I have a few Trajan's but this is one of my favorites a huge chunky bronze sestertius of his famous column. 25gm, RIC 600.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Good pick up, I agree with zumbly interesting and different portrait for Trajan.
Although worn still a good coin with significant history attached to it, I would love one like it. Congratulations.
That is a terrific coin Pishpash, for that era when the busts were starting to become a bit stylized Probus has an amazing expression on his face....
Great pick-up TIF, a very interesting and well struck coin, love the toning and serrations.
I would have preferred the head of Ancus Marcus to be a little further down and it would not look like he has a huge bump on his head, but hey I...
Good one zumbly, I like the person holding a severed head on your coin as well, what origin is that coin anyway?
Welcome gsimonel. I only have one of he's and has portrait wear, mainly bought for the city gate reverse as reasonably scarce. Maximinus, Thrace...
Congrats Mikey Zee another good pick up, I have a couple of Philip 1 and one of Philip 11, First one Philip 1 Sesturtius temple of Roma, 29.61mm,...
You could be wright about dodgy restorations Valentinian, or that one could be another bloke called Nerva, that photo was from the Vatican. I did...
Great coin, love that portrait it reminds me of Constantine "looking to the heavens" on his coins.
No unfortunately, but I reckon he looks somewhere in between Vespasian and Domitian.:):):):):)
Yea it does kook a bit like a wig on that sculpture.
I also posted this thread https://www.cointalk.com/threads/augustus-lived-for-77-years-41-years-emperor.282502/ which has quite a few Augustus...
Vespasian looked pretty much the same as on coins.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have about 20 sculpture pics and tried to get the emperors name in as well, not a hundred percent sure but I think this is Domitian (David will...
I took quite a few pics of sculptures of emperors when over there (Rome), just an example Nerva's nose didn't look anywhere as hooked as it is on...
I know what your saying I see a lot of difference in the portraits on coins of the same emperor, so what I do and have done extensively is compare...
Sorry I couldn't contribute, but hey some great coins.
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