Anonymous. Circa 214 BC. Æ Sextans (24mm, 9.78 g, 3h). Sicily mint. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; two pellets above / Prow right; grain-ear above; two pellets below. Crawford 42/3; Sydenham –; RBW 143. VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, some roughness in the flan.Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Part II (27 May 2014), lot 1588 (part of, not illustrated); Swiss Credit Bern 7 (27 April 1987), lot 658.
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M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus. 127 BC. Æ Semis (21mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S behind / Prow right; Macedonian shield above, S to right. Crawford 263/3a; Sydenham 482; RBW 1066. VF, green patina with patches of red.Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Part II (27 May 2014), lot 1754 (part of, not illustrated).
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 7h). Legionary issue. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG III across lower field. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28. Near VF, toned, banker's mark on the obverse, a few light scratches.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (or As) (27mm, 12.28 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 9-14. Laureate head right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. RIC I 232-3; Lyon 96-7. Near VF, green patina with touches of red, minor pitting, some smoothing.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.46 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 69-70. Laureate head right / Trophy; to right, Judaea seated right, head resting on hand; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II 2; Hendin 1479; RSC 226. VF, light scratch on the reverse.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 70. Laureate head right / Pax seated left on throne, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 29; RSC 94h. Good VF, a few edge splits. Struck on a broad flan.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.49 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 70. Laureate head right / Pax seated left on throne, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 29; RSC 94h. Good VF, a few light marks on the reverse.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.86 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on garlanded altar, head left, with thunderbolt in claws. RIC II 845; RSC 121. VF, some porosity and minor roughness.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.34 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Jupiter standing facing, holding scepter and sacrificing from patera over altar to left. RIC II 849; RSC 222. VF.
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate head right / Annona seated left on throne, holding sack of grain ears. RIC II 972 (Vespasian); RSC 17. VF. Struck on a broad flan.
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Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 79. Laureate head left / Venus, seen from behind, standing right, leaning upon column to left and holding transverse spear and helmet. RIC II 16; RSC 268a var. (obv. legend). Good VF, a few light marks. Rare.
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Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80. Laureate head right / Elephant advancing left, wearing armor. RIC II 22a; RSC 303. Good VF.The elephant reverse type refers to the dedication of the famous and historically important Coliseum in Rome.
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Titus. AD 79-81. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.92 g, 7h). Balkan mint. Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 498; RPC II 501. Good VF, dark green patina, minor roughness.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.78 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery / Divus Trajan Pater seated left on curule chair, holding scepter and patera. RIC II 252 corr. (bust type); Woytek 406b; RSC 140. Near EF.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery / Divus Trajan Pater seated left on curule chair, holding scepter and patera. RIC II 252 corr. (bust type); Woytek 406b; RSC 140. VF, toned, minor roughness near the edges.From the Collection of William David Hamilton Sellar, MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. Laureate and draped bust right / Fortuna seated left on throne, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC II 318; Woytek 526v; RSC 154. Near EF, lustrous.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 116-117. Laureate and draped bust right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC II 331; Woytek 571v; RSC 190. Near EF, lustrous.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 116-117. Laureate and draped bust right / Virtus standing right, with foot on helmet, holding reversed spear and parazonium. RIC II 334; Woytek 578v; RSC 193. Near EF, lightly toned and lustrous.
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