With a very busy work and family life today I finally got a bit of time to take out my coins for a bit of a play. Twelve Caesars, noting that the JC is a posthumous portrait on a Marc Antony coin. Year of the 5 emperors and, lastly the year of 6 Emperors Please share any of the above grouping in your collection.
Superb coins in much better condition than my own! Taking coins out for a family photo is enjoyable - I need to get mine out for a fresh shoot sometime 12 Caesars Year of Five Emperors (and wives!) I no longer own this Niger, but here's the Year of Five, with all coins being struck in the year 193 AD I don't have a group shot of my Year of Six (I don't even own a Gordian II yet!) But I'll raise you... The complete Severans
My (incomplete) 12 Caesars set: Julius Caesar Augustus Claudius Nero Galba Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian My 12 Caesars set is missing a Caligula, Tiberius, and Otho. My Five Good Emperors set: Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius Marcus Aurelius The only coin I own from the Year of Five Emperors period is a humble Septimius Severus denarius: I’m looking to add a Clodius Albinus denarius to my collection, though Pescennius Niger and Didius Julianus are too rich for my wallet.
@Finn235 Nice family portraits! Challenge accepted. I have never assembled the Severan family picture so forgive me if I am missing some. I believe I should be missing Aquila Severa and Annia Faustina. Here I go…
lovely groups @Egry. I really like your Otho, the toning looks particular good on your photo. And we can shake hands when it comes to busy work/family life... A few groups of mine in a digital tray I have made earlier:
@Limes, everyone seems to like my Otho! I have had more comments on that coin than any others. I really like your Civil War grouping, especially your Vinidex, such a nice coin.
It's like deciding to go for a swim in a cold lake. It's best to jump in than slowly wading in past your nether.
If you decide to get more into ancients, understand it’s completely different from collecting US coins. For ancients, the highest grade doesn’t always mean “finest known.” Ancient coins are primarily collected for their artistry. Keep in mind, ancient coin dies were hand engraved. Two coins of the same type can look drastically different depending on which dies were used. Coins that were struck with artistically engraved dies are more desirable than similar coins struck with crudely engraved dies. When collecting Roman Imperial coins, it’s important to pick out coins with realistic, expressive portraits.
