Here are a couple of Soldier Emperor portraits from my Sestertius collection captured in the golden November sunlight today
don't forget to show off that fine lookin' reverse! on the coins i mean. i don't have these cats in sestertius flavor, and i didn't have a TG until just a few weeks ago. here's a kind of rought ant.. here's a syrian tet of the "other trajan"...
Those are great portraits of both emperors. Nice tan patina, too as I believe you prefer? I don't have a Trebonianus Gallus, but I do have this little Decius semis (sorry, its green!) Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Semis (18mm, 2.82 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 249-250. Obv: Laureate and cuirassed bust right Rev: Mars standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. RIC IV 128.
TRAJAN DECIUS AE Sestertius OBVERSE: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: PANNONIAE The two Pannoniae, veiled and draped, standing to front, turning left and right, away from one another, each holding standard outwards Struck at Rome, 249-51 AD 18.20 g, 30.1mm RIC-IV_iii, 124; Cohen-87 TRAJAN DECIUS AR Antoninianus OBVERSE: IMP CM Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. REVERSE: PANNONIAE The two Pannoniae, veiled and draped, standing to front, turning left and right, away from one another, each holding standard outwards Struck at Rome, 249-51 AD 3.7 g, 20.8mm RIC-IV_iii,21b; Cohen-86
RI Trajan Decius 249-251 CE AR Ant Dacia Trebonianus Gallus 251-253 CE antoninianus, 20 mm, 3.0 gm APOLL SALVTARI, Apollo standing left with branch & leaning on lyre set on rock RIC 32, RSC 20 Very Scarce Ex: @John Anthony
Fantastic photos of those sweet sestertii ... very nice Ummm, all I have are silver examples of these two rulers ... Trajan Decius, Ar Tetradrachm T-Bone Gallus, AR Antoninianus
Really nice coins, I have nothing from these Emperors...but will try to fix that in future. Sadly, I won a FDC Trajan Decius Aureus/ and a Severus Alexander Aureus in CNG Triton 1 Auction. The coins were sent via registered letter post....never arrived!!!!! Even Lloyds of London (Insurer) came up cold/ end result/ I left money on account with CNG. In Triton 2, I ended up winning an FDC Elagalabus Aureus/ and really rare FDC Constantius II Solidus Antioch Mint (2 known). Now/ all auction houses send my coins via "neutral" reg. letter/ no more losses!
VERY NICE posts!! Love the portraits and denominations! I'll just add a antoninianus of Decius and a sesterces of Gallus:
I guess I might as well add this sestertius of Trajan Decius as well...Since I was impressed by the realism of the portrait...and I LOVE the 'Big bronze' types
Since this has turned into a mega-thread, lets go for educational. I have seen several antoniniani of this period that were overstruck on earlier coins. I do not consider this a value adding situation unless you can ID the original type. The one below is overstruck on a Geta denarius. Eduard's nice semis is better looking than most. On the other end of the AE size scale is my uglier than average double sestertius. These vary a lot in size, workmanship, condition and price. 32.5g is smallish
OK, here come the B-Sides: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG / GENIVS EXERCITVS ILLVRICIANI S C RIC 119a, ERIC II 80 Sestertius, Rome 250/251 IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG / SALVS AVGG S C RIC 122a, Sear 9679 Sestertius, Rome 253
Great posts. Those two dudes I can provide you with ! Trajan Decius : Trajan Decius, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 250-251 IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind DACIA, Dacia standing left holding a standard surmounted by an ass's head 3.52 gr - 20/23 mm Ref : RCV # 9368, RSC # 16, RIC IV-3 # 12b Trajan Decius, Sestertius Rome mint, AD 251 IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right DACIA, Dacia standing left, holding roman standard, S|C in field 20,98 gr Cohen # 28, RCV # 9400 Trajan Decius, Semis Rome mint, AD 249-250 IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Laureate and draped bust right Mars standing left, holding spear and shield. S|C in field 19 mm, 4,71 gr Ref : RIC # 128, Cohen # 102 Trajan Decius, Tetradrachm AVG KG TTEKY DEKIOY TPAIANOC CEB, Laureate and draped bust of Trajan Decius right. Four dots under bust DHMAPXEX OYCIAC, Eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, SC at exergue 13,56 gr Ref : RC #2723, Prieur #528 Trebonianus Gallus : Trebonianus Gallus, Antoninianus struck in Rome, AD 251-252 IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, Radiate and draped bust of Trebonianus right FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing left, holding cornucopia and caduceus. Star in field 2.57 gr Ref : Cohen #37, RCV #9629 Trebonianus Gallus, Æ 8 Assaria SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. AYTOK K G OYIB TPEB GALLOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOXEWN MHTPO KOLWN, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple; below, river god Orontes swimming left; above temple, ram advancing right, head left; Delta and Epsilon across field. SC at exergue 21.08 g, (30mm, 6h) Ref : Sear # 4350, McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292 (same rev. die). Q
