kc's sestertii

Comme toujours, de magnifiques monnaies! Je ne saurais dire laquelle me plait le plus, car elles ont toutes une particularité qui leur confère un charme certain...

Mais tu ne collectionnes que les sesterces?

Je ne sais plus quoi dire devant autant de magnifiques monnaies ...
Encore bravo !
Et merci de nous le faire partager.

hello ulysse,
yes all coins I have shown here I have bought and are mine.

hello Porcius,
it is a pleasure. thank you.


and here comes another superb coin, unfortunately no Sesterce but up to now
just a few medaillons of Carausius are known, otherwise only Denarii and Antoninianii were minted under Carausius.
this coin has a fine red-brown patina and I would say that it cannot be better for Carausius.


Obv. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F IN AVG, radiate and draped bust right
Rev. PAX AVG S-P, Pax standing left holding olive-branch and scepter
Mint: not sure

23mm 4,94g

RIC -, cf.482/487


best regards
kc

Stunning antoninianus of Carausius ....!!!

Miam!

Did you get my mail yesterday?

De bien belles monnaies !

merci to brutus, tios and didche.

the style of this Denarius is great:


Caracalla Denarius
Obv. IMP CAES M AVR ANTON AVG, laureate and draped bust right
Rev. SECVRIT ORBIS, Securitas seated right by altar, propping head on right hand and holding sceptre
Mint: Rome, 198-199 AD.

19mm 3.11g

RIC 22 var.

une oeuvre d'art.

Cette pose si nonchalante de Securitas est une représentation très appropriée de sa signification. Très belle monnaie.

Hello kc,
Encore des merveilles! (Fabulous coins!)
The meaning of my question was : Do you collect only sestercii? But now, I know the answer!

Fantastique denier !

kc a écrit:

Je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin, je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin et je ne regarderai plus ce post de bon matin !
Des monnaies de qualité. Il est vrai que je suis plus sensible aux deniers et aux aureliani, mais il faut avouer que tu as su sélectionner le meilleur des modules en bronze dans les différentes périodes. Encore et de nous les montrer.

hello all,

happy whitsun to you.


the following Sesterce of Trebonianus has a similar good style as the Caracalla Denarius before. In the time of the Roman crisis in the middle
of the third century AD there have been a lot of revolts and wars, so that the usurpators had to humour their soldiers with good payment.
that was one reason (beside a crisis in the monetary system with its interest,..) why there was a big "outminting process".
the minters had a lot of work to do with minting, the dies often got broken and a huge amount of new dies had to be carved. Below all that the
quality of the dies suffered and thus most of the coins had errors, flan cracks, double strikes, etc.
Not so this example:


Trebonianus Gallus Sestertius
Obv. IMP CAES C VIB IVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev. VIRTVS AVGG S C, Virtus standing left, holding shield and reversed spear
Mint: Rome, 251-253 AD.

29,4mm 14,80g

RIC 126a




Best Regards
kc

bravo beau sesterce,

incredible, congratulation kd!!!

Nice Gallus ! And nice Carausius !

Magnifique gravure pour ce denier de Caracalla. Mais les autres monnaies sont du même calibre!

Going on with a Double Sesterce of Decius which nearly has the sizes of a Contorniate!


Trajanus Decius Double Sestertius
Obv. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front
Rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI, S C across field, Felicitas standing left, holding a long caduceus in right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm
Mint: Rome, 250 AD.

35-37mm 31.63g

RIC 115a

Encore du lourd! Un beau pavé!

Que de beautés...!
Le denier est extraordinaire. Et les bronzes ne sont pas en reste.
À chaque fois, kc, on croit que tu as fini... Et non ! Tu nous présentes encore des merveilles !

Dankeschön!

The weight of 31,63g lies in the middle of the scala and most of the Decius Double Sesterces have a weight of about 30-35g. But the beautiful portrait is more important than the weight, isn't it?

Mama Mia! At this sight Antoninus gets teary-eyed!