I have many orichalcum provincial coins but this is my only imperial. Vespasian AE30 Dupondius Obv. is IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, 71 AD, mint of Lugdunum, Roma seated holding victory, globe below neck of portrait. Giard, Lyon, 30/1a, pl. XLI (same obv. die). RIC 1145, R2. Share your coins of this beautiful metal.
Gorgeous coin @ancientone. I do not have any of Vespasian, but will his younger son do? DOMITIAN AE As OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER P P, laureate head right REVERSE: MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia Struck at Rome, 92-94AD 10g, 26mm RIC 756 DOMITIAN AE As OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head right, aegis at tip of bust REVERSE: MONETA AVGVSTI, S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae Struck at Rome, 85AD 11.7g, 27mm RIC 384 DOMITIAN AE Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, radiate head right REVERSE: S-C, Mars advancing left, holding Victory & trophy Struck at Rome, 86 AD 11.6g, 27mm RIC 482
that's a nice lookin' coin! i only have one that is nice and yellow...but it's to visage is to terrible to show.
Great Vespasian @ancientone ! Great idea for a thread... Imperial Orichalcum Dupondius: RI Vespasian 69-79 CE AE Dupondius Felicitas stdg caduceus cornucopia Obv-Rev.jpg RI Nerva AE Dupondius 96-98 CE LIBERTAS PVBLICA Obv-Rev TIF.jpg
Imperial Orichalcum Sestertius: RI Aurelius Marcus 161-180 AE Sestertius S-C Obv-Rev.jpg RI Didius Julianus 193 CE - 9 weeks - AE Sestertius Obv-Rev.JPG RI Pertinax 193 BC AE Sestertius rome mint LAETITIA RIC 17 C 21 O-R.jpg RI Maximus 236-238 AE Sestertius Rome mint priestly emblems Obv-Rev.jpg
Since I collect Roman Republicans... I have always been fascinated how the Sestertius CHANGED from Silver to Orichalcum from the Republican to the Imperial ages under Augustus:
This coin is not a Late Roman Bronze, but rather a Late Roman Brass Commemorative A.D. 348 16mm 1.4gm OBV: ROMA, draped bust of Roma right, wearing visored and crested helmet. REV: Anepigraphic- Emperor, helmeted and in military dress, standing facing, head left, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield. P-R across fields. RIC VIII Rome 104 The description above is from RIC VIII, which is outdated. The figure on the reverse is female (which can be seen clearly on some examples)- so either the goddess ROMA (which seems unlikely as ROMA is already on the obverse) or maybe the personification of CONSTANTINOPOLIS or possibly VIRTVS. It also seems most likely that these coins were struck in Constantinopolis in A.D. 330 for the dedication of the city. These coins were assigned to the Rome mint mainly because of the ROMA obverse and the P R on the reverse, which stands for POPVLI ROMANI (Roman People), but a sister issue of this type has Constantinopolis on the obverse and PAX reverse with P-R across the fields. VOT P R also appears on the shields of VLPP’s from a variety of mints, so there is no reason to believe that P R must be indicative of a Rome product. Two articles that talk about this coinage-- Simon Bendall Some comments on the anonymous silver coinage of the fourth to sixth centuries A.D. Lars Ramskold Coins and Medallions struck for the Inauguration of Constantinopolis 11 May 330
I forgot this one. I MUST be getting old: VESPASIAN Æ Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS, radiate head left REVERSE: FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus & cornucopiae Struck at Rome, 74AD 10.2g, 28mm RIC 716, (RIC [1962] 555), Cohen 152, BMC 698 Ex: J.Q. Adams
Great coins guys! Doug, that Nero is beautiful. Thank you @Bing. Domitian is one of my fav's. Oh yeah... I do have another imperial. Saecular Games sestertius of Domitian Obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P Rev. COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC S C, Domitian sacrificing from patera over altar, Tellus reclining at left, on right Victimarius holding sacrificial pig, lyreplayer and fluteplayer in background. 35mm, 25.1 gm. BMC 425, Cohen 84, RIC II : 378 (r3).
It looks like Vespasian FELICITAS PVBLICA is a reasonably popular Orichalcum dupondius by the look of this thread so far.....yes I've got one too Rome 73 AD (26mm, 12.74 gm) RIC 581. Claudius CERES AVGVSTA/S C 10.14gm Rome 42 AD, Dupondius RIC 110. Divus Augustus Dupondius- Rome struck 31-37 AD under Tiberius Altar reverse 11.2gm, 27mm. RIC 1 81. Trajan Dupondius (27mm, 11.81g) Rome struck 107-108 AD Pax standing in octastyle temple, RIC 11 576. Nero Dupondius struck 64-65 AD, MACELLUM MAGNUM (29.5mm, 12.6gm) RIC 1 401. Divus Antoninus Pius, Died 161 AD AE Sestertius (19.01gm, 31mm) Column struck under Marcus Aurelius 162 AD, RIC 111 1269.
WONDERFUL posts everyone!! I LOVE those big 'bronze' types... I'll try to throw in a few not already posted---a Sestertius of Trajan, and a dupondius of Antonia and Vespasian:
