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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3495795, member: 80783&quot;]After managing to acquire both Gordian I and II and to upgrade all of the other rulers from the beginning of the Age of the Soldier Emperors, I can now proudly present the first part of my Imperial Roman portrait gallery that I am totally satisfied with:</p><p><br /></p><p>Complete with all Augusti and Caesares, all Sestertii, the best grade and style I could afford, historically interesting reverse types, and, last but not least, a comparable grade (more or less VF) and, most of all, a uniform colour!</p><p>The completition of this uniform set was quite a (self-imposed) challenge - it is impossible to achieve with either Aurei, Denarii, or middle bronzes, and I doubt that it has been done before with a cast of all naturally coloured Sestertii either:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]925980[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1) Maximinus Thrax (235-238) - VICTORIA GERMANICA - celebrating his spectacular advance into Germania Magna that culminated at the Harzhorn battle (featuring the rare version with the Emperor crowned by Victoria)</p><p>2) Maximus (Caesar 236-238) - PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS - introducing him as the crown prince (he and his father would be dead before he could be promoted to Augustus)</p><p>3) Gordian I (238) - ROMAE AETERNAE - proclaiming him as the restorer of Roman values against Maximinus, who had not even visited the capital during his rule (very rare reverse type)</p><p>4) Gordian 2 (238) - VICTORIA AVGG - expecting his victory over the forces of Maximinus - before he perished in the battle of Carthage during his first and only chance to show his military prowess (very rare reverse type)</p><p>5) Pupienus (238) - VICTORIA AVGG - celebrating &quot;his&quot; victory over Maximinus at Aquilea</p><p>6) Balbinus (238) - CONCORDIA AVGG - promoting his harmony with his co-ruler Pupienus&nbsp; (whom he famously did not get along with)</p><p>7) Gordian III (238-244) - PM TR P V COS II PP - presenting the teenage Emperor in military attire in a vain attempt to promote him as a strong leader which did not keep the army from replacing him with the pretorian prefect Philippus Arabs</p><p>8) Philipp I (244-249) - SAECULARES AVGG - celebrating the 1000 year aniversary of Rome</p><p>9) Philipp II (247-249) - LIBERALITAS AVGG III - promoting the child as co-Augustus of his father to advertise dynastic stability while also empasizing the generosity of the imperial family</p><p>10) Trajanus Decius (249-251) - DACIA - highlighting the province conquered by Trajan in order to promote his connection to Rome´s greatest general (before heroically perishing on the Danubian frontier himself)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]925981[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There will be more trays to follow, but I did not come close enough to the desired result with the others yet, so it might take a couple of years...</p><p><br /></p><p>Please show your perfect 10, portrait galleries, trays full of Sestertii, or anything you like![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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