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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Windchild, post: 1772738, member: 44189&quot;]Bronze is impossible, as JC and Otho struck no bronze portrait coins in official mints (provincials don&#039;t count...)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Twelve Caesars set is based on Suetonius book &#039;Lives of the Twelve Caesars&#039;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In my eye, it consists of portrait coins of the Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian from Imperial mints (only Roman Imperial coins, not Roman Provincial).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is a common set to try to assemble, but is costly to finish (which does make it hard to do on a budget)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am working on a Twelve Caesar collection, with my first coin being the Nero below:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nero</p><p>AE Sestertius</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35509/NeroSestertius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>65 AD</p><p>Rome</p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P</p><p>Laureate bust right</p><p>S | C</p><p>Roma with parazonium and victory, seated left</p><p>ROMA in exergue</p><p>34mm</p><p>26.53g</p><p>RIC 273</p><p>Extra: No Tooling or Smoothing, much better surfaces in hand[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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