great obverse , is this the only Nerva sestertius on the forum ? Only have an As of Nerva with a thick patina.
Wow, your Obv really pops out. Nice. Mine is a Dupondius... RI Nerva AE Dupondius 96-98 CE LIBERTAS PVBLICA Ex: Venus herself, @TIF
Julius-G => man, you always have such sweet lookin' AE examples (they're gorgeous) ... Nerva, eh? I only have this one AR example ... => batter-up!!
you all have a lot of nerva!>< i only have one example of nerva, a denarius, and just got it a couple months ago . for some reason, he didn't come to mind when i was wealthy and spending bookoo on coins. nice coins all.
Very nice!! I long for a Nerva sest. That nose deserves to be full size. Here's my dupondius (RIC 99):
Wonderful OP portrait!! Terrific posts everyone!! It seems I have been grabbing more of Nerva than I realized and now have a couple of denarii and several bronzes.... Here's three examples:
A very distinctive portrait of his. Nerva sestertii are a bit tough to get in good shape An early purchase of mine (in the 80') : Nerva, Dupondius minted in Rome, 97 AD IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TRP COS III PP, radiate head of Nerva right LIBERTAS PUBLICA, Liberty standing left, SC in field 13,87 gr Ref : Cohen #116, RCV #3059 A denarius I don't have anymore : Nerva, Denarius minted in 97 AD IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TRP COS III PP, Laureate head of Nerva right AEQVITAS AVGVST, Equitas standing left, holding cornucopia and scales 3.69 gr Ref : Cohen #6, RCV #3019v. And two antoniniani from the Divi series, with altar and eagle : Nerva, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251 DIVO NERVAE Radiate head right CONSECRATIO Large altar 4.25 gr Ref : RIC IV # 84b, Cohen # 153, RCV # 9469 in qblay's catalog : NE01/P260 Nerva, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251 DIVO NERVE (sic !) Radiate head right CONSECRATIO Eagle facing 4.45 gr Ref : RIC IV # 83b, Cohen # 152, RCV # 9467 in qblay's catalog : NE06/A052 As a side note, a few years back, I came across an altar example from the same obverse die than my eagle's, but was outbid. It would've been nice to display the pair from the same obverse die and two different reverses Q
I have a twin of your Nerva Dupondius, Cucumbor (in the same color even). When I started to collect roman coins I restricted myself to middle bronzes for the rarer Emperors (I should have stayed with that...), so I have some extras now (but my girlfriend could not convince me to sell them yet ).
