180 Leo II
181 Cornelia Supera
182 Licinia Eudoxia
183 Priscus Attalus
184 Uranius Antoninus
185 Dryantilla
186 Regalianus
187 Zenobia
188 Valerius Valens
189 Romulus Augustus
190 Constantius III
191 Petronius Maximus
192 Avitus
193 Jotapian
194 Annia Faustina
195 Euphemia
196 Glycerius
197 Ariadne
198 Constans II
199 Olybrius 4
200 Sebastianus
201 Proculus
202 Saturninus
203 Constantia
204 Silbannacus
205 Domitian II
206 Leontius I

 

TITUS:



PHILIP II (Warren Helped me with this one)


CLODIUS ALBINUS (@John Anthony helped me on this one)


AELIUS:


ALLECTUS:



GERMANICUS:


PERTINAX:

 

HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS:



ZENO:


VETRANIO:


OTHO:


VALENTINIAN III:


JULIA SOAEMIAS:


JULIA PAULA:


AEMILLIAN:


MARIUS:

 

DIDIUS JULIANUS: (With several others, @John Anthony helped me)


EUDOXIA:


AQUILA SEVERA: (LOL, @Mat "helped")


EUGENIUS:


JOHANNES:

 

Well, since Brian ran off so many of mine LOL, I'll throw in two Imperial Ladies; Antonia and Agrippina Senior:

 

Congrats Gil-galad you have some very nice coins there, I am sure you will eventually pick up most of the coins you are after, but remember the fun is trying. By the way I don't think I seen Vitellius 69AD in that list, or have I just missed it?

 

Vitellius is number 68 on the list.

 

Titus as Caesar are generally cheaper than his Augustus ones, this is my Titus as Caesar coin, Victoria Navalis SC, T.CAES IMP PON TR P COS 11 CENS, struck Rome AD 72-73, 11.08g, 26mm.

 

Thanks I'm going to get a new set of specs soon.

 

Man, @Mikey Zee , I ALWAYS like the coins you post. Your collecting tastes are similar to mine. You do not KNOW how many times I had to buy one because of you!

 

I'm interstate at the moment away from home, but when i get back i will post the trays containing all my portraits. My rarest emperor is Uranius Antoninus.

@Gil-galad from your "unlikely" list, given what you already have, I think getting some of these should be straight-forward. Pupienus and Balbinus can be had for a few hundred dollars. If you shop around, AE4s of Valentinian III and Johannes can be had for under $100 (but maybe you want a nice solidus?). Otho is affordable if you can live with a provincial from Antioch. Livia can be found at a reasonable price if you're happy with a Spanish provincial.

For Gordian I and II, of course, you'd need to be comfortable spending a few grand for each.

I don't prioritise imperial over provincial - i just want the most interesting coin I can afford for each ruler.

I think provincials are fine for a portrait series - as long as it's a contemporary coin bearing the name and portrait of the ruler (btw I don't like attributions that give a name that cannot be found on the coin - in my opinion there are no coins of Aureolus or Pontius Pilate... Such an attribution is marketing to boost an otherwise unremarkable coin).

 

If it's as many as I have bought because of you (Republics), then I'm surprised we're still buddies LOL.

Well, I'll stay out of this for a while and just see the others post...RE: that @Gil-galad noted in bold black ink that he's still missing.

 

I agree, Greg. But I still have a representative from each of them, "just to have" for the Historical reasons.

And great write-up! Will help me chase the ones I am still looking for.

@Gil-galad , you have several that I do not have. Would love to get pointers from you where I could find them to fill my slots. Great collection - cool fun. I have been "thumbing" through it. I am on your FB Ancients page too.

 

"in my opinion there are no coins of Aureolus or Pontius Pilate... Such an attribution is marketing to boost an otherwise unremarkable coin)."

Aureolus did not strike coins in his own name because he was loyal to Postumus; but there is a series of coins from the Milan mint that many numismatists believe were struck by Aureolus in the name of Postumus. Here is an article --
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/Aureolus.htm

 

Yes, I know about that, but I don't buy it.
Is a dime struck in the San Francisco mint in 2005 considered an Arnold Schwarzennegger dime? He was governor of the state containing that mint, wasn't he? A 50 pence coin struck in London in 2010 when Boris Johnson was mayor - can we call that the Boris Johnson 50 pence?

There seems to be a lot of inconsistency in how we attribute coins - generally, i find if it doesn't follow the usual convention, there's a financial motive. Don't get me started on the optimistic Cleopatra VII attributions from the Paphos, Cyprus coinage. And to me, the coins attributed to Pontius Pilate should more properly be attributed to Tiberius, whose name actually appears on them.

I want coins with names and portraits of people.

 

But it is the usual convention to say who coins were struck under...for instance the coins of Constantius II struck under Vetranio. By your standards, these would only be listed as Constantius II coinage. They should, however, be listed as being struck by Vetranio, in the name of Constantius II. No financial motive, just accuracy. Same as coins struck for Constantius II by Magnentius and Nepotian and the list could go on.

 

Hey Darryl - I've always been impressed by your single-minded focus. Great collection, keep up the good work!

 

I agree with this much. Emperors did strike coins at the mint they controlled in the name of their co-emperor.
I would find the case for Aureolus attributions more convincing, if Postumus actually did strike coins for Aureolus in the mints he controlled. He did not, and there is no evidence Postumus recognised Aureolus as an emperor. Further, there's no evidence Aureolus was ever anything more than a local military commander.

We see "AVG" but do not see "AVGG" on the so-called Aureolus coinage - which is what you'd expect if Aureolus and Postumus were co-emperors.