Exciting analysis, Curtis! History books would have to be rewritten if we could indeed date Decius´ arrival at Rome to late 248. On the other hand...
I have a provincial of the same type: [ATTACH] IMP M OTHO CAE AVG - laureate head of Otho right / large S C within laurel wreath. Bronze As or 4...
From 2014 and 2018 there were press releases claiming that the mausoleum of the emperor Hostilian had been discovered at Viminacium and even that...
[ATTACH] IMP C AVR NVMERIANVS AVG - MONETA AVGG Bronze Medallion, Rome mint, 1.-10. August 283 AD (dating by Pink) 32,55 mm / 20,86 gr Cohen 32...
Nice! I wish I had a Sestertius of Britannicus or Agrippina Junior to show. Got all the other folks though, and here is Germanicus: [ATTACH]
Medium beard: [ATTACH] IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust right, featuring a medium beard, from the front PONTIF MAX TR...
Here is the Sestertius version of the OP coin: [ATTACH] And here are Sestertii of Elagabalus´ grandmother, mother, and (2nd/4th) wife:...
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It is a shame that neither Tacitus nor Florian issued Sestertii, but the artistry the celators were still capable of in these troubled times can...
Sestertius: [ATTACH]
Did someone say Nero? Here is a Sestertius: [ATTACH] NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P - Laureate head right PACE P R TERRA MARIQ...
Vitellius was the last of the 12 Caesars missing in my Sestertius set! Sestertii of his reign are for whatever reason as rare as Aurei and...
I see you DID find your missing Tiberius :)! I doubt that we will ever see more handsome 12 Caesars sets than yours :woot:.
That is a totally awsome collection!!!
These here are mostly Sestertii (assorted chronologically by emperors and empresses): [ATTACH]
I did not know there were radiates by Gordian II ;). But I can supply this NGC graded Sestertius of his (they rated it VF, strike 4/5 - surface...
I just read Christian Körner´s 2001 monography "Philippus Arabs - Ein Soldatenkaiser in der Tradition des antoninisch-severischen Prinzipats"...
Took me five years but I managed a complete set of Emperors in Sestertius format (just missing a handful of ultra rare empresses): [ATTACH]
Sestertii of Plautilla, Annia Faustina, and Tranquilina plus bronze Medallions of Valerian II, Saloninus, Claudius Gothicus, Carus and Carinus. Sigh.
I am envious! I want a Rhino as nice as yours (and in the same light tone) to accompany my Hippo Sestertius: [ATTACH]
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