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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 7495525, member: 80783&quot;]As an almost exclusive Sestertius collector, I am happy to now have Banti´s &quot;I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali&quot; complete and the first two volumes of Cayon´s &quot;Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano&quot;. Both are rare because they are essentially a self-published one man´s work.</p><p><br /></p><p>One should add that neither author was able to finish his opus magnum. Alberto Banti had planned a total of 12 books but passed away before he managed to release volumes I-1 to I-3 which would have covered the Sestertii of the 12 Caesars (Vol. II-1, the last completed, starts with Nerva).</p><p><br /></p><p>Cayon never got past his third volume, which ends with Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore both series complement each other with the high empire from Nerva to Caracalla covered by both, but the later Severans and Soldier Emperors only included in Banti (which has the added bonus of including Medallions, citing the provenance of the pieces illustrated, and giving the number of specimens known to the author) and the Sestertii from the Civil War up to Domitian only included in the first Volume of Cayon (who has the advantage of illustrating more specimens).</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has a surplus Vol.3 of Cayon to sell, please send me a PM <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also it would be interesting to find out any info about the authors apart from their published work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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