A couple additions, another set completed

Got and FTR yesterday in the mail, rare but not the best looking.

Constantius II, AE 3, Constantinople, 348-50 AD, 2.04g. DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, radiate phoenix standing right on globe. Mintmark SLG
RIC VIII Lyons 92, R


Today I got another coin in the mail, finally completing my 12 Caesars set Now off to get ready for work :/



Vitellius Denarius.
Weight: 3.30 g
Diameter: 18.50 mm
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / LIBERTAS RESTITVTA, Libertas, draped, standing facing holding pileus and long rod. BMC 31, RSC 47.RIC 105

 

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Great job completing the 12 !
Congrats

Q

 

Thanks! Very happy, I just have to wait to enjoy it more lol.

 

Congratulations on completing your 12 Caesars set. That's a big accomplishment!

 

Great job with the 12 !!!

I'm still in the hunt for a JC portrait since my sole example (of a bust) is this denarius of a posthumous 'Youthful Caesar' and Augustus.

 

Congrats on the completion of your Twelve Caesars set, Randy!

 

Congratulations! That's a collection that I'd like to complete, but have several to go.

 

Congrats randygeki, on a great accomplishment. Some very nice coins in that set of twenty four.

 

Nice additions, glad the 12 is complete.


Vitellius (69 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P, Laureate head right.
R: S P Q R / OB / C S in three lines within wreath.
Rome Mint, 69 A.D.
3g
18.5mm
RIC I 83; RSC 86

 

12? I see 24. It is unusual to see a set any better matched in condition but I'd have to say it is even more unusual for the best looking coin to be the Vitellius. Well played.

 

Congratulations. I know how it feels to finish that set.

 

Sort of amusing how the first six Caesars are left-facing, and the second six Caesars are right-facing!

Congratulations!

 

Awesome set Randy congrats on finishing it. The phoenix coin is sweet too

 

Awesome set! Your new Vitellius is indeed the best of the lot.

 

Congrats Randy!! That is quite a nice 12 Caesars set!

 

Congratulations @randygeki ! That's an awesome accomplishment! I hope to one day complete the set and find examples close to the condition you've found!

 

That's an awesome accomplishment Randy! Great Vitellius!

 

Congrats, that's awesome!! I love the portrait on that Vitellius, almost as much as I love your Claudius!

 

That was my first thought was well. I also love the the Julius Caesar portrait is from a cut-in-half coin. Very cool set, randy. Congrats!

 

Thanks all and great coins Mike and Mat!

I was very happy to receive the last one needed for my set. I was patient and didn't jump at the first cheap one I saw (a bad habit of mine). I did try and find a decent Alexandrian but none were with in my budget. I got this one at a very fair price I think.

The reason for 24 emperors on the last pic is that was just a goal of mine to get all of them, minus the emperors between Commodus and Septimius (for now).
It was just a neat coincidence that the first six are all left-facing while the others right. It was hard deciding how to make the set, limited by my budget, for which type of coins to use. Life time denarii for all would be great but a mix of metals with provincials tossed in gives a neat representation of the empire I think. I thought about counting the Nero tetradrachm for Tiberius as well but opted to use the As instead. Hopefully an upgrade for that, and the Caligula with pop up.


My favorite of the the first 12 is also the Claudius.