Octavius

Some of my reds.... 1. Aes Grave Sextans - some pink... 2. As of Tiberius.... 3. Caligula sestertius.... 4. Marcus Aurelius sestertius.... 5. Maximinus sestertius.... 6. Philip sestertius.... 7. Ae of Constantine....

Absolutely terrific write up about the intriguing history of the Curia. Makes me want to go back and take another look. Here is a selection of some early coins of Octavian... 1. Octavian AR denarius, 32-27 BC, 3.80gm, struck 29-27 BC in uncertain Italian mint (Brundisium? Rome?), 21.3mm. Obv: Bare head right. Rev: Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below; IMP CAESAR across fields. RIC 269a; CRI 425; RSC 114. 2. denarius with Curia reverse... 3. denarius with Pax on reverse holding olive branch and cornucopia ... 4. reverse with quadriga on triumphal arch... 5. reverse of Victory on globe... 6. denarius of Octavian with mourning beard in honor of his posthumously adoptive father Julius Caesar...

My only coin of Carus with reverse of Aeternitas and Sol prancing around...

I visited his shop many years ago when I was a student in the early 1980's on the fashionable Via del Corso in Rome. I remember a very elegant place with nice coins that I couldn't really afford as a student but great to see.

Congratulations on two handsome coins! Here in a same design of Titus, but from a Balkan mint...

Beautiful coins. May you have many more!

Two Antoniniani of Probus.... 1. Reverse commemorating victory over the Germans with two captives seated at foot of war trophy... 2. silvered Antoninianus of Probus with Adventus reverse...

Three Antoniniani of Tacitus... 1. Reverse of Salus... 2. Reverse of Securitas... 3. Reverse of Spes...

Two Antoniniani of Aurelius... 1. Providentia with SOL... 2. Genius...

A couple of Antoniniani of Claudius Gothicus... 1. Reverse of trophy with two Gothic captives - VICTORIA GOTHICA SPQR ... 2. Reverse with MARS VLTOR...

Caracalla really looks angry and mean on this Antoninianus with Sol on reverse...

My sestertius of Septimius Severus with reverse of double victories commemorating his victory in Britannia....

Very nice looking portrait. Looks 100% authentic to me. agree with CPK about VCoins and MA-Shops ad best place to find nice coins.

A couple of particularly corpulent Nero coins ... aureus and sestertius....

Optical illusion. coin looks fine to me.

Sestertius of Gallienus with Virtus reverse...

Two Antoniniani of Gallienus... 1. reverse of Virtus... 2. reverse of she wolf suckling Romulus and Remus; AETERNITAS...

Valerian with Apollo Propugnator reverse...

Two Antiniani of Aemilian.... 1. Ant. of Aemilian with Pax reverse... 2. Ant with Virtus reverse...

selection of Volusian... 1. Ant with Pietas reverse... 2. Ant. with temple reverse... 3. Ant with Concordia seated holding cornucopia... 4. Ant. with Salus reverse... 5.Ant. with AEQVITAS reverse , Aequitas holding scales... 6. Sestertius with Felicitas standing... 7. Sestertius with Concordia holding double cornucopia....

selection of Trebonianus Gallus coins... 1. Ant. with Felicitas... 2. Ant / with Salus feeding serpent... 3. Ant with PIETAS... 4. Ant with reverse of LIBERTAS... 5. Ant with Apollo.... 6. Sestertii with reverse of PIETAS... 7. Sestertii with Virtus reverse....

When it comes to choosing my favorite Republican coin, for me it's not about rarity, or value , or even beauty. Instead it's all nostalgia. When I was 14, I dragged my Dad to a coin show, hoping to pick up some pennies for my album. Fred Knoblock happened to be at the show and I fell in love with a denarius of Tampillius Baebius. It was $9 at the time and out of the question. My dad pulled out a $10 dollar bill and bought it for me. This coin is another one like it - the original is locked up in a safe. This coin I love because it was the very first Roman Republican coin I ever bought as a kid Denarius of Aulus Licinius Nerva , c. 48 BCE. This denarius, Plautius Plancus, is my favorite design. I just love the Medusa , and the imagery of the Aurora , or a breaking dawn with its orangey , red sky . My favorite animal aside from cats and dogs ( which I consider to be just "furry people"), is the horse.

Tacitus Ant. with Salus reverse. Has nice silvering and great neck beard... Tacitus Ant. with Spes reverse... Tacitus Ant / Securitas reverse...

Thanks! I have a few wts. handy. the first horse triens is 104gms, 4mm. Apollo As is 288.9gms , 68mm. Janus As is 260gms shell sextans (pinkish one) 48.5 gms, 37mm second boar quadrans weighs 78gms Saturn Semis 153gms. ramo secco weighs 900gms.

Anonymous AR didrachm, 280-211 AD, 6.53gm, 19.2mm. Obv: Helmeted head of beardless Mars right; behind, club. Rev. Horse galloping right; above, club; below, ROMA. Crawford 27/1; Sydenham 23; Historia Numorum Italy 314. VF