Featured Lot of 91 uncleaned large bronze coins - before and after

Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. 163-164 AD. RIC 854
M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate head right /
TR P XVIII IMP II COS III S-C, Mars walking right carrying spear and trophy.

 

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Commodus, AE Sestertius. AD 190. RIC 562
M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P, laureate head right /
LIB AVG PM TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and sceptre. S-C across fields.

 

Faustina I. AE Sestertius. Rome. Posthumous issue. RIC 1099
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair coiled on top of head. /
AETERNITAS S-C, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding corn-ears and torch.

 

Faustina Sr AE Sestertius. RIC 1105
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right /
AETERNITAS S-C, Aeternitas standing left holding phoenix on globe and holding up skirt.

 

And the last one from this first group.
Is one of my preferred here , is the first portrait type of Trajan , Nerva resemblance is very obvious. The only I have on sestertius.

I will not post the very worn ones , I still have many from Hadrian , Trajan , Antoninus Pius and even Vitellius , these have been in circulation for more than 120 years.

Trajan AE Sestertius. 99 AD. RIC390
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, laureate head right /
TR POT COS II, Pax seated left holding branch and sceptre, SC below.

 

This is my attempt at cleaning coins 22 years ago. guess what I was cleaning then?)))

 

I like the Justinian I follis has nice details , I can't guess , why ?

 

PS. I had 4 coins. and I left one not cleared (Cited from:

 

It’s a small investment for a potential large return. There is a lot to be gleaned from historical coins from that era and the education alone seems like would be well worth it.

 

It looks like a good hobby. Just like metal detecting you don't know what you have right away. like opening christmas presents. You must pay to play. nice
























just like metale detecting

 

or like scratching a lottery ticket , you rarely win

 

. . . or like parachuting out of an airplane.

Well, actually, it's nothing like parachuting out of an airplane.