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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7883772, member: 110226&quot;]Beautiful bronzes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are three from the Carmona Collection, all purchased from Roma:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Galba sestertius.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for an &quot;affordable&quot; sestertius to fill in the gap left when I sold my last example, which had a fair amount of corrosion.&nbsp; This coin has a nice strike, somewhat encrusted surfaces (okay with me), but also with some smoothing on the reverse in the middle of Victory.&nbsp; Oh well, what&#039;s done is done. Since this is an orichalcum (brass) coin, the light toning over time will mitigate that issue to some extent, but still, as a replacement for type that commands mega bucks prices in high grades, it fills the bill for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 68-69 AD</p><p>Galba </p><p>Æ Sestertius</p><p>Rome</p><p>SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate head to right / Victory advancing to left, holding palladium and palm; S-C across fields. </p><p>RIC I 456; BMCRE 104. </p><p>24.35g, 34mm, 6h.</p><p>Very Fine</p><p>Lot 931, Roma E-Sale 86</p><p>From the Antonio Carmona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359672[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Hadrian sestertius.&nbsp; This is a rather common coin, as these things go.&nbsp; It was and &quot;impulse&quot; purchase during the auction.&nbsp; It is mid grade, but a nice example, and another sestertius to help build up the Roman part of the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 137-138 AD</p><p>Hadrian </p><p>Æ Sestertius</p><p>Rome</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, holding patera and scepter, to left, altar with snake; S-C across fields. </p><p>RIC II.3 2420; C. 1332; BMCRE 1557. </p><p>26.50g, 32mm, 12h.</p><p>Very Fine</p><p>Lot 800, Roma E-Sale 87</p><p>From the Antonio Carmona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359680[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Philip I sestertius.&nbsp; I have been looking around for a 1,000th Anniversary of Rome type sestertius of Philip I.&nbsp; Again, this is a mid grade coin, and is available, no go great rarity here. </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 248 AD</p><p>Philip I </p><p>Æ Sestertius</p><p>Rome</p><p>Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the city.</p><p>IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLVM NOVVM, octastyle temple with statue of Roma seated facing in center; SC in exergue. </p><p>RIC IV 164 corr. (rev. legend); C. 201; Banti 52. </p><p>14.54g, 28mm, 12h.</p><p>Very Fine.</p><p>Lot 1512, Roma E-Sale 82</p><p>From the Antonio Carmona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359688[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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