THE 5 GOOD EMPERORS(According to Hoyle) IN BRONZE

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  1. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    this was one of my projects that was influenced by the good peeps here :) i did a lot of thinking on it after last nite receiving Nerva's coin.. i thought about how there were actually 6 (7 with Aelius, but he never actually got to "be" emperor per say?!?) official emperors so 'POOF'. here's my rendition of "the 5 Good Emperors" at the end of an old year and start of a new one :)

    POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS:) the 5 good in bronze 003.JPG the 5 good in bronze 002.JPG the 5 good in bronze 005.JPG the 5 good in bronze 003.JPG the 5 good in bronze 002.JPG the 5 good in bronze 005.JPG Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, A.Pius with Lucius Verus) below & Marcus A.
     
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  3. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Fantastic! Nothing like feeling the heft of a Roman bronze in your hand!
     
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  4. hchcoin

    hchcoin Active Member

    Very nice
     
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  5. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    thanks, its a start..:)
     
  6. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Here's a Trajan with a cool bucranium countermark:

    Trajan DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P as.jpg
     
  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Nice set @ominus! Really like AEs as they feel great in hand! I will post my 5, 6, 7 when I can get to my database...
     
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  8. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Very nice @ominus1 . Great coins and great collecting area.

    I've decided to go after a collection of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty (which includes the 5 good) starting predominantly with silver. The project took up a great portion of my 2018 collecting energy. I envy your completed set!

    I still lack Marcus Aurelius in any metal. Still searching for the right example.

    Here are my examples of the 5 Good Emperors.

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  9. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Curtisimo, Wassup with coin #4 with that lady standing there with her hands and arms out as if to say " What the Heck ", or " What, Me Worry? ".

    LOLOL
     
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  10. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Haha yes she does look to be confused. The figure on the reverse is the personification of Pietas. She is where we get our English word "piety". In Ancient Rome piety didn't only have a religious connotation the way it does today. Pietas could be anything that someone was dutiful in.

    This reverse does have a religious significance, though, and shows Pietas praying with an altar at left and stork at right.

    This rather quizzical pose was apparently the standard representation of praying as can be seen by this statue of Livia praying in the Vatican museum.
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    Perhaps they were all just confused about what to do next during those elaborate sacrifice rituals. ;)
     
  11. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Wow ! Cool !

    I learn something new every day.

    That statue looks so lifelike. Especially the hands.
     
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  12. Ocatarinetabellatchitchix

    Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Well-Known Member

    Nice select club of « human » emperors. Here’s my old Trajan.He travelled a lot, but it smells the goodness... F89AEC4A-16BA-4DF5-B66E-465C2EC395B1.jpeg
     
  13. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    o_O

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    Why do you keep SHOUTING about marshmallow candy? :p

    I was pretty sure there were some coins in the pictures you posted so I lightened the images until they were visible. Yep, there are some nice and interesting coins there! :D

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    ...

    It's a nice theme and a fun set :). I still don't have a Nerva :(.

    Here are a couple of new-ish pickups... bookend portraits of Antoninus Pius. The left-facing coin came up for auction and before it closed the second coin appeared in another auction. I wanted the type and had to bid on both to ensure winning one of them. I ended up with both. Not sorry :D.

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    EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius
    AE drachm; 31 mm, 16.76 gm
    Regnal year 18 (154/5 CE)-- probable date
    Obv: [ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС СЄΒ ЄVC]; laureate bust right
    Rev: The Harbor of Alexandria: Isis Euploia standing left, holding grain ears and rudder; to left, prow above Euthenia seated right, propping herself up on hand; to right, stern above Nilus reclining left, holding rudder; L I/H (date) to upper right.
    Ref: Emmett 1589.18; RPC IV online 13846; Dattari (Savio) 8772; K&G 35.661.

    APi-HarborSceneDrachm-Naville-RT.jpg
    Same as above but left-facing bust.
     
  14. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    haha..thanks TIF...well, my coin talk peeps are bright and sweet so its a fitting title...i like those bronzes of A. Pius!..(hard to believe you're short of Nerva:p)
     
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  15. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    NERVA:
    Oooopsss
    RI Nerva AE Dupondius 96-98 CE LIBERTAS PVBLICA -pileus TIF.jpg
    RI Nerva AE Dupondius 96-98 CE LIBERTAS PVBLICA -pileus
    Ex: TIF


    TRAJAN:
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    RI AE As Trajan CE 98-117 26mm 11.0g Rome Laureate Draped - SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS Victory R wreath palm S-C RIC 675


    HADRIAN:
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    RI Hadrian, AD 117-138 Æ Limes Denarius 18mm 3.5mm after AD 125 Genius stndg sacrificing altar cornucopia RIC II 173


    ANTONINUS PIUS:
    RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE BI Tet Alexandria Egypt Dikaiosyne Scale.jpg
    RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE BILLON Tet Alexandria Egypt Dikaiosyne Scale


    LUCIUS VERUS:
    RI Lucius Verus 161-169 CE AE As 24mm Mars w Trophy.jpg
    RI Lucius Verus 161-169 CE AE As 24mm Mars w Trophy


    MARUS AURELIUS:
    RI Aurelius Marcus 161-180 AE Sestertius S-C.jpg
    RI Aurelius Marcus 161-180 AE Sestertius S-C


    PEEPUS MAGNUS:
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    Yummy and Good Emperor of the Chickens...
    Ex: TIF

    Peepus Magnus Legions:
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  16. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    In bronze ?
    OK, let's do it in bronze

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    Nerva, Dupondius


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    Trajan, Dupondius


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    Hadrian, As


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    Antoninus Pius, Sestertius


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    Marcus Aurelius, Sestertius

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  17. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ..all hail Peepus Magnus!..:artist:
     
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  18. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    very nice! :)
     
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  19. thejewk

    thejewk Well-Known Member

    Trajan Obverse + Reverse.jpg

    Trajan As
     
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  20. gogili1977

    gogili1977 Well-Known Member

    My 5 good emperors.
    Nerva as
    image.jpg Trajan
    image(1).jpg Hadrian
    image(2).jpg Pius
    image(7).jpg Marcus Aurelius
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  21. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    Hey, that cool @ominus1 ! I still don't have a coin of Nerva, that's a one of my goals for 2019!

    Here's 4 out of 5 in AE...

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