Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare head right / Victory seated left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC II 286; RSC 1461. Good VF, toned, small flan flaw on obverse.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 26.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Diana standing left, holding arrow and bow. RIC II 777; Banti 707. Fine, even green surfaces, a few cleaning marks, some earthen deposits.
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IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Half Unit (21mm, 4.79 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Palm tree. MHC 126; ACIP 600. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 10.80 g, 6h). Unidentified Mint C in Asia Minor. Restitution issue struck under Hadrian, after AD 128. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / HADRIANVS AVG • P • P • REN, Hadrian standing slightly left, holding grain ears in right hand. RIC II 532; Metcalf, Cistophori type 92, 350; RSC 1 (Hadrian and Augustus). VF, lightly toned, a few light scratches and marks.The REN(atus), or "reborn," portion of the reverse legend serves two purposes. The term was used to describe those initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries, who were born again into eternity ("aeternum renatus"), and here we find Hadrian fittingly holding the grain ears of Ceres and Prosperine. There is also a clear intent to link himself with Rome's first emperor, as aptly described by Harold Mattingly (BMCRE p. clxi): "Hadrian, ever anxious to appear to his subjects as a 'Nἐoς Σεβαστὀς', a second Augustus come to earth, finds in their common experience of initiation a suitable expression of that spiritual kinship."
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GAUL, Northeast. Leuci. Circa 100-50 BC. Potin Unit (17mm, 3.56 g, 4h). Head left / Boar left; two semicircles below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 225; CCCBM III 398-404. Near VF, some roughness on reverse.
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Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of dress. RIC II 1055a (Hadrian); Banti 33. Good VF, reddish-brown surfaces with patches of green, some porosity. Nice portrait.
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ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 10 Asses (17mm, 4.00 g). Laureate head of Aplu left; X (mark of value) to right / Blank. EC Group XVI, Series 70.202 (O3 – this coin); HN Italy 168. VF, toned, light roughness and some old scratches under tone.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 396.
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 140-143. Laureate head right / Aequitas standing left, holding scales and pertica. RIC III 61; RSC 14. Good VF, toned.
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ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 20 Asses (18mm, 8.16 g). Facing head of Hercle, wearing lion skin; X X (mark of value) flanking neck / Blank. EC Group XIII, Series 65.35 (O1 – this coin); HN Italy 155. Near VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, acquired from M. R. Roberts, 23 March 1984. Ex Mark Marsham Collection.
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Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. Bare head of Antoninus Pius right / Bareheaded and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right. RIC III 415b; RSC 21. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, short scrape across Aurelius' head.
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ETRURIA, Populonia. Late 3rd century BC. Æ Triens (24mm, 8.27 g, 10h). Head of Sethlans right, wearing laureate pilos; X to left / Hammer and tongs; four pellets (mark of value) between. EC Group LI, Series 140.19 (O3 – this coin); HN Italy 195. Near Fine, green-brown patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 400 (part of).
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (26mm, 9.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-146. Laureate head right / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera and lyre. RIC III 824a. Near VF, dark green patina, light smoothing.
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ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (19mm, 8.12 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X:X (mark of value) below / Two kerykeia vertically opposed (only one visible). EC Group XII, Series 48 (O14/R18); HN Italy 150. Near VF, toned, reverse off center.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex John L. Warner Collection (Heritage, 11 January 2003), lot 14796.
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 159. Laureate head right / TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, octastyle temple, within which are the seated figures of Divus Augustus and Livia, set on podium of three steps; COS IIII in exergue. RIC III 290a; RSC 804. Near EF, toned.
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ETRURIA, Uncertain inland mint. Circa 300-250 BC. Cast Æ Uncia (26.5mm, 13.80 g). Wheel of four spokes; • (mark of value) in center / Wheel of four spokes; • (mark of value) in center. Vicari 185; ICC 160; HN Italy 56f. Fine, dark green-brown patina, irregular flan.
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Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161. Bare head right / Eagle standing right, head left, on garlanded altar. RIC III 431 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 24-4/10; RSC 155/6. Near EF, toned.
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ETRURIA, Uncertain inland mint. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ Semuncia (17mm, 4.25 g). Wheel of six spokes / Labrys. Vicari 232; ICC 171; HN Italy 60. Fine, dark brown patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1833 (part of).
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Faustina Senior. Augusta, AD 138-140/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 138-141. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Juno standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter; at her feet left, peacock standing left, head right. RIC III 338; RSC 215. Good VF.
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ETRURIA, Uncertain inland mint. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ (15.5mm, 3.01 g, 8h). Head of Turms right, wearing winged petasos / Owl standing right, head facing. Vicari 243; Baglione 3; HN Italy 71. Near VF, hard green-brown patina, some roughness. Very rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 400 (part of).
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146/7-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Ceres (or Aeternitas) standing left, holding fold of dress and long torch. RIC III 362 (Pius); RSC 104. Good VF.
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