I had to scrap the Theartre of Marcellus in order to build the Colosseum, but since then I kept most stuff and my monuments are slowly taking over...
And he should know ´cause he was there when Anthony opened a crate of ale and said those famous words to Cleopatra...
Got no new coins to share due to the lockdown... To kill some time, I tried to reconstruct Augustus´ Temple of Peace in it´s original color...
It is quite likely that Henry Cohen held this very coin, the only specimen of Cohen 32 that ever existed, in his own hands when he prepared the...
That is very interesting! I never thought that the Sestertii I focus on are in fact generally rarer than the other "classic" Roman denominations,...
[ATTACH] IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right, diademed, hair weaved in rows and tucked at base of head IVNO CONSERVATRIX S C - Juno,...
My Numerianus is a unique variety of a rare Sestertius-sized Bronze Medallion, issued by Carinus at Rome in early August 283 to celebrate his...
According to the Universal Postal Association, the global postal network has collapsed. I´ll let my newest Sestertius sit in Roma´s safe for...
They have in fact been doing so for a couple of decades now: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=231
I constructed a motorized model of Isambard Kingdom Brunel´s gigantic 1859 steamship, the "Great Eastern", in 1:150 scale: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I think that is the best explanation. A weight of three Asses would put this emission (just like the largest denomination of Antonius´ AE...
Thank you Blake! It is one of the very few bronzes that I bought despite it´s dark patina: [ATTACH] IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG -...
I have found a total of seven Sestertii of the Concordia type (RIC 133) for Vitellius: four in museums (London, Paris, Berlin, ANS) and three in...
Thank you for bringing it back and thank you all for showing more of your Crispinas! :-) David Sear had the OP coin in hand and noted no tooling...
That must be because they were both inspired by the same, well known (in antiquity, that is) statue. I still wonder if the original statue carried...
A little update: I was relieved when I received the news that my OP Sestertius (along with four others) caught one of the last flights from...
Thank you for noticing! I corrected my mistake :) This coin celebrates Maximinus Thrax´ spectacular German victory of 235 a.D that included the...
Hallo Dirk, das ist ein feines Stück!!! I think that the 8-legged horse type had it´s origin in two horses next to each other. The germanic...
Great idea! Here is another Nero: This Sestertius´ reverse legend describes a historical event in the year 66 a.D. , when following the peace...
[ATTACH] illustrated in Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali, Vol. IV-2): [ATTACH]
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