Most Complete Roman Collections?

I haven't collected Roman coins for some time now moving onto the Eastern empires, but I managed to get 64 emperors.

Can anyone share the 207 list? I want to build a portriat set, so this would help a lot. I am new so I only have 4 that are IDed.

Thanks, this will help keep me focused a lot.

Keep in mind that the "complete" list does not include those persons who held the inferior rank of Caesar without graduating to Augustus !
So you may wish to add a few more such as Drusus (son of Tiberius) Aelius (adopted by Hadrian) and even Crispus (son of Constantine). Now toss in a few of the wives and daughters who were granted the rank of "Augusta" and your task becomes even more formidable !
Personally I believe that Severina (wife of Aurelian) should be included in the ranks of emperors as she appears to have held a position as equal to her husband and later seems to have reigned for several months after his assasination. She seems to have (been) retired and lived out her life in peace. More than can be said for many so-called "emperors" !!

And what collection would be complete without a coin of Livia !
The wife of Augustus probably held more influence and power over her clan (Julio-Claudian) than any male member of the 'tribe'.

I do have a Severina in the mail; I certainly do agree that she deserves her place among the boys since she did take the reigns after her husband's death. Where did you read that she was retired? According to Wikipedia, severina was discovered from her coins, because she is not mentioned once in any Roman history. Sounds a bit like a damnatio carried out by Tacitus, no?

I have been relying heavily on Wildwinds up to this point, but the various old lists on here are a good sobriety check; as January stated, Wildwinds lists many who are simply not obtainable. It's kind of like the V nickel albums that are mean enough to have a spot for the 1913.

I honestly cannot remember where I read that Severina retired to relative obscurity after her reign ended. She is apparently not mentioned by the authors of the period.

But one thing is rather clear to me. Her portraits often show her with a moustache !



She also received full recognition appearing on the aureus antoninianus denarius and the "As" of the period.

On what seem to be later coins (Sear attributes them AD 275) the legend reads SEVERINAE AVG rather than the earlier SEVERINA AVG (which Sear attributes AD 274-5). The reverse type on these antoniniani (CONCORDIA MILITVM) has a figure that on better examples looks to be the 'old girl' herself holding two standards.

The indications are that she was respected and revered by the military. The lack of mention speaks for her I think. The new emperor Tacitus does not seem likely to have had her erased either physically or otherwise

A lot of empresses look a bit like the emperor with a wig, if you think about it. Certainly not a whole lot of "lookers" in the imperial wives lineup of the 3rd century!

Bringing the topic back into focus somewhat, I have never actually been to a museum with any sort of ancient coin collection at all. Of those that do have a "collection", does it tend to include the more obscure rulers, or just "stars" like the 12 caesars, 5 good emperors, Severans, and Constantinians?

I personally have never seen all of the post-Valentinian III emperors in a single collection, and Marcian (and maybe Leo) are the only ones I can claim for my own collection.