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I could not resist buying this artifact on Ebay yesterday which was labeled as a „museum copy“ despite there being no corresponding original as...
I think so because the barbarian imitations at the Leu Auction three days ago all fetched record prices! The Aureus from the same dies as my OP...
Here are the seller´s pictures of a big, heavy, and brassy Hadrian Sestertius that I bought on Ebay today for just 20 Euros. Can´t go wrong with...
Morris (not his real name) has already sold the highlights of his collection including his high quality bronzes and gold coins (an Aureus of...
Actually, Sestertii of Plotina are THAT scarce: there seem to be less than 100 published in total (32 listed by Banti), which makes them rarer...
Last night I was outbid on this Plotina Sestertius: [ATTACH] I "left the building" when it crossed the 1000 USD-barrier which may seem a lot...
I have an Antoninianus of the same emission so thanks to you I now have a better attribution and interesting story about it :) : [ATTACH] Here...
Before you seriously get into Antoniniani or LBRs, you should give yourself a treat and buy one evenly worn Sestertius of Trajan or Hadrian for...
Your Hadrian is at the very upper end of normal variation. 99 % of all Sestertii struck in the first two centuries weigh between 18 and 30 grams...
You must be right. I thought it was short for "standing" :)
Your coin: Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG (Laureate bust of Hadrian right, with light drapery on far shoulder) Reverse: PONT MAX TR...
Congratulations! My first Sestertius was also a Hadrian: [ATTACH] HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS / INDVLGENTIA AVG COS III P P S C Sestertius, Rome 130...
That looks like a bronze of Marcus Aurelius. Someone should give it it´s own thread.
Here is the original prototype: [ATTACH]
99 % of these are modern fakes, and, sadly, so is yours.
You can´t go wrong with a brassy Trajan Sestertius and yours is quite handsome! [ATTACH]
Ouch. I thought about getting these two from him, which would otherwise be exactly my cup of tea color-wise: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] But after...
The best way to estimate the absolute number of Sestertii surviving of a certain type from the times of Nerva to Gallienus ist to take the...
As I concentrate on Sestertii, my continuous one-per-emperor-collection ends with Postumus: [ATTACH]
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