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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7416985, member: 99456"]There have been more than 50 threads on CT with "12 Caesars" in the title. NGC has an <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/gallery/twelve-caesars/gallery.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/gallery/twelve-caesars/gallery.aspx" rel="nofollow">all gold set displayed</a>. It is a question that comes up fairly often: "do you have all 12 Caesars". A 12-Caesars set was not something that I had as a goal, but <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/home.html" rel="nofollow">Suetonius</a> inevitably pulled me in. When I added recently a provincial portrait coin of Julius Caesar and a didrachm with Vespasian and Titus, with thanks to [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER], I wondered, "Do I have a portrait of all 12?"....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1288781[/ATTACH]</p><p>12 Caesars, provincial style with a Vitellius from Rome to represent the city. I like the mix - it would be nice to swap out the Vitellius to go full provincial. Would it be understatement to say that Vitellius' major contribution to Roman history was uniting astrologers and comedians against the emperor?</p><p><br /></p><p>"he was especially hostile to writers of lampoons and to astrologers, and whenever any one of them was accused, he put him to death without trial, particularly incensed because after a proclamation of his in which he ordered the astrologers to leave the city and Italy before the Kalends of October, a placard was at once posted, reading: <i>"By proclamation of the Chaldeans [astrologers], God bless the State! Before the same day and date let Vitellius Germanicus have ceased to live."</i></p><p>-Seutonius, The Life of Vitellius, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Vitellius*.html#14.4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Vitellius*.html#14.4" rel="nofollow">14.4</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a close-up of the Julius Caesar:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1288456[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedon, Thessalonica, Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar</b>, 27 BC-AD 14, Æ (21mm, 8.66g, 6h)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> ΘEOC, bare head of Divus Julius Caesar right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>CEBACTOY ΘE, bare head of Augustus right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> BMC 61; Varbanov 4154; RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421" rel="nofollow"><u>5421</u></a> (uncertain mint)</p><p><b>Note: </b>more here : <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars" rel="nofollow">Not the Usual 12-Caesars</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is an open puzzle on the mint and date (see notes on this 2018 <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971288" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971288" rel="nofollow">CNG Lot</a>, or this 2020 <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7116826" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7116826" rel="nofollow">ROMA Lot</a>). I think that RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555" rel="nofollow"><u>1555</u></a> provides fairly compelling, even conclusive, evidence that this coin is from Thessalonika. RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555" rel="nofollow">1555</a> is similar and spells out (ΘΕCCΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ). I am interested to hear what others think - you can vote in the poll.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your provincial coins of any of the 12 Caesars, 12 Caesar sets, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7416985, member: 99456"]There have been more than 50 threads on CT with "12 Caesars" in the title. NGC has an [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/gallery/twelve-caesars/gallery.aspx']all gold set displayed[/URL]. It is a question that comes up fairly often: "do you have all 12 Caesars". A 12-Caesars set was not something that I had as a goal, but [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/home.html']Suetonius[/URL] inevitably pulled me in. When I added recently a provincial portrait coin of Julius Caesar and a didrachm with Vespasian and Titus, with thanks to [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER], I wondered, "Do I have a portrait of all 12?".... [ATTACH=full]1288781[/ATTACH] 12 Caesars, provincial style with a Vitellius from Rome to represent the city. I like the mix - it would be nice to swap out the Vitellius to go full provincial. Would it be understatement to say that Vitellius' major contribution to Roman history was uniting astrologers and comedians against the emperor? "he was especially hostile to writers of lampoons and to astrologers, and whenever any one of them was accused, he put him to death without trial, particularly incensed because after a proclamation of his in which he ordered the astrologers to leave the city and Italy before the Kalends of October, a placard was at once posted, reading: [I]"By proclamation of the Chaldeans [astrologers], God bless the State! Before the same day and date let Vitellius Germanicus have ceased to live."[/I] -Seutonius, The Life of Vitellius, [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Vitellius*.html#14.4']14.4[/URL] Here's a close-up of the Julius Caesar: [ATTACH=full]1288456[/ATTACH] [B]Macedon, Thessalonica, Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar[/B], 27 BC-AD 14, Æ (21mm, 8.66g, 6h) [B]Obv:[/B] ΘEOC, bare head of Divus Julius Caesar right [B]Rev: [/B]CEBACTOY ΘE, bare head of Augustus right [B]Ref:[/B] BMC 61; Varbanov 4154; RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421'][U]5421[/U][/URL] (uncertain mint) [B]Note: [/B]more here : [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars']Not the Usual 12-Caesars[/URL] There is an open puzzle on the mint and date (see notes on this 2018 [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971288']CNG Lot[/URL], or this 2020 [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7116826']ROMA Lot[/URL]). I think that RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555'][U]1555[/U][/URL] provides fairly compelling, even conclusive, evidence that this coin is from Thessalonika. RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1555']1555[/URL] is similar and spells out (ΘΕCCΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ). I am interested to hear what others think - you can vote in the poll. [B]Post your provincial coins of any of the 12 Caesars, 12 Caesar sets, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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