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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24705135, member: 26430&quot;]Four coins of Tiberius come to mind from my collection, 2 or 3 of whose types (or similar) are represented above (including the Tribute Penny).</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a hard call for my favorite, but probably this <b>Provincial &quot;Dupondius&quot; (28mm, 22.07g) from Syria, Commagene</b> (like the one posted above by [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER] ). Commagene became a Province under Tiberius, and an important base for the Roman Army.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like a coin to tell a story about the modern history of numismatics. This one (along w/ a few dozen others) was from the private collection of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001), probably also Vladimir&#039;s (1914-1982), the important husband &amp; wife Curators of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian for decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still working on the schematic &quot;transcript&quot; of the countermarks (the round one seems only minimally published):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was countermarked twice during Trajan&#039;s reign, probably by Legions who had participated in his Eastern campaigns (Parthia, Judaea, and possibly also in Dacia). It&#039;s uncertain exactly how many and which of Trajan&#039;s Legions were stationed in the Commagene environs, but countermarks and hoards show that it was many. (See G. Brunk, 1980, <i>NC</i>, &quot;<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573598" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573598" rel="nofollow">A Hoard from Syria Countermarked by the Roman Legions</a>.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got a <b>Sestertius</b> with similar imagery to the one shown by [USER=135271]@The Meat man[/USER] , but instead of Tiberius, that&#039;s <b>Divus Augustus with a radiate crown (but struck by Tiberius</b>, honoring his predecessor &amp; legitimizing himself as [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] noted above). Interesting for being ex American Numismatic Society (from 2018-21), from the Robert W. Bartlett (1924-2017) Bequest, sold at CNG Keystone Sale 4. Bartlett had a general collection of ancients, but with a concentration in Imperial Sestertii (many of which the ANS held onto &amp; are in their online catalog now).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another <b>Provincial bronze, an Æ As (29mm, 11.45g) from Spain, Colonia Romula (Seville), ca. 14-19 CE</b>. Mostly interesting for the dynastic portraits, with Germanicus &amp; Drusus. There was a large output of bronze coinage from the city under both Augustus and Tiberius, and this coin is easy to find quite cheaply. I&#039;m sure I&#039;ve read more about the history, but have lost track of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting, though, as one of the westernmost Roman Provincial mints -- quite a distance from my easternmost, Edessa, in Mesopotamia. From the collection on J.P. Righetti, the well-known Swiss collector &amp; numismatist.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578340[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Least interesting to me is my <b>Tribute Penny</b>. If it was in better condition, I&#039;m sure I&#039;d enjoy it much more! An impulse buy, maybe 2019? I usually don&#039;t regret coin purchases, but some days this is an exception:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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