Hi all! I am currently in Vienna and wanted to share some of the coins from the Kuntshistorische Museum, both their regular offerings and from a temperature exhibition entitled Evil Emperors. Overall a fantastic experience except for them including Maxentius and Julian II; they’re my homeboys and definitely not evil!!
Am I envious!! Those are some true rarities in superb condition. In the gift shop they may even have a book about the exhibition or maybe some postcards. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for posting your images, @Restitutor. The coins are superb but I’m particularly interested in the way museums and galleries display their coins.
It sounds like a very interesting exhibit and I'm glad you were able to see it! Oh, I get why Nero, Commodus and Constantine were included, but Lucius Verus and Crispina evil???? Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Rome, December 161-December 162. Obv: IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head, right. Rev: PROV DEOR TR P II COS II, Providentia standing left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. Refs: RIC 482; BMCRE 202-204; RSC 155; RCV --; MIR 37-14/10. Note: Demonstrates the "all-round" legends used on Antonine aurei and denarii issued AD 160-163. Crispina, AD 177-182. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.63 g, 30.3 mm, 11 h. Rome, c. AD 177-179. Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: CONCORDIA SC, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 556; BMCRE 406-410; RCV 6004; Cohen 6; MIR 4.
i'm wif ya on dat dere RC...but that coin of Crispina with a club reverse?!?...could be we don't know sumpin..
