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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 3540851, member: 101013&quot;]Hello, i&#039;m happy to share two additions to my collection. They have been on my wish list from the beginning (well, sort of). I&#039;ll show both below. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, Tiberius, RIC 4: Tiberius on quadriga reverse. Despite his reign of over 22 years, Tiberius only produced 2 main types of denarii. Actually, you have to pay attention when browsing through Sear (the only reference work i have on paper - yet...). It&#039;s easy to skip the part of the coinage of Tiberius without noticing! The quadriga-type shows Tiberius in a quadriga on the reverse. It refers to the Great Illyrian revolt (6-9 AD) for which he was allowd his triumph in 12 AD. A quadriga is one of the attributes only a consul was allowed to have, like the sella curulis and the toga picta. A fascinating type to me because of 1) its likely the only emperor of which i will be able to completely collect all the denarii and 2) i really like the image of the quadriga.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]940956[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Second, a dynastic issue of the Severan dynasty. When i first saw the aureus of Septimius Severus with Iulia Domna facing forward between Caracalla and Geta (RIC 175; Harlan J Berk 100 greatest ancient coins # 86), i remembered my high school lessons Latin, and the book which had the famous tondo painting of Septimius Severus and his once &quot;happy&quot; family in it. (The tondo shows the result of the damnatio remoriae of Geta, declared by Caracalla...) Years and years later, freshly infected with the collecting-virus, i decided - a little naive perhaps - i really would like to add dynastic issues of Septimius Severus to my collection, perhaps collecting them all. Little did i know the financial nuclear fire-power needed to accomplish that. And looking at the results of only the denarii that came up for auction, i had little hope of ever gaining just one. Until a few weeks ago, when this not so pretty type appeared. Perhaps that is also the reason the bidding was kind of slow. And even though i had to let a Galba piece go to save up budget for this one, i was beyond excited to actually win this amazing denarius. </p><p>Sear cites 16 denarii (and 15 aureii). My type is RIC 571. I guess there are more types than cited by Sear, because the type cited by him is RIC 571 var. The difference is the bust type of Geta: 571var is draped, and 571 draped and cuirrassed. So, 1 down, 15 to go. Never stop hoping! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]940974[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you for reading. And since this depleted my budget for this year and i would like to stay married, i will hopefully post new coins in 2020!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins of Tiberius, or coins with consul attributes, and/or with a quadriga, or dynastic denarii, or anything else you would like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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