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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 5225928, member: 80783&quot;]Portrait Sestertii of Tiberius should not be &quot;obscure&quot; at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking into account the facts that the vast majority of roman imperial Coins feature a portrait on the obverse, that Sestertii are one of the most common denominations of the early empire, and that coins in the name of Tiberius are abundant, a novice would expect them to be as common as those of any other long-reigning Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet in reality they are harder to come by than obscurities like Sestertii of Gordian I or II, making this the Nr. 1 obstacle for a &quot;complete&quot; looking collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>My budget example is rough but therefore for me nevertheless irreplacable:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216605[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TI CAESAR AVGVSTI F IMPERATOR V - bare head of Tiberius left /</p><p>ROM ET AVG - The great Altar of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory right and left, the altar ornamented with row of uncertain objects along the top and three wreaths on the front panel. </p><p>Ochichalcum Sestertius, Lugdunum AD 10-11 (under Augustus)</p><p>36,43 mm / 22,06 gr</p><p>RIC (Augustus) 240; BMCRE (Augustus) 572-3; CBN (Augustus) 1737; Cayon (<i>Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano</i>) 4; Cohen 28; Sear (<i>Roman Coins &amp; Their Values I</i>) 1753[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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