kc's sestertii

I got a new coin

Gordian III. AD 238-244.
Æ Medallion
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI AVG, Colosseum - within, bull on left fighting elephant on right; to left, Fortuna standing facing behind the Meta Sudans, her head left and holding rudder; to right, statue within small temple or shrine.
Mint: Rome, 244 AD.
37mm    34,84g
Gnecchi II 23 (pl. 104, no. 6); Banti 54.
Ex Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 654.

C'est Briac qui va être jaloux!

Ouch ! Quel monument !!!

i just have spent an hour to watch your collec from post 1 to 34.
wonderfull pieces of art and history !!

Sacré morceau.....!!!!

Bonjour
Beau sesterce

Here is a big and heavy Postumus Double Sesterce with medaillon sizes

34/35mm     42,78g

42 grams...wow !

Like I said 4 years ago..."Each coin is a treasure !"

It's a real double ....!!!

I really like the Sesterces and Medaillons of Gordianus Pius as most of the coins are not so expensive but can be very nice. This coin has a deep green patina and a wonderful portrait.

Gordianus Pius Sestertius
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. FORTVNA REDVX S C, Fortuna seated left with rudder and cornucopia.
Mint: Rome, 238-244 AD.

31mm 24.47g

RIC 331a.

Magnifique, en particulier le revers

A very beautiful sestertius once again !
the portrait is in a perfect state (the ear is nearly untouched by time)

Here is a superb portrait of Maximianus..I guess it is from a master engraver :)

Maximianus Follis
Obv. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / PLC, Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera, altar in front.
Münzstätte: Lugdunum, 303-305 AD.

RIC 186

Both specimens with very refined details

Joli follis ...!!!

Mais c'est un buste plutôt courant pour Lyon ....

Bonsoir

Nero Sestertius
Obv. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero left; globe at point of truncation.
Rev. ROMA, Roma seated left on cuirass, Victory right in outstretched right hand, left hand resting on parazonium; three shields behind; S-C across fields.
Lugdunum, ca. 65 AD
34mm 27,68g
RIC I 443.

Un empereur très couru

You are right, but he is only popular on coins but was a monster as a person


And here is a Gordianus Pius As..not the greatest condition but I like the portrait

Gordianus III. Pius As
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., seen from rear.
Rev. LAETITIA AVG N / S-C, Laetitia, draped and diademed, standing l., holding anchor in her l. hand, wreath in her outstretched r. hand.
Mint: Rome, 240-244 AD.

22mm 7,49g

RIC 48, 300b. C. 123.

Lovely Gordian !
I've read somewhere that Nero was not the monster the common history told us…
it was a little bit nuanced…

Très joli sesterce de Néron, qui a semble-t- il une patine du Tibre ou du Rhône....??( Peut être découvert par un gros pêcheur...???   )

En effet la gouvernance de Néron , du moins dans la première partie de son règne a été plutôt appréciée du peuple et reconnue comme  sérieuse .
Sa mauvaise réputation est surtout liée aux historiographes chrétiens postérieurs à son règne, et influencée par l'incendie de Rome qui lui fut attribué à tort , aux persécutions contre les chrétiens qui suivirent , et aussi par sa tendance mégalomaniaque et ses prétentions artistiques qui ne firent que gonfler vers la fin de son règne..

Bel as de Gordien ...!!

Thank you, I did not know that. It is interesting to know.

kc

And here a few bronze coins..unfortunately my hand is too small to hold more..better Rudy will assist

oh my god… i can hold some if you want (volusiano, caracalla, galba, gordianus, vespa)
But the last one (at the bottom) ?