Sestertius Sunday…..

Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus and Commodus:

 

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Marcus Aurelius:

 

Septimius Severus, Alexander Severus, Gordianus III, Maximinus Thrax:

 

Postumus

 

A seldom seen "VOTIS DECENALIBUS"

Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ Sestertius. (31mm; 20.36 gm; 11h). Rome mint, 3rd-6th officinas. Special emission, 239 AD. Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC IV 263a; Banti 132. One of the rarest of Gordian’s sestertii.

 

Fantastic thread! Sestertii are extremely enjoyable to collect.

Here are some of mine:

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 24.61 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Roma seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shields around and behind. RIC I 398; WCN 409; Lyon 69.



Roman Empire. Nero (54-68). Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, struck AD 67. Laureate bust of Nero right, IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P / Nero, togate and bare-headed, standing to left on low platform, raising right hand in act of address, praetorian prefect behind, togate and bare-headed; standing before, three soldiers, the two foremost holding standards, the praetorian camp in the background, ADLOCVT COH. 26.17g, 35mm. RIC I 564. (A personal favourite of mine)



Roman Empire. Domitian as Caesar (69-81). Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, 76-77. Laureate head of Domitian right, CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS III / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. 32.5mm, 26.10 g. RIC II.1 926 (Vespasian). (Source of my profile picture, fyi!)



Philip II as Augustus, 247-249.
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. 17.73 g, 27 mm. RIC IV 268c.
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@Eduard, thank you for posting all those sestertii. What an amazing collection!

 

Thank you very Much, Donna. I really appreciate the compliment.

 

Just to be Complete, here are some more of my sestertii, (including some lower grade ones) of Caligula, Drusus, Nero, Vitellius, Hadrian, Aelius, Titus, Pupienus and Sabina.

 

The rulers of the "Year of the Six Emperors" (238 A.D.) managed to put some highly individual portraits on their Sestertii:

Maximus Thrax:


Diva Paulina:


Maximus Caesar:


Gordian I:


Gordian II:


Pupienus:


Balbinus:


Gordian III:

 

And here are Sestertii of the following shorts-lived dynasties of the Soldier Emperors Philipp, Decius, and Trebonianus Gallus:

Philipp the Arab:


Otacilia Severa:


Philipp Junior (as Augustus):


Trajanus Decius:


Herennia Etruscilla:


Herennius Etruscus Caesar:


Hostilian (as Augustus):


Trebonianus Gallus:


Volusian:

 

So many great examples out there !

Some more :









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These are magnificent!

 

The Septimius Severus in this photograph is a very rare IMP X with genius reverse. I have a die match of the coin and have seen all of five other examples.

 

Beautiful and rare - a wonderful combination!

 

Sadly, PeteB passed away on September 11 2024 after a fall.

 

Wonderfully illustrative of the beauty of patina

 

Here are a few not posted before, not the best photographs along with a few previously posted on some articles done previously: : :

 

I have noticed that many early Commodus are done in large flans - one of the largest sestertii I ever owned - 34mm/29 grams was an early Commodus - I foolishly sold it. Actually that is the subject of a forthcoming thread - coins that you regret selling. I have a long list. Need to find a few pix though, finding the photos is an issue.