Well, seeing De Orc upload his interesting collection to a website made me realize how far I am behind on this kind of "paperwork." So I scanned and uploaded a bunch of coins that I had been procrastinating with. (One waited since August!) Thasos, Thrace hemidrachm - 510-490 BC Roman Republic, Anonymous as Alexander Jannaeus AE lepton - 103-76 BC Hadrian as - 119-121 AD Septimius Severus denarius - 196-197 AD Septimius Severus limes denarius - 199? AD Aurelian AE denarius - 273-274 AD Claudius I sestertius - 41-42 AD Septimius Severus sestertius - 196 AD
Very cool. You're really getting to have quite the collection. I take particular interest in the Claudius Sestertius and the Hadrian As, as they fall within my collecting area of interest. But I also like your Septimius Severus sestertius which falls just outside of my collecting area...Quite nice.
Hey Rickie. I started collecting ancients around 2 years ago. However, I have since narrowed my focus down and am currently interested in the larger bronze coins (Asses, Dupondii and Sestertii) of the emperors from Augustus to Commodus. I love the bronze coins! I am now trying to get a portrait coin from each emperor in that range. I have 5 so far with 1 or 2 probably needing a better replacement at some point. I also sold off 4 or 5 coins I had that didn't fit into my collecting area. I don't buy many coins because I try to save up my money and get slightly nicer coins...or course this is all relative. To me, this means saving to buy a $135 coin instead of a $35 coin. It's a lot of fun though! Of course, AnemicOak has gotten me interested in the bronze coins of Pantikapaion now too, like in his avatar! But I don't have any of those yet.
AO has such an outstanding coin as his av...its got history, attractive, interesting, style...nice coins from the original post as well.
Rather than starting a new thread, I've decided to keep this one as my own personal additions thread. :-D Diva Faustina Senior denarius - 148-161 AD Gallienus sestertius - 254 AD Constantine I follis, with bust of Sol reverse - 310-313 AD I'm particularly pleased with the Constantine, that reverse is fairly rare. Its also interesting to note that on better preserved specimens, Sol bears a resemblance to Constantine. Pity that the reverse is so poor, though.
Yet another addition. This is actually a fairly rare coin, one of the few issued in the name of this woman, the mother of Claudius. And to think, I got it for $19! Antonia dupondius - 50-54 AD Feel free to comment on the coins in the gallery, I don't have nearly enough comments!
Sometimes there is a resemblance, and sometimes not. Any resemblance is better attributed to the particular style of the engraver and the fact that many busts of the early fourth century resemble each other. On many coins of the tetrarchy the busts look very similar.
