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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3636586, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s a beautiful collection, nicely presented, and your handwritten tags look wonderful. I especially like your Lucius Verus sestertius and the Faustina – it&#039;s obvious that you have a good eye for well-engraved portraits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I guess you are doing everything right with starting with the adoptive emperors. Everytime a new collector posts here and announces their plan to build a &quot;12 Caesars&quot; set in gold or something similar, I have somewhat mixed feelings. In my eyes, it&#039;s a wiser choice to start with a more affordable and approachable field in order to find out what you actually appreciate, develop a sense for the aesthetics of Roman coins, and accumulate some &#039;working knowledge&#039; of ancient numismatics. In this sense, good luck with extending your collection – getting the adoptive emperors in different denominations sounds like a fantastic plan to me!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Also, if I were you, I would try to add a Marcus Aurelius as Caesar to the collection. His young portraits rank very high on the list of beautiful imperial portraits.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are some of my Nerva-Antonines:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975916[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Nerva, Roman Empire, denarius, 97 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM PM TR P II, laureate head of Nerva right. Rev: IMP II COS IIII PP, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.98g. Ref: RIC II, 40.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975917[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Trajan, Roman Empire, denarius, 101/102 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAESAR NERVA TRAIAN AUG GERM, laureate head of Trajan right. Rev: PM TRP COS IIII PP, Victory standing facing, holding wreath and palm branch. 18mm, 3.04g. Ref: RIC II, 58.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975918[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Hadrian, Roman Empire, denarius, 119–122 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head of Hadrian right. Rev: PM TR P COS III, Pax seated left, holding Victory on globe and branch. 18.5mm, 3.05g. Ref: RIC II, 95.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975919[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius, Roman Empire, denarius, 155–156 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS PP [IMP II], head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, r. Rev: TR POT XIX [CO]S III, Annona standing l., holding corn ears, resting l. hand on modius standing on prow with rudder leaning on it. 18mm, 3.27g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 249.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975920[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a. Ex CNG.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975925[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Lucius Verus, Roman Empire, denarius, 167/168 AD. Rome mint. Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head of Lucius Verus right. Rev: TR P VIII IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.62g. Ref: RIC III, 595. Ex Coast to Coast Coins.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]975921[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Commodus, Roman Empire, denarius, 182 AD, Rome mint. Obv: M COMMOD[VS ANTON]INVS AVG, laureate head of Commodus right. Rev: LIB AVG V TR P VII IMP IIII COS III PP, Liberalitas standing left holding counting board and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.24g. Ref: RIC III, 36A.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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