Lawyer ... congrats on adding your coolest coin (sweet eye-appeal) Busting your bronze virginity will definitely improve your coin experience (I'm amazed that you've waited this long!? ... you are very cautious)
Beautiful! I thought you'd already bought some bronzes. You've talked about it for a while. I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous Gordies. Maybe you can be the @Okidoki of Gordians
congratulations on your deviation on silver Gordian 3.. for this occasion my postulation is this antoninianus of he ( my ONLY Gordian lll) + this soon 2 b famous poetic gesture><
How is that possible? Who is it that calls Gordian III antoninianii the "cockroaches of Roman silver"? Is it @zumbly ?
I wish I could claim credit, but I'm merely guilty of repeating a phrase used by another forum member. I really didn't want to bring the good looks quotient of this thread down by posting this coin, but I now feel obliged to throw a pic into the mix since I'm replying. The picture captures the coin's cockroach-colored patina quite accurately . Welcome to the AE club, @Sallent. I hope you're prepared to embrace bronze in all its gnarly glory .
I LOVE all the posts, from @Sallent's OP to all that followed. I've always had a special fondness for the big bronzes---most are quite affordable and who can resist the size, detail and simply the feel of them. I'll deviate from G-III and post this sestertius of Trajan Decius: Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 125(a), Cohen V 93, Hunter III - (p. xcvii), cf. SRCV III 9408 (obv legend, etc.), aVF, nice portrait, weak reverse, Rome mint, weight 14.889g, maximum diameter 31.0mm, die axis 0o, Jul 249 - Jun 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse PAX AVGVSTI (to the peace of the emperor), Pax standing facing, head left, raising olive branch in right, transverse long scepter in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across fields.
I am throwing caution to the wind. I also ordered paper envelopes and I'm ditching 2x2 cardboard flips. Plus I will take that opportunity to replace seller images with my own...even if my own doesn't look quite as nice as the pros. I want to make this collection more personal to me by handling the coins instead of entombing then in a cardboard flip, and by doing every aspect of collecting myself (cataloging, searching coin references, photos, etc) instead of relying on seller's work as a shortcut. I also plan to invest more on catalog books and other books on ancient numismatics. It's not enough to simply buy nice coins. I want to do the hard work that goes with it.
Congrats on coming to the darker side. There are a lot of really interesting types only available in bronze or brass and I look forward to seeing your finds.