Your Banti is red? :woot: My set are all in blue leatherette.
Thanks Donna! It is indeed an unpatinated Sestertius :)
Thank you so much !!! Looking forward to that!
I got this Lucilla Sestertius from Ebay for 46 Euros (I bought it for the portrait only), but that was five years ago :woot:: [ATTACH]
I received this one as a Saturnalia gift (thank you again, Alex 22 !!!), and it already made a great conversation piece for me and a new client...
[ATTACH] Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali, Vol. IV-2) Nr. 6: [ATTACH]
Here is my Sestertius from the Rome mint: [ATTACH] NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P - Laureate head right PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA...
Thank you very much for the info! I took the description from Banti who seems to be a little dated and and obviously didn´t have your eyesight (I...
You definitely should check out the AE coinage as well. If you have a big Sestertius (that is not too dark in colour) in hand, you can see the...
A tan coloured or yellowish “Tiber Patina” is not rare for early Sestertii but I had never seen one on a bronze of Gallienus. So when this one...
Here is my Sestertius of Gordian I with the same reverse design as the OP coin: [ATTACH] According to RIC, the type and legend ROMAE AETERNAE,...
Please do so! This is obverse die AV 1 (of 2) and reverse die RV 3 (of 6) in my die study of the Sestertii of Aquilia Severa, by the way.
Does anyone of you have access to the fixed price lists No. 57 (Spring 1992) or No. 58 (Fall 1992) of that dealer? I have a Gallienus Sestertius...
The central government stopped issuing the traditional bronze coinage (i.e. Sestertii, Dupondii and Asses identified by "S C" on the reverse) in 264.
The last one listed by Sear is one struck by Postumus in 269.
Highly interesting article, but I do think that the consensus still is that Julianus' revolt took place after the death of Numerianus and not more...
Just watched it yesterday. Slow and calm but good acting and great landscapes :-)
[ATTACH] DIVVS AVGVSTVS / IMP NERVA CAES AVG REST Radiate head of Divus Augustus right / Globe with rudder in front Brass Dupondius, Rome 98 RIC...
I don´t think so, because Julian was defeated around May 285, Numerian had already died November 284, and this is not a Consecratio issue. Also,...
Julian also struck AE Medallions at the Siscia mint, as illustrated by this (now unique) specimen in the BNF in Paris: [ATTACH]
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