lordmarcovan Posted August 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) Otho and Domitian. Puts me to seven of the Twelve Caesars, with an offer pending on a Titus. This is my second time doing the 12C. Julius Caesar- need Augustus- have Tiberius- have Caligula- need Claudius-have Nero- have Galba- need Otho- have Vitellius- need Vespasian- have Titus- pending counteroffer Domitian- have Edited August 22, 2023 by lordmarcovan 28 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 22, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, lordmarcovan said: Otho and Domitian. Puts me to seven of the Twelve Caesars, with an offer pending on a Titus. This is my second time doing the 12C. Julius Caesar- need Augustus- have Tiberius- have Caligula- need Claudius-have Nero- have Galba- need Otho- have Vitellius- need Vespasian- have Titus- pending counteroffer Domitian- have Congratulations! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted August 22, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2023 Very nice additions! That Domitian is looking very good. And an Otho is a difficult issue to add, and yours shows a more then decent portrait. I guess you may have shown it before, and I either missed it, or my brain is out of office, but would you mind showing your Claudius denarius? Or do you perhaps mean your great sestertius your showed the other day? And, second question (after this, I'll stop 😁); do you happen to have photos, or a digital tray, of your old set? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 23, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2023 Great job Lord M! I think I've them all in silver, save Caligula. Here's my silver Otho and a Domitian (not my favorite coin of his, though he's not afavorite emperor either, but that's our theme): OTHO Den, SECVRITAS PR, Securitas stg l; F/AVG, part of obv lgnd wk/off,scant rev lgnd, good metal with just smooth wear, lt tone, minor scr on rev. Portrait quite bold & nice.(A F/VG realized $439, Ponterio 4/09.) Ex Frank Robinson 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted August 23, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, Limes said: Very nice additions! That Domitian is looking very good. And an Otho is a difficult issue to add, and yours shows a more then decent portrait. I guess you may have shown it before, and I either missed it, or my brain is out of office, but would you mind showing your Claudius denarius? Or do you perhaps mean your great sestertius your showed the other day? And, second question (after this, I'll stop 😁); do you happen to have photos, or a digital tray, of your old set? My Claudius is indeed that Spes sestertius I posted the other day. Here is my collection (not showing the new additions yet). The Twelve Caesars will be a subset of the Eclectic Hundred. https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred Please don't apologize for asking questions, and thank you, since that shows an interest! I appreciate your taking that interest. Oh- you asked about my OLD 12C set, didn’t you? That was ten years ago, on a much smaller budget. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/ Edited August 23, 2023 by lordmarcovan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted August 23, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Just added my Titus, too, so that's eight of the twelve. Need JC, Caligula, Galba, and Vitellius now. (They won't be aureii.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted August 23, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2023 6 hours ago, lordmarcovan said: My Claudius is indeed that Spes sestertius I posted the other day. Here is my collection (not showing the new additions yet). The Twelve Caesars will be a subset of the Eclectic Hundred. https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred Please don't apologize for asking questions, and thank you, since that shows an interest! I appreciate your taking that interest. Oh- you asked about my OLD 12C set, didn’t you? That was ten years ago, on a much smaller budget. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/ Thanks! Great coins! Whats it like, collecting a 12Cs set for the second time? And your aureus of Titus is really nice. I have the silver denarius of the same type. Its as close as a 'colosseum issue' as I will ever get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted August 23, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Limes said: Thanks! Great coins! Whats it like, collecting a 12Cs set for the second time? And your aureus of Titus is really nice. I have the silver denarius of the same type. Its as close as a 'colosseum issue' as I will ever get. It's fun the second time around! I know a bit more than I did ten years ago when I did it the first time (though I'd still call myself semi-novice), and I've got a rather larger budget than before. I did it the first time around with a budgetary ceiling of $500/coin. That made Otho and Caligula challenging, but I even got a Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius within that budget. Wouldn't be so easy to do that now. Edited August 23, 2023 by lordmarcovan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted August 24, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2023 Two really nice coins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted August 25, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2023 Nice, Dude 'Covan! I have a dog's breakfast of the 12 C's, and have them all (and a couple dupes). Here are my Otho and Dom toss-in's OTHOOtho, AD 69.Billon AR Tetradrachm, 23mm, 11.9gms; Year 1; Egypt-Alexandria.Obv.:AVTOK MAΓ OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB; Laureate head right, L A in right fieldRev: RΩ-MA; Helmeted, cuirassed bust of Roma right.Emmet 186 DOMITIANRI Domitian AR Denarius 81-96 CE Minerva thunderbolt spear shield protruded chin COS XV CENS PPP RIC 726 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted October 18, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 I got NGC pix of these two. No grades yet. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejas Posted October 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) Very nice coins, congratulations. The coin marks the awarding of the title Princeps Iuventutis "the first among the young" to Domitian, by his brother Titus. The title probably marked him out as the likely successor to Titus. The title lost significance in the course of the 4th century, when it was awarded to members of the imperial family who were too young for actual offices. By the end of the 4th century the title had disappeared completely. Here is my Domitian as Caesar with the same reverse: Edited October 19, 2023 by Tejas 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted December 9, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 Grades are in. About as expected. 4 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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