Let's march through time with Roman Imperials!

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You are going so fast! When the Provincial towns are plodding, plodding slowly...

I never posted these coins, but here they are:
A barbarous imitation (Eastern Europe) of a well-known denarius of Augustus with priestly implements:



Augustus 27 BC-14 AD, denarius, barbaric imitation from Eastern Europe, probably Dacia. 2 BC-2 AD. Augustus with Lucius and Gaius as caesars. Obv. Head with laurel crown to the left, with mumble script. Rev. Caesars betweens shields and lances, with simpulum & lituus. The left lance is combined with the lituus. 18 mm, 3.12 gr. Original = RIC 210 (this type only with head to the right).



Not rare, but to me a very attractive piece with a high level of artistry, almost baroque in style:
Caligula (37-41). AE As in honor of his grandfather Agrippa (died in 12 BC). Obv. Head of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown. M AGRIPPA COS III. Rev. Neptune standing, holding dolphin & trident, S C on either side. 25 mm, 14.50 gr.

And this wondrous coin:



LYDIA. Sardis. AE27 Germanicus and Drusus (died AD 19 and 23, respectively). Struck about 24-26, but restruck with a ring by Asinius Pollio, their half-brother and proconsul of Asia. Obv: Germanicus and Drusus seated left on curule chairs, one of whom holds a lituus. Rev: ΓΑΙΩΑΣΙΝΝΙΩΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ. KOINOY / AΣIAΣ in two lines within wreath. 26.5 mm, 13.75 gr. RPC I 2995; BMC 106-109; Paris 1193-1196; Waddington 5238; SNG Cop 518; Weber 6905; Sear SGI 365. See here. Asinius Pollio wanted to emphasize his imperial relations.

And here is Germanicus again. If some of these princes hadn't died so young, things might have gone differently for the Roman empire.






AE Germanicus (-19). Sardes, Lydia. Mnaseas as magistrate. Obv.: Bare head left. ΓEPMANIKΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ. Rev.: Athena standing left, holding phiale, spear and shield. ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ MNAΣEAΣ. 13-14 mm, 2.72 gr. RPC I 2993. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Lydia 113 corr. (no phiale).

 

We haven't gotten that far yet. I've been waiting to drop my schwaggy version of that Germanicus and Drusus. Almost there...as long as @lordmarcovan will be kind enough to keep this train on the tracks

 

Sorry this thread failed so miserably. Would it have gone better using the ERIC II rarity list so the first ten names would be people most people could play and the thread could have died respectfully after a hundred or so posts?

 

Well, it hasn't died. Except for some fun we stayed at the coins of Augustus and Tiberius, and their contemporaries, so far. In fact I wanted to add Livia to the troupe, with her stag, at the side of Augustus: :


AE Augustus & Livia, Ephesus. Obv. Double portrait, heads right. Rev. Stag to the right, lettering only above: EFE/S.. . 20 mm, 5.48 gr.

 

I guess the instructions in the thread title are out the window too...

Let's march through time with Roman Imperials!

 

hey...where can i get one of those melord??...

 

Drusus


Tiberius & Drusus ( 14 - 37 A.D.)
AR Drachm
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia
O: [TI C]AES AVG PM TRP XXXV, Laureate head of Tiberius right.
R: DRVSVS CAES TI] AVG F COS II R P, Head of Drusus left.
Caesarea in Cappadocia mint 33- 34 A.D.
3.47g
19mm
RIC I 87; RPC I 3622. Syd 46

 

OK, but where are we at?

 

@Bing same place we were when I posted this (hidden at the bottom of page 4).
Anyone got a Sejanus?

 

NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS
AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP - Bare head left
REVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP Exe: SC - Claudius seated left, holding branch; weapons on floor
Rome 41BC-2 AD
28.6g, 36mm
RIC 93

 

This'll at least get us through Nero without having to click back and forth between sites...

 

Here's one of the most impetuous wanna be imps...
Sejanus!

Tiberius, AE28, Bilbilis, Spain, TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Tiberius right / MVN AVGVSTA BILBILIS TI CAESARE V L AELIO SEIANO around wreath containing COS (borrowed from wild winds)

 

Been jealous of that one for a while Bing. Thanks for bringing her to the party!

 

ANTONIA MINOR

wife of Nero Claudius
Drusus, mother of
Germanicus and Claudius.
Died 37 AD. Æ Dupondius
(25 MM, 13.25 gm, 6h).
Rome mint. Struck under
Claudius, 41-42 AD.
Draped bust right / Claudius,
veiled, standing left, holding
simpulum. RIC I 92
(Claudius)