[ATTACH] NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P - Laureate head to left / DECVRSIO S C - Nero on horse galloping to right, holding spear,...
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...
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...
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...
After managing to complete my Sestertius set last year, I decided to extend to the collection with a one-coin-per ruler set of the Tetrarchies...
Today the last of my purchases of 2020 came in the mail and it was a pleasant surprise! See the seller´s pictures (and the rest of my top 10)...
This might be my final top 10 list (dominated by imperial ladies this time), because there might not be many more purchases in the future as my...
My last coin of 2020 arrived on Christmas eve today. This was also the final Roman Emperor missing in my Sestertius collection. After being the...
My 2020 list is still not ready, so here here is is Vol 2. of my unpublished 2016 list, a year when a my younger self bought every unpatinated...
While still waiting for my last purchase of 2020 to arrive and browsing older top 10 lists on CT, I realized that I never posted a list for 2016...
Can´t wait for Saturnalia and can´t post my Top Ten for this year because my last purchase is still in the mail. But as I feel like posting...
Just when I thought there would be hardly a chance to add new rulers to my Sestertius collection, I managed to acquire a great rarity: seemingly...
Unfortunately the Julius Germanicus Collection sorted out most of it´s more interesting non-Sestertius coins before I signed up for the Secret...
Hey folks, I have found no less than 35 genuine coins struck from the same obverse die as my newest Sestertius. Does this imply a very high...
I´m too tired to do a writeup (it´s in the middle of the night here), but here is my Lego interpretation of Marcus Aurelius´ city gate of Augusta...
[ATTACH] AVGVSTVS - bare head of Augustus right / CA (within laurel wreath) Orichalcum Sestertius, Pergamum 27-23 BC 34 mm / 24,91 gr RIC 501;...
Triumphal arches are a roman invention and surely among the most influential and destinctive types of imperial architecture. I have tried to...
During my school days I read Felix Dahn´s awesome classic 1876 historical novel "Struggle for Rome" and it was not until a couple of weeks ago...
[ATTACH] I received this Sestertius from an auction house half a year ago and it seemed perfectly fine then. I luckily have no experience with...
[ATTACH] MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG - Draped bust of Otacilia Severa right, seen three quarters from front, wearing Stephane, hair weaved in...
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