Ian Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I bought a few roman bronzes and a couple of Sicilian bronzes last month. All of them are relatively scarce, but not in the category of being stellar examples.....hence their affordability for me The first is an Ae Antoninianus of the very short lived Roman Emperor Quintillus (270 ad) The second is a silvered Ae Antoninianus of another fairly short lived Roman Emperor, this time Carus (282-3 ad) The third is a fairly rare example of a double centenionalis of the Roman Emperor Magnentius....again, short lived (350-3 ad) The fourth is a centenionalis of Magnentius's brother , Decentius (also 350-3 ad), who committed suicide on learning of his brothers death Then there was another relatively scarce Ae1 (28mm) of Julian II ,aka `The Apostate' (360 -3 ad) . At the foot of Italy in Bruttium was a town called Rhegium which produced bonze coins circa 270 bc just like the one below. Obverse Apollo (if you look really closely). Reverse a tripod....nothing to do with War of the Worlds though. finally an Ae7 from Syracuse circa 370 bc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Very nice additions to your collection Ian. Good to see you're active these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Excellent! Your Carus and Julian II bull (or as I like to say "holy cow") are far superior to mine, both of which came from uncleaned lots and were in much worse shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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