Imitation Hadrian Sestertius Roma 119-21 AD Hadrian standing between two military standards Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder Rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA in ex. SC Hadrian, togate, standing left, between two military standards, holding with right hand a military standard in left holding volumen. 22.95 gr Note. This reverse is normaly for Concordia holding with both hands ( Concordia standing facing, head left, holding aquila and Signa), here we see Hadrian on the reverse
Sorry for missing this yesterday Oki. Fun coin and very fun thread idea! This one may or may not be a barbarous immitation Caligula. Any insight or opinions are always appreciated: Caligula, 37-41 AD., AS Rome mint? Av. bare head left Rv. Vesta seated left, holding patera quality is fine to very fine with a green patina
Call me crazy (The crowd screams, "You're crazy!). But I'm thinking yours is tooled and not an imitation (or possibly a tooled one). Take my advice with a grain of salt...and a shot of tequila, but something about his hair looks vidal sasoon'd.
I don't know enough about Hadrian to comment. Are there any bronzes attributed t Eastern mints or are the choices only barbarous or Rome mint? This can't be Rome but I could see Thrace or something like that. My barbarous AE is this sestertius of Faustina II.
Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ As (27mm, 12.05 g, 6h). Secular Games issue. Ostensibly Rome mint, but most probably a renaissance creation. Authentic coin struck AD 88. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitian standing left, sacrificing over altar; to left, victimarius slaying bull, whose head is held by kneeling figure, flute and lyre players standing right; hexastyle temple in background. RIC II 625. Edit: evidence of a casting seam on the edges.
Pre 1500 so still ancient. Imitation of an Alexius tetartera, many common types of imitations were made but the style of this one had some coin world fame. They messed up the Greek and inverted the letters. Imitation ALEXIUS AE Tetarteron S-1931 Var DOC 40 Var CLBC 2.4.7 OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps. REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger. Size 18mm Weight 2.22gm This is a barbarous imitation and an attempt to copy DOC 40 This coin is not listed in DOC or Sear but it is in CLBC They record sizes from 20-21mm and weights 3.0 to 3.5 gm , mine is a smaller. example
