Let's march through time with Roman Imperials!

Is it really necessary for every member to show every coin of every ruler even when the same type has already been shown? Post like this become ponderous when we don't keep it moving. I know we have a member with several hundred coins of an emperor coming soon and most of us will have a few of his. I'm thinking of Probus here but when we get to the Constantinian dynasty the situation repeats over and over.

Well, I do have a Zenobia if you don't mind it being tooled from a Flavian as trying to make the R2/rare Alexandrian tetradrachm. ....or perhaps they were trying for a nonexistant bronze denomination??? The fabric is so wrong it took me a while to figure out what they were trying to do. My favorite part is turning the SC of the as into LE dating the reverse. I will point out tht LE and Elpis are the correct details for a Zenobia from Alexandria so this coin has a lot of thought and execution points even though it is 100% fake. I bought this as a fake but would really like to know who made it, when and if anyone ever was fooled by the coin. If I could prove that this was sold to a filthy rich aristocrat in 1700 this fake would be worth a lot more than the $10 I paid for it. I don't know if Zenobia was actually all that cute but starting with a Vespasian era face was really quite a stretch.

 

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That's what I would call a Zeno-bias

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Tacitus
275-276 CE Antoninianus Rome
mint, 4th officina. 2nd emission,
November-December AD 275.
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed
bust right / Salus standing left,
holding scepter and feeding out
of patera serpent coiled around
and rising from altar to left. RIC
V 93 corr. (standing, not
seated); BN 1562. Near EF,
silvering, toned

 

I don't have Tacitus or Florian yet, so I have to sit on the sidelines for a bit.

 

FLORIANUS
Silvered Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP FLORIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum bust r
REVERSE: CONCORDIA MILITVM; Victory stg. r., holding wreath in r. hand and palm against l. shoulder, facing Emperor in military dress stg. l., r. hand outstretched and holding long sceptre in l. hand Q in ex.
Struck at 4th officina, Cyzicus mint, July-August 276AD.
4.4g, 20mm
RIC V-1 116, RIC Online #4533

FLORIANUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP FLORIANVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing right presenting wreath to Florian standing left. Q in ex.
Struck at Cyzicus, 276 AD
2.9g, 21mm
RIC 116q

 

LOL, good one!

 

Tacitus:



Florian:



Probus:

 

A few that I like from Tacitus:

I just like how the contrast between the dirt and green patina make the portrait look on this one.


A really nice neck-beard here... to the Health and Safety of the Neck Beard!


The obverse is terrible but I love the reverse figure.

 

One from Florianus:

And... after buying a couple cruddy "check the box" Florians. I finally paid too much to get a nicer one. Now I need to sell my cruddy ones!

 

Florianus

RI Florianus Jul-Aug 276 CE AE23 Concord-Milit AE Antoninianus 4.2g, IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P AVG radiate RIC 57

Probus

RI Probus 276-282 CE Ant 21mm captive on ground Riding Horse

Saturninus placeholder
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/spacefiller-saturninus.312705/
RI Probus Æ Ant 22mm 3.75g 280CE CLEMENTIA TEMP XXI Emperor receiving Victory from Jupiter UNKNOWN EASTERN MINT - fight Saturninus


SATURNINUS - Republic Break...perhaps ancestor?

RR Saturninus 104 BC Roma Saturn hldng Sickle Quad 2 dots-V S 193 Cr 317-3a var

 

Probus:

Type: AE Antoninianus, ex. Aethelred collection

Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed but left, holding spear and shield

Reverse: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
Emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spear

RIC Vb 887 pg. 114

 

Probus

 

Was there a Roman emperor that didn't have a coin with his portrait on it( or commemorative of the person?)

 

Great examples @Jay GT4 !

 

Yes. Several usurpers (heck, they still haven't made my coin yet). There are some that we only know of from the coins. Scroll through the link that lordM attached for wild winds list of emps. You'll see em.

 

LOL, Like I always told my kids: Have an attention span MORE than 2 inches in front of your nose. Just read the thread and pay attention...

VINDEX (AGAIN!)

RI Civil War VINDEX 68-69 CE AR Denarius 3.22g Gallic mint SALVS GENERIS HVMANI Victory l globe - SPQR in wreath RIC 72 BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 RARE

 

I hope you're pronouncing that the correct Latin way:

 

I actually DO! My wife is always ticked off with me as I will pronounce English words like Latin - I do NOT speak it. Drives her nuts