Post Your Favorite Sestertius!

I highly recommend not going with a group. It is so much more peaceful.

I will actually be going back in April of next year since I'm going to Italy for my honeymoon I am stoked to visit nearby Tivoli as well this time as I had to skip it due to time constraints the last time I was there.

 

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Thanks all i am oke

 

Last Fall, the tour we had of Hadrian's Villa by Greenline tours was by far the worst tour during our entire trip. It was worse than worthless. If we were to go again, we would either hire a private guide or go there ourselves.

I had been there during a high school trip in 1966 and the tour at that time was much better. It's such a vast expanse that it's worthwhile to spend more than just a couple hours there.

Here's the pool as it looks today:

 

Three sestertii I haven't posted before:

Philip II:


Trebonianus Gallus (with Christmas colours):


Gallienus (RIC 249):

 

Ugh. Why did I have to see this thread...

 

Yes good idea going to Tivoli I have been twice, there is a huge place with fantastic gardens waterfalls, it dates back to medieval times, I can't remember the exact name but it sounds like this villa de este, your wife is sure to like it. Don't forget Ostia if you get a chance you need most of a day there as well.

 

Gordian Senior:

 

Agreed. My wife likes tours, I do not. On my travels I enjoy having locals, whom are usually my friends or business associates with me, and we go as non-tourists and truly enjoy immersing ourselves into the local life.

 

My favorite, albeit, very humble and pedestrian:


Roman Republic
Anonymous
AR Sestertius 211-208 BC
Roma
Dioscuri
Sear 46 Craw 44/7

 

that is a fine coin

 

Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AUG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: AETERNITATI AVG. Sol standing left raising hand and holding globe
RIC IViii 297a
Wt.: 17.56 g
Dia.: 30.34 mm

Since I just offered this one up as a prize in a contest I opened earlier today I have decided that until I part with it it will be my favorite funny how that works!

Notice the more squared flan on these later imperial examples and the reduced weight. It has been speculated that the flans for these were not cast individually but were cut from a square rod before being struck. This example is well centered and has a pleasant style and shape... at least to my eye

If you haven't already seen it I encourage you to enter the tournament I'm putting on with this as one of the possible prizes.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an...mperator-tournament-2017.293824/#post-2696022

 

I posted this coin in its own thread but thought it would fit well here. Besides it sticks with the Hadrian tone. I should have it in hand by Saturday.

 

Ok, so I JUST upgraded my Sestertius...


Roman Republic
AR Sestertius After 211 BCE
12mm 1.0g Rome mint
Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma r, IIS (Sestertius denomination) behind
Revioscuri riding r, stars above, in ex ROMA
Ref: Craw 44/7, RSC Anon 4, Sear 46