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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Restitutor, post: 5411263, member: 112621&quot;]<b>Domitian</b></p><p>One of my Top 3 favorite emperors of all time, this is my first and shockingly only Domitian, although I hope to one day collect a coin from each of his consular years (if that’s even possible). </p><p><br /></p><p><i>AD 81-96. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 86. Laureate head right / Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, brandishing spear and holding shield; to lower right, owl standing right, head facing. RIC II.1 456; RSC 210b. Toned, a few small contact marks and a minor die break on obverse, hairlines under tone. EF. Well centered and struck on a broad, round flan. </i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]499761572[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aurelian Sol</b></p><p>My account namesake, I find the coins of Aurelian my favorite of the Illyrian emperors. That being said, there’s only a very specific type of Aurelian portrait that I feel “does the emperor justice” in the looks department, and this one is one of those styles. In some, the emperor just looks quite unattractive (nothing to do with the quality of coins). Aurelian is my favorite emperor. I also think of all the ancient religions, worshipping the sun makes the most sense then and now, so having a Sol coin with my favorite emperor was a no brainer. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Aurelian; 270-275 AD, Siscia, 274-5 AD, Antoninianus, 4.00g. Göbl-251c3 (3 spec.), RIC-254, C-153. Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed r., seen from front, &quot;tassle&quot; formed of pellets on l. shoulder. Rx: ORI - ENS AVG Sol advancing l. between two captives, raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; T in exergue (officina 3).. Mint State</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]499762129[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severina</b></p><p>The wife of my favorite emperor and first Empress of Rome, I couldn’t pass the chance to pick up such a high quality version of this coin from HJB. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Severina; Rome, Antoninianus, 3.84g. RIC-3, Göbl-132s3 (66 spec.), Paris-175. Obv: SEVERINA AVG Bust draped r. on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: CONCO - RDIA AVGG Aurelian and Severina clasping hands, ΓXXIR in exergue (officina 3). From the Philip Ashton Collection, acquired from Alex Malloy, March 2001.Fully silvered. Mint State</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]499761429[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aurelian Restitutor</b></p><p>Yes yes another Aurelian <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> this is a rather large Antoninianus in both size and weight and caught my eye immediately. Additionally I’d been itching for a Restitutor Orbis coin all year and when this one popped up near years end it felt like the cosmos had aligned <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><i>AURELIAN (270-275). Antoninianus. Serdica.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS INVICTVS AVG. </i></p><p><i>Radiate and cuirassed bust right.</i></p><p><i>Rev: RESTITVT ORBIS / KA•Γ•. </i></p><p><i>Female figure, holding wreath, and Aurelian, holding sceptre, standing facing one another.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>RIC V online 2760.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Condition: Near extremely fine.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Weight: 4.45 g.</i></p><p><i>Diameter: 29 mm.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]499760360[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Pax</b></p><p>Trajan with the personification of PAX is a great symbol of the emperors reign. Although he crushed Dacia (not mentioning Parthia as that happened after this coin was minted), many years of Trajans reign were relatively peaceful. It’s a nice reminder that although in modern times Trajan is remember for his conquests, in his own time, peace was still something he valued enough to mint on his coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>AD 98-117. AR Denarius. (19mm, 3.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head right, slight drapery on shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Pax standing left, holding cornucopia and setting fire to pile of arms to lower left; PAX in exergue. RIC II 102; Woytek 347b; RSC 196. Lightly toned. EF. Sharp portrait.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]499760883[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for watching! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Please feel free to post any 2020 coins you may have wanted to add to your top 10 but didn’t, or any new coins from 2021![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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