[Fun] How far chronologically can we get with Roman Emperors?

Not tonight. I don't want to embarrass him.

 

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I'm going to preemptively post a Titus since I bet by tomorrow morning it's going to be 20 emperors down the line.

 

Q....? Here's Vitellius to get us back on chronological track:

 

I have a nice Vespasian Judaea Capta to post, following Vitellius of course.

Please do. I have a Vespasian I'd like to post....

 

Thanks

Roman Empire, 71 AD
Orichalcum Sestertius
Vespasian (69-79 CE)
Judaea Capta
RIC 167, Sear 2327
Good VF/VF
Indications of re-patination
Attractive strike
David R Sear certificate #807/CR/RI/CY/CR, dated 10/10/2018
Very rare
27.07 grams

ex. David Michaels, Palladium

 

Titus AE As. AD 80. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, laureate head left / PAX AVGVST S-C, Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus.

 

Nice po

Nice portrait!

 

Thank you... the coin has its problems but I think the portrait is some very beautiful art. As you see even the hair is worn away.. but a few brilliant strokes from an artist - from the mouth to the eye separate this from something you would see every day.

 

Some of the rarer emperors I've seen on the market recently were a Zenobia in the most recent Leu auction and a Britannicus at Forum.

 

Y'all skipped Clodius Macer (and no empresses??)

 

The man with the nose.....

Nerva
Nerva, denarius.
18 mm 3,17 g.
Obv. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT, laureate head right.
Rev. COS III PATER PATRAE, ladle, sprinkler, jug & lituus.
RIC 24, RSC 48.

 

Without a desk top I can’t post pictures until the mid morning, so I am out of this one.

 

HADRIAN
AR Denarius. 3.38g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, AD 117. RIC 9; RSC 248a. O: IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right wearing balteus (sword-belt) across chest. R: PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TRP COS, Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera, arms rested on figure of Spes; CONCORD below.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection

 

Sabina the only empress so far? I'll rectify that. But there's a limit of five, so here are five leading up to Sabina:

Julia Titi:

Domitia:

Plotina:

Marciana:

Matidia:

 

Here is one chapter:

Vitellius

Lived 15 to 69, Ruled 69





Denarius of Vitellius, Obverse, A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TRP, Reverse, LIBERTAS RESTITUTA Libertas standing.

I have found that it is difficult to locate this coin will fully readable wording, especially with all of the letters in Vitellius’ name. This coin is truly exceptional in that regard. All of the letters are fully struck and completely on the coin.

· Vitellius was the son of Lucius Vitellius who was one of the premier advisors to the Emperor Claudius. He moved in the circles of power and was a close friend with every emperor from Caligula to Nero.

· He held the consulship in 48 and was proconsul to Africa.

· Toward the end of 68, Galba appointed him to an important military command in lower Germany. Galba believed that Vitellius, who had the reputation as a drunk and a glutton, would be slow and lazy and less likely to pose a threat to his reign.

· At the beginning of 69, the legions on the German frontier refused to swear their allegiance to Galba and on January 2, Vitellius’ troops proclaimed him to be their emperor.

· Two weeks later, Galba was overthrown and killed. Otho was declared emperor.

· Armies under the command of Vitellius’ two leading generals advanced slowly on Rome. On April 16, they scored a major victory over forces loyal to Otho in First Battle of Bedriacum. Vitellius was now the undisputed master of the Roman state.

· Vitellius proceeded at a leisurely pace to Rome. He arrived in the capital in July and assumed the title of Augustus.

· Meanwhile troops loyal to T. Flavius Vespasianus proclaimed him emperor on July 1. Nero had sent Vespasianus to the eastern empire to put down the First Jewish Revolt.

· Vitellius tried to create a royal family by giving his son the cognomrn Germanicus. During his brief reign, Vitellius issued some aurei and denarii with his son and daughter on the reverse.

· Vitellius’ regime became unpopular. Toward the end of year, forces loyal to Vespasian invaded Italy and slowly made their way toward Rome. Vitellius was arrested in his palace and dragged though the streets of Rome where he was brutally murdered by a mob. His children were killed as well.