Post your large roman bronzes

Here we have
Antoninus Pius Sestertius
Caracalla Provincial (Antioch)
Marcus Aurelius Sestertius
Gordian III Sestertius

 

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This is one of my favorites .

 

Maximinus I ("Thrax")
Augustus A.D. 235-238
Bronze Sestertius
Rome mint, A.D. 236-238
Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Rev: PAX AVGVSTI - Pax, standing left, holding branch and traverse scepter between S and C
RIC 81
29mm, 15.9g.


Balbinus
Augustus, A.D. 238
Bronze Sestertius
Rome mint, A.D. 238
Obv: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG - Concordia seated, facing left, holding patera and cornucopia. SC in exergue.
RIC 22
28mm, 19.8g.


Galerius (Maximian)
Caesar, A.D. 293-305
Augustus, A.D. 305-311
Bronze Nummus
Ticinum mint, A.D. 295-296
Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae
ST in exergue
RIC 30b
28mm, 9.9g.


Constantius I
Caesar, A.D. 293-305
Augustus, A.D. 305-306
Bronze Nummus
Siscia mint, A.D. 300-301
Obv: CONSTANTIUS NOB CAES
Rev: SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR - Moneta, standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae
SIS in exergue; ✳ in left field, B in right
RIC 135a
28mm, 9.5g.

 

Not my wheelhouse, and crappy photo to boot, but here's my only sestertius.

It's the earliest use of the radiate nimbus I could afford at the time. Vespasian used it too, but not on anything cheap!

These sestertii seem impractically heavy, but in 1797 AD we have George III's "cartwheel" twopence at double the weight (2oz), and his penny about the same as the sestertius (1oz), since those coins were meant to contain their face value in copper.

 

A bit worn but hereby a sestertius from the Hadrian travel series Exercitvs Raeticvs:

 

and my series of Julian the Apostate :

 

Nice collection! Ive had my eye out for a type like that! Very respectable emperor... imo

 

Here are some:

 

Large Tiberius Coin w/Bull

 

A few Sestertii of the 2nd Century

 

This one's pretty big:

 

Here are my two Lucilla Sestertii

 

This is pretty big! Aes Grave AS 275-270 BC , Apollo/Apollo; Ex Ziegler collection, 322.1 Gms.

 

Dang. What mm diameter??

 

Thats insane! But I'm confused. An AS in 275 AD? Guessing its meant to be BC?

 

Thanks for introducing cast bronze. I have a few nice size pieces.

Ramo Secco, Currency Bar - Fragment of a bronze ingot, branch with no leaves on both sides.
AE. 826 grams (=2.5 asses); Length = 62 mm, Width = 77 mm, Height = 36 mm



Countermarked Aes Formatum, Dupondius - Cast Bronze ingot with Marks - II for two Asses. 559 grams (280 gram equivalent As); 67x65x31 mm. The nugget is next to two one pound Roman scale weights for size comparison.

 

@rrdenarius
Those are terrific pieces!

 

^^ Lovely Hadrian portrait!