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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3178794, member: 91461&quot;]Congrats on the sweet big ol Vespy [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! I started my 12 geezers portrait journey exclusively with bronze until, funny enough, I came across a beautiful Vespasian Denarius that led my down the Denarii rabbit hole. Though I don&#039;t have one of his bronzes I&#039;ve got his boys:</p><p>The good boy...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]818736[/ATTACH] </p><p>Titus</p><p>79-81 CE Æ Sestertius</p><p>(33.5mm, 22.76 g.)</p><p>Romemint, struck AD 80-81.</p><p>Obv.Laureate head left.</p><p>Rev. Pax standing left,</p><p>holding olive branch and</p><p>cornucopia.</p><p>RIC II 155Brown patina</p><p><br /></p><p>The baaaaad boy...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]818737[/ATTACH] </p><p>Domitian</p><p>Æ As 81-96 CE Rome, AD</p><p>88/9. IMP CAES DOMIT</p><p>AVG GERM COS XIIII</p><p>CENS PER P P, laureate</p><p>head of Domitian right.</p><p>Reverse: MONETA</p><p>AVGVSTI, S C across field,</p><p>Moneta standing facing,</p><p>head left, holding scales and</p><p>cornucopiae. RIC 649;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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