Lovely! I don't have a sestertius of Lucius Verus, but I do have sestertii of Aelius and Lucilla: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Lovely coin and nicer than the example in the British Museum!
I have a similar large bronze of Julia Domna with a carpentum on the reverse. Mine, though, has the empress's earlier hairstyle and a different...
Not only is the scientific consensus that Agrippina II poisoned Claudius with mushrooms, but scientists have now synthesized the poison from the...
I recommend dealers on this list, recently updated by one of our esteemed members, @Valentinian
Herennia Etruscilla from Viminacium: [ATTACH] Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253. Roman provincial Æ, 12.67 g, 27.45 mm, 7 h. Moesia Superior,...
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V is for Valerian, Vetriano, Victorinus, and Volusian: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Lovely coin with an impressive provenance!
Congrats!!!
Tetricus Two from Trier (?) Too? [ATTACH] Tetricus II, Caesar AD 273-274. Roman Æ antoninianus, 18.1 mm, 3.48 g. Mainz or Trier, AD 273 -...
How about Theodora? [ATTACH] Theodora, Augusta posthumously (?). Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.42 g, 13.8 mm, 10 h. Trier, AD 337-340....
T is for Two Tiberii: Tiberius I: [ATTACH] Tiberius, AD 14-37. Roman AR Denarius; 3.87 g, 18.5 mm. Lugdunum, AD 16-37. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI...
Bottom--but not for color, for the centering and legends.
Well, it was really more of a rhetorical question. I, too, enjoy collecting areas outside of Beard's list, such as empresses, the Severan dynasty,...
Awesome set, @Alegandron !
Well, Suetonius ends in AD 96 and that never stopped anyone!
Wow! Pretty cool having a provenance like that!
8. Nerva: [ATTACH] Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 3.37 g, 16.5 mm, 7 h. Rome, Oct-Dec AD 97. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P...
Many collectors aim to assemble a "Twelve Caesars" (Julius Caesar - Domitian) set, based upon Suetonius' book by that title. But this list...
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