Aesthetically the Vespasian Nemesis is the best coin of the bunch, but I love history and went with the JC denarius.
I'm a sucker for these left facing portraits of Titus as Augustus, they tend to be in better style than the right facing ones. My latest addition...
I'll answer this a bit differently than I have in the past - by metal. My favourite silver coin. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 2.84g Rome...
One of my favourite types too. Awesome coin @Bing!
Interesting piece. I cannot comment on other time periods that produced 'limes' denarii, but IMHO, during the Flavian era they are contemporary...
Lovely coin and excellent write-up @TIF.
Does anyone have any coins struck under Nero from the year of the Great Fire at Rome?
I was hoping someone would post a Cyprian 'plague coin'. Great background info!
I'm quite excited to have recently acquired this extremely rare Titus As, perhaps struck while the dust was still settling from the Vesuvian...
Possibly the pulvinar of Apollo is represented here. Regarding the occasion, I subscribe to the more recent theory that this pulvinar series was...
The scarcer variant with ravens. Well done!
A wonderful group of recent acquisitions! I agree with @Clavdivs, the sestertii are my favourites.
Nice first Titus! This pulvinar type was possibly struck commemorating the opening ceremonies of the Flavian Amphitheatre and may show the...
Traditionally, Titus Caesar is normally attributed as the closer figure, due to his more prominent position.
Agreed. Vespasian was likely still in Egypt when that coin was struck.
Every once in a while one of these special Flavian coins shows up in trade ... I was lucky enough to pick up this rarity before anyone else...
Nice coin and good write-up. Here is the corresponding type struck under Titus. [ATTACH]Domitian as Caesar AR Denarius, 3.39g Rome mint, 80 AD...
Some of us when working and playing with our collections live in a world of alphabetical acronyms - RIC, BMC, RSC, BNC, RPC, SNG, etc ... others...
I posted this another thread ... me with Domitian about a month or so ago. [ATTACH]
Agreed. It wasn't just the technical aspects that improved. The artistic quality after the reform is quite impressive, at least until the early 90s.
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