Roman Denarii Brought to You by the Number 5

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Deacon Ray, Sep 20, 2018.

  1. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Here is poster number one of my denarii collection. One of the denarii from my second poster is still in the mail (I think it's going to be my favorite denarius). Poster number one is 5 Julias and 5 Good Emperors. Poster number two will feature first century emperors.

    Caption correction: 4:07 PM EST 9/21/18


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    Last edited: Sep 21, 2018
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  3. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Beautiful coins @Deacon Ray I cannot wait to see the second poster.
     
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  4. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Great graphics/poster and of course lovely coins!
     
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  5. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Nice poster and I love the #5! Big fan!

    I've got a MA Prov Deor too!
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  6. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Very nice coins @Deacon Ray - I'm looking forward to the next poster as well!
     
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  7. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Looking at DR's coin and mine, I started wondering the situation... my coin's obverse has a non-laureate head of MA and doesn't have Aurelius in legend, yet my reverse indicates a possible later time than DR's by the Tribunal Power (TR P - Tribunitia Potestas) 17 (XVII), where DR's has TR P 16 (XVI).

    In looking around, it appears DR's coin with XVI was struck 161-162 AD and mine with XVII was struck 163 AD... So why the non-laureate head and no AVREL legend? Any insight?
     
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  8. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Thanks for the kind words @Justin Lee ! That's a cool coin with a beautiful old silver color.

    Also, I've transposed the captions of couple of Julias :confused: I promise to fix them by and by :angelic:
     
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  9. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Not sure about your XVII denarius but the Fiver poster has been corrected o_O I think! Many thanks, @Justin Lee ! :angelic:
     
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  10. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Nice coins and display!
     
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  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    That coin comes with three different obverse legends and five bust styles in various combinations. Yours is BMCRE4 220, p. 414; RIC3 71, p. 218 (type). Here's the listing in BMCRE, p. 414. Your bust type is described as "Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder."

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    Here's the actual coin in the British Museum collection (#220). Yours is nicer:

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  12. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Looks great
     
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  13. Johndakerftw

    Johndakerftw Mr. Rogers is My Hero

    You should add to the bottom of the poster:

    ‘Deacon Ray is a total boss!:cool:

    Great coins, my friend!

    Erin
     
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  14. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Thank you, Erin! Your kind thoughts and words are always motivating. Ancient coin collecting for me has been an amazingly delightful adventure. I'm fortunate to have found this forum which is like no other internet forum. CTAF is one of a kind :headphone::D:cool::rolleyes::p:joyful::snaphappy:
     
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  15. galba68

    galba68 Well-Known Member

    beautiful coins..well done..
     
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