GERMANICVS

Looks like you had a very interesting and numismatically rich visit to Trier. Thank also for all the photos you took. (I actually live not far from Trier, but have only been there once.... must change that.)

Thank you all for posting your "precious-but-maybe-not-so-pretty" treasures. Some of them look actually quite nice! not scudzy at all. From my limited experience even I can tell how scarce some of them are. It"s funny, but in a strange way it is exactly coins like this which I enjoy the most in my collection.

............A long time ago for about 30 D-Marks. Who could refuse, right? Please post your scarce, but cheap "beauties" 😊

I believe Roman coins depicting Britannia are popular among Anglosaxon collectors? (Much the same way, I guess ,that I get excited about Roman coins associated with events in Germania). Here is an example of an Antoninus Pius sestertius, low grade and with some damage, which depicts Britannia seated on a pile of Rocks, cradling a lance and holding a shield. The coin was struck in Rome to commemorate successful campaigns in the northern frontier. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius, Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. Laureate head right / Britannia seated left on heap of rocks, holding military standard in right hand and cradling spear in left arm, leaning on round shield set on helmet. RIC III 742. Some background description (quoted from a NGC auction for a similar example): "One of Pius' first actions as emperor was to send Q. Lollius Urbicus, a previous governor of Germania Inferior, to Britain to quell a number of revolts. While most of the sources note the Brigantes (located in Northumbria) as the primary focus of these events, circa AD 143-144, most of his campaigning was against the lowland tribes of Scotland, the Votadini, Selgovae, Damnonii, and Novantae. His campaigns were successfully completed by 144, after which Urbicus and the Legio II Augusta built the Antonine Wall. This issue of sestertii was struck in commemoration of Urbicus' victories, for which Pius was likely acclaimed imperator for the second time". As I said, not a real pretty Sestertius, but commemorating important events in Britannia. I am also posting an as of Septimius Severus issued to commemorate his victories in the frontier of the northern province, military campaigns from which he was never to return to Rome, dying in Britannia. Please post any coins which relate to the northernmost province of the Roman Empire, Britannia.

Quote "Broken But Not Brokenhearted". I dont"t know, I was pretty heartbroken when this happened.....

My small collection of coins of Septimius Severus and His Wife, Julia Domna. As issued to commemorate Severus" victories in the far northern confines of the empire, Britannia. I specially like Severus"s Legionary denarii.

One of my rarest for me too: Somehow, now she doesnt"t seem so rare....

Very interesting, thank you! I have a few in the "Blue Zone", yay! No Yellows or Reds.....🙁 This list circulated a few years ago in CoinTalk (I think), it shows a similar pattern. Roman_Ruler_RarityModified2.pdf

Thank you, @expat , through your post I"ve learnt what the reverse on this sestertius in my collection alludes to.

These are the current two examples of Gordian III bronzes in my collection. A AETERNITATI Sestertius, same as @Mrzun , and a VIRTVS As.

In my opinion, your Claudius sestertius is perfectly OK. The style is correct, and there are no obvious signs of tooling or smoothing. I have heard about the concerns wih a Lanz "pedigree", but in this case, you be rest assured, no issues. This is a very bad picture of a Claudius sestertius same type as yours. I bought it back around 2005 - I can"t believe I was at one time so naive as to think this example was Ok, not tooled or otherwise manipulated.....One learns. I was lucky to be able to return it, even if I was not made whole in this bad deal.

Following on from my other post on the inordinately thick (as I thought) sestertius of A.P, it seems they as not as uncommon as I thought. All of these have planchets in the order of 5 mm (+ or -).

I sincerely hope C.T is not down forever - it is the first english-speaking forum I ever joined back in 2007, and have enjoyed the many exchanges I"ve had there thoroughly over the years.

I have a few bare heads, it seems most are from the period before the dude became emperor, so maybe they did not have the right to be seen with headgear? Of course, some of them never became emperor, like Drusus or Germanicus, for example.

Not in the best of conditions, but it does have nice bust of Aelius underneath the thick corroded crust. Sestertius of Aelius with reverse Concordia :