Congratulations! What a beauty! [ATTACH] IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right, diademed, hair weaved in rows and tucked at base of head...
Even though the literature seeems to be exclusively focussed on Limes Denarii, there are also Limes ASSES like this one (note the S C on the...
As an almost exclusive Sestertius collector, I am happy to now have Banti´s "I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali" complete and the first two volumes of...
I only have the first two volumes of Cayon, this is in Vol 3.:(
Sestertius of Salonina with only two specimens known (Göbl 490y, not in RIC, Cohen, BMCRE or Banti), the first is mine, the second is ex Gemini...
We don´t have a Sestertius yet, so here is mine: [ATTACH] IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG / VENVS CAELESTIS S C Sestertius, Rome 220 A.D. 30,20 mm / 17,78...
This is my Saturnalia bonus gift before and after carrying it in my pocket with keys and coins for 100 days: [ATTACH] LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI...
As far as I know not a single genuine Aureus of Gordian II has survived (if there ever were any). Me, too! I spent a little fortune on...
You definitely should get more Sestertii, Donna! [ATTACH] FAVSTINA AVGVSTA - bust of Faustina minor right, wearing paludamentum, hair in Chignon...
Sestertii. Worn but I like them! [ATTACH] IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG - laureate Head of Pertinax right PROVIDENTIAE DEORUM COS II S C -...
This is how I like my Sestertii :woot:. Thank you very much for sharing, James!
Yet the wear pattern on most pierced or looped aurei found in the barbaricum shows that these pendants were always worn with the obverse side...
The earliest representation of a stephane on a Sestertius in my collection is on the head of Plotina: [ATTACH]
Awesome Sestertii ! One might add that the whole imperial treasury that Decius carried with his army fell into the hands of the goths in the...
Trajanus Decius DACIA Sestertius: [ATTACH] IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG - laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from behind...
I find Decius and Carus and their respective sons the most interesting due to their inovative but tragically shortcut reigns and promising...
This is my first Sestertius of Julia Domna that was struck under her son Caracalla: [ATTACH] IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG - Draped bust of Julia Domna...
I really like the OP coin! It was my first Postumus. Here is a little pedigree: ex Julius Germanicus Collection (bought from french eBay dealer...
Thank you very much! The same picture is in Banti. It is of course Gordian II and not I (the obverse die was exclusively used for this reverse...
Yes, those are the only ones I have. Do you happen to know any biographical data or other info about the author himself? I cannot find anything...
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