Big Imperials - they can also be so nice ...

[Pscipio]

That's a marvellous As with nice patina, excellent style and in great condition. Beautiful!

Lars

[Jochen]

I love the rev. with Providentia!

Best regards

[Robert_Brenchley]

The crossed cornucopiae issue being minted for use in the east makes sense; it was a traditional type in the Levant, it was where Titus won his battle honours, and as far as I know it hadn't been used in Rome. Does that apply to all crossed cornucopiae?

[Arminius]

Not very big - but one of those impressive 1st century issues with that distinctive style (i like very much) :



Gaius (called Caligula) for Augustus, Rome mint, 37-41 AD.,
Æ Dupondius (29-30 mm / 14,26 g),
Obv.: DIVVS AVGVSTVS / S - C , radiate head of Augustus left.
Rev.CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R , togate figure of Caligula, seated on curule chair to left, holding branch in right hand and globe left.
RIC 56 (Gaius) ; BMC 88 (Caligula) ; BN 134 ; MIR 3, 11-5 ; Coh. 87 .

(Probably the side with Augustus and the S C is the reverse and the seated Caligula is on the obverse.)

 

[casata137ec]

When I first started collecting I was buying coins willy-nilly with little thought as to any sort of order. After I sort of homed in on what I decided to stick with, everything else sort of went to the side.
Today I was doing my bi-monthly bronze disease check when I happened upon this guy that I had forgotten about. I got this one and a Hadrian sest a couple years back from a local dealer and the only thing that I have done with it since was slap some ren wax on and throw it in a baggie! When I saw it today I remembered why I bought it to begin with. Harsh cleaning not withstanding, it still is the best early imperial bronze that I own! The legends are beautiful, and the bust, although worn, is still nice to look at. I just now attributed it and it is even rare per RIC ( not that it means much now a days! lol)...I wonder what else I have gathering dust! 

Enjoy,
Chris

Drusus AE As, struck under Titus (restoration issue), 80-81 A.D. AE, 26.5mm 9.04g, RIC II 216 (Titus), Cohen 6cf, BMC 286
O: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, bare head left
R: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST around large SC

[Potator II]

Nice to see this thread again, I had forgotten it. during the time it drowned into the depth of the threads I acquired another couple of sestertii for Valerianus and Mariniana, here they are :

Rome mint, AD 253-255
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus or Mars standing left resting on shield and holding spear. S - C in field
18.7 gr
Ref : RCV # 10025v, Cohen # 269

Rome mint, AD 253-254
DIVAE MARINIANAE, veiled and draped bust right
CONSECRATIO, Peacok standing facing, head left, with tail in splendor, S-C in field
16.0 gr
Ref : RCV # 10073 (misreading Hunter), Hunter # 8v, RIC # 9v, Cohen # 7v

Potator

[Jay GT4]

You forgot you had a Drusus?  Can you forget some my way?

[moonmoth]

It was probably lost under all the Mariniana and Valerian sestertii!

[dougsmit]

Many nicer ones of these are out there but I feel lucky to have a recognizable Caligula even if it doesn't have a portrait:


When it comes to portrait style, I always liked this sestertius. 

[casata137ec]

Both are pretty coins!

Chris

[slokind]

I always have thought, since I first saw it on his web site, that the Caracalla Caesar sestertius was the most distinctive Severan portrait that I knew, and far superior to any that we have in marble of Caracalla as a boy.
Now, looking at Doug's new photo of it, it occurs to me that we might want to ask how many of the Athena/Minerva in just this stance and with that shield shown edge-on are meant to signify Securitas Perpetua.
It isn't my favorite Rome slogan, since it seems to be invoked in all times and places whenever Security is questionable rather than assured, but there it is.
Pat L.

Purely for its portrait, since my coin has neither the surface nor the relief nor the complete legend of Doug's, I'd like to post the Caesar's mother here, since it probably dates within a year of the boy's.  It was my first sestertius and remains one of my favorite coins.  Also, I think that it is stylistically related.  Yes, I did post it before.
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[okidoki]

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 134-38 AD HISPANIAE
Reference.
Strack 777; RIC 952; Spink 3633; C. 1272.

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right

Rev. RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE in ex.S C
Hadrian, togate, standing left, on right, holding roll in left hand and extending right hand to raise up Hispania, kneeling, facing him, on left, holding branch in left hand; rabbit in center

25.40 gr

[okidoki]

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 134-38 AD Justitia
Reference.
RIC 764; Banti 464;

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right

Rev. IVSTITIA AVG VI S C
Justitia, draped, seated left, holding palm in right hand and sceptre in left

26.06 gr

[okidoki]

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 118 AD Annona standing
Reference.
RIC 549; C 184; Strack 513; Banti 102; BMC 1125

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. PONT MAX - TR POT COS II in ex. ANNONA AVG in field, S - C
Annona standing r., holding cornucopiae in front of her, modius and corn-ears and high prow of ship.

20.56 gr
31.2 mm
6h

Note.
In ancient Rome, the Romans used the term Cura Annonae ("care for the grain supply"), in honour of their goddess Annona and the grain dole was distributed from the Temple of Ceres.

[Arminius]

Faustina I, Rome mint, 141 AD. and later,
Sestertius (ø 34-35 mm / 31,85 g), brass ("orichalcum"), axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: DIVA - FAVSTINA , draped bust of Faustina senior right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head.
Rev.: [AV]GV - STA / S - C , Ceres standing front, head left, holding two torches.
RIC III, 163, 1120 (common) ; BMC 1516 ; Coh. 91 .

a large sized and heavy specimen, reused as a counter or gaming token ?

 

[Jochen]

Not one of the biggest ones, but impressive nevertheless I think:

Domitian, AE 81-96
AS, 11.14g, 27mm, 180°
      Rome, AD 84
obv. IMP.CAES.DOMITIAN.AVG.GERM.COS X
       Bust with aegis on l. shoulder, laureate, r.
rev. Victoria, winged, draped, advancing r., holding with lowered l. hand a legionary eagle over l. shoulder, supporting it with raised r. hand
       between big S - C
ref. RIC II, 249; C. 464; BMCR II, 290, pl. 70, 6
VF-EF, black green patina

Lower pic: Details of the aegis (head of Gorgo r.)

Best regards

[okidoki]

Nice Jochen

[okidoki]

here a nice aegis with face


Hadrian Sestertius Roma 117 AD Fortuna
Reference.
Strack 509; Cohen 753; RIC 543 var. (CAESAR) ; Banti 416 var. ( Baldric strap)

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate, nude bust right, aegis on left shoulder and across back of neck, baldric (sword) strap around neck and across chest, loop on shoulder, seen from front.

Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS DES II S C FORT RED
Fortuna, draped, seated left on low seat, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

27.37 gr.
32 mm.

[GRWilson]

Here's one of my favorites I obtained from an old European collection