I've looked until my eyes hurt. Not sure I'll find an ancient I can afford that will make me happy. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk
Man, if you can't find an Ancient that will make you happy, I'm afraid there can't be much out there that will.
They don't get more golden than this Nero Dupondius of Nero, Macellum Magnum, Nero's provision market. 29.5mm, 12.6gm.
Wow, thanks for showing all those blonde beauties!!! I would not have noticed them without you - took a look at some better examples now and saw that most of them must have once had those two rings.
Key word "afford". Some several hundred to thousands of dollars look pretty good... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk
I'm not a metallurgist, but I'm guessing this Trajan sestertius is orichalcum? It's a coin I'm cataloguing for my university.
Yes, you can call it orichalcum , an old roman name for bronze , both the sestertius and the dupondius were made of bronze/orichalcum in contrast to the as which was made of red copper. 1 sestertius = 2 dupondi or 4 asses. I think the reverse side shows Aequitas holding a cornucopia and scales.
The reverse is tough. But I'm pretty sure it's Felicitas. I'd be happy to hear what others see. Trajan 98-117 A.D. Struck 109-110 A.D. Orichalcum sestertius 34.62 mm. 24.44 g. 180° Probable: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP; laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder. SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS S C; Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding up caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left.
Have this coin, which I think may also be RIC 131 (under Nerva) ? but it is not yellow ... though the inscription is exactly the same as on yours (congrats, yours is just amazingly beautiful!) . Can anyone of you guys confirm that the reference is also RIC 131? Thanks in advance for your always great help! It is much appreciated, Chris
Hi Chris, yours is nice, too! Yes, it is the very same emission (RIC 131, 98 a.d.) rated as scarce). Under the dark patina yours is (or was) just as yellow as mine... Cheers, JG PS. Here is a perfectish example (from the Berlin Museum):