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Octavius

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  1. Sestertius of Caracalla with reverse of himself stepping on a crocodile while Isis ( the good Egyptian deity and not the scumbags) kneels in front of him and presents him with grain. next , a reptile...
  2. As of Antoninus Pius with crossed cornucopiae... next... something one would find inside a cornucopia...
  3. Sestertius of Septimius Severus, father of the tough guy Caracalla... Victory over Britannia... next, an emperor not born in Italy...
  4. bad guy or maybe just misunderstood.... Caligula... next, a good guy (if possible)...
  5. Another Nero with Victory with shield inscribed SPQR....
  6. RR denarius ? Vercingetorix or just a representative Gaul? next, any Roman coin with some connection to Gaul.
  7. 1. As of Nero with Victory and shield inscribed SPQR.... 2. sestertius of Caligula with SPQR reverse.... 3. denarius of Caligula with SPQR reverse.... 4. sestertius of Claudius with SPQR reverse.... 5. denarius of Vitellius with SPQR in wreath reverse.... 6. denarius of Trajan with SPQR / Eagle and standards reverse...
  8. I think you did great. That's a beautiful looking portrait of an exceptional emperor! Congrats.
  9. Personification of Judea in mourning on the reverse of this IVDAEA CAPTA sestertius of Vespasian....
  10. not tooled - just Titus after he went to the beauty salon to get his first hair permanent!
  11. Beautiful collection, and your Aelia Flaccilla is just eye popping! I don't have much in this period, but have this solidus of Honorius struck at the Rome mint @405 CE. and a siliqua of Honorius as well...
  12. Very pretty coin @CPK. She has a rare and attractive smile on your coin. Nice! Here is a sestertius with Juno Lucina on reverse, guardian of pregnant women or childbirth...
  13. Octavius

    B&A...

    What a beauty !!!
  14. Coin looks genuine. No bronze disease. I'm guessing some tooling on reverse. Check out V-coins and MA-shops - you'll find very reputable dealers there you can trust. There is always a possibility that a forgery may come up for sale - no one is perfect. But at least the dealers on these fora are honest and trusted and would not intentionally try to deceive you.
  15. That Probus is one of the best I have seen! Very handsome.
  16. I also, have found that the most difficult pleasing portraits to find are those of Valerian as well as his son Gallienus. Here are a couple of the best I could find ....
  17. It does not look like bronze disease to me. Looks like a copper sulfate or carbonate patina.
  18. Octavius

    Covid

    Glad you're feeling better. Stay hydrated.
  19. What Octavian said when he was informed that he had been posthumously adopted by Julius Caesar, and was set to inherit his immense fortune... "Sacra merda !!!" (Holy sh-t!")
  20. Augustus on his deathbed is alleged to have said " I found Rome a city of brick, and left her a city of marble". Also, "“Have I played the part well? Then applaud when I exit.” ....
  21. A quote by Julius Caesar to Brutus as he lay bleeding, near death, by the statue of Pompey (that probably never happened), "Tu quoque, fili mi?" (You also , my son?).
  22. Seneca the stoic's famous quote about fate - “Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.” He was Nero's unfortunate teacher... And speaking of Nero, he is famous for his dying words, which he most likely never uttered... " Oh, what an artist dies in me! "
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