12 Caesars: Small Bronzes Virtual Tray

Although smaller denominations were coined, the Roman as was the smallest denomination commonly used in commerce. The dupondius, worth two asses, was also commonly circulated during the reign of 11 of the 12 Caesars (Julius Caesar's reign being the exception. Originally 1/10th of a denarius, the as was later devalued to 1/16 of a denarius (there were four asses to a sestertius, and 400 asses to an aureus).



I've always found it visually interesting to see sets of similar coins presented in a virtual tray arrangement, and I hope the collectors here find it interesting too. Different artistic styles and slight evolution of realism / idealism can be seen. It's also fun to see the "rogue's gallery" of 12 Caesars in one picture.

Neither Julius Caesar nor Otho minted small bronzes or sestertii during their reign, so my collection necessarily has two empty spots in it, as well as a distribution of asses vs. dupondii.

Let's see some small bronze virtual trays -- they don't need to be complete!

Next: Sestertii Virtual Tray

 

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I love seeing your collections this way. Beautiful!

 

Very nice!

 

Gorgeous presentation! I also love seeing them as a 'virtual tray'!

 

I always appreciate and love your amazing coin exhibits, and knowledge.

 

Thanks mate!

 

I love middle bronzes, and that is a stunning virtual tray!

My database allows me to gather up obverse photos with a search query, so here are my Imperial middle bronzes:

 

This may seem lame, but whenever I think of your 12 Caesar gold type set, all I can compare what I have to it is my 16 lanthanide element coin set.

 

Lovely "trays." And SA, I really dig that Commodus as Hercules As. I've been wanting one of those myself. That's a very nice example.

 

Thanks! I got that one from NFA years ago.

 

What database is that?

 

Bento for Mac. I like it a lot, but it's not being sold any more. At some point I'll have to migrate to Filemaker or something.

 

Very nice

 

Somptuous !

Q

 

That is one, outstanding set! May I ask how long it took you to assemble it?

 

Thanks for the compliment!

I started collecting bronzes in late 2010 (beginning with the Claudius as), after completing the denarii and aurei sets (to be shown later), and just got the last one (the Augustus dupondius) late in 2016. So overall, almost six years for both sets of bronzes.

 

Wow they are GORGEOUS coins! Mine can't compare but here they are.

I have the otho just haven't finished the piece yet.

 

Ides, what a wonderful collection!!!!

~Doug

 

Beautiful tray with imperial small bronzes, I can suggest you to complete an interesting virtual tray of "12 Caesars - Provincial bronzes".
I have to contribute one interesting of Augustus: