Triton XXVI - Session 3
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 737
Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 72-73. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT, laureate head right / Palm tree; to left, Titus standing right, foot on globe, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 369; Hendin 6512; RSC 391a. Toned, well struck, minor laminations. Good VF. Rare. From the DMS Collection, purchased from David Hendin, August 2011.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 738
Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 25.66 g, 7h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS, laureate head right / S • C in exergue, Titus standing right in triumphal quadriga right, holding branch in right hand and scepter in left; on currus, relief of Victory holding wreath and palm frond. RIC II.1 611 (Vespasian, same rev. die); Hendin 6572 (Vespasian, same dies); BMCRE 668 (Vespasian, same dies). River patina, well struck, some minor areas of erosion, deposit. VF. Very rare. From the DMS Collection, purchased from David Hendin, July 1998.When Vespasian was acclaimed Emperor by the eastern legions on 1 July AD 69, he left his son Titus in command of ongoing operations to repress the Jewish Revolt (AD 66-73). Like his father, Titus was a skilled general and, by April AD 70, he had forced the rebels behind the walls of Jerusalem, which he besieged for four months and ultimately demolished, setting the Temple ablaze. Although mopping up operations against surviving rebel elements continued, Titus traveled to Rome in AD 71 to celebrate a formal triumph as Caesar alongside his father. Despite its lack of any legend other than S C (Senatus Consulto), the reverse of this sestertius belongs to the "Judaea Capta" Flavian propaganda program in its depiction of Titus riding serenely in the triumphal chariot, drinking in the adulation of the Roman people.
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Titus. AD 79-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 1 July AD 79. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII, Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, right knee bent, resting left elbow on column, holding helmet up in right hand and transverse spear in left. RIC II.1 14 var. (shield against column); Calicó 756 var. (head right); cf. BMCRE 4; BN –; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini 267 var. (head right). Lustrous, minor hairlines. EF. Unpublished and unique with head left. This charming reverse type, depicting the goddess Venus, leaning on a column, holding a scepter and helmet, with her half-covered derriere turned coyly to the viewer, is rather unusual for a male ruler. Indeed, the same reverse was also used on coins of Titus' daughter, Julia Titi, in the next reign by his brother's wife, Domitia, and ultimately by Julia Domna, but never again by a Roman emperor. Venus was supposedly progenitor of the Julian clan and was thus employed by Caesar on his coinage, and by later emperors as well, although on male issues she usually appears fully clothed as Venus Victrix. Titus, a military man but with an eye for art and beauty, perhaps was captivated by a statue depicting Venus Callipyge ("Venus of the beautiful buttocks") and ordered that a variant image be employed as a reverse type for his coinage and that of his daughter. While relatively common in Titus' silver, it is quite rare in gold. This example, with a left-facing portrait, appears to be unique.
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Titus. AD 79-81. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant, cuirassed, advancing left. RIC II.1 114; Calicó 775; BMCRE 42; BN 36; Biaggi 377; Jameson 74; Mazzini 302. Hairlines. Near VF. An important historic type. The elephant on this aureus type represents one of the numerous species displayed in the newly constructed Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, built by prisoners of the First Jewish War on the site of the Domus Aurea of Nero. Opened to the public during Titus' rule in AD 80, and commemorated by Martial in de Spectaculis, the Colosseum was welcomed with great fanfare and games. During the opening ceremonies a great number of animals, including elephants, were both exhibited and slaughtered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 741
Titus. AD 79-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.19 g, 5h). 'Atonement' series. Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter: square seat, draped and surmounted by horizontal winged thunderbolt. RIC II.1 117; Calicó 782; BMCRE 49; BN 42; Biaggi 382. Lustrous. Good VF. Well centered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 742
Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.38 g, 6h). 'Atonement' series. Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CΛES VESPΛSIΛN ΛVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, pulvinar (throne) of Mars and Venus: curule chair, above which is a wreath. RIC II.1 108; RSC 318; BMCRE 66-9; BN 53. Lightly toned, a few minor scratches. EF. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Goldberg 80 (3 June 2014), lot 3136.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 743
Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F, diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / VENVS AVGVST, Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter and crested helmet. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus); BN 106-7 (Titus). Toned, minor deposits. EF. From the S & S Collection.In AD 79, Vespasian died and Titus became sole emperor. One of his first official acts was to raise his daughter Julia to the rank of Augusta, or Empress, the first woman in more than a decade to hold that exalted position. He struck this lovely coin for the occasion. Julia thus became the first reigning Roman empress to be honored with a regular issue of Roman coins struck solely in her own name.
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Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.34 g, 6h). 'Atonement' series. Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. CAESΛR DIVI F DOMITIΛNVS COS VII, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lighted altar. RIC II.1 265 (Titus); Calicó 918; BMCRE 91 (Titus); BN 74 (Titus); Adda 75; Biaggi 430. Broad flan, residual luster. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 745
Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.20 g, 6h). 'Atonement' series. Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. CΛESΛR DIVI F DOMITIΛNVS COS VII, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, pulvinar (throne) of Minerva: crested Corinthian helmet set on draped square seat. RIC II.1 270 (Titus); Calicó 920; BMCRE 97 (Titus); BN 78 (Titus); Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Minor surface marks. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 746
Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. CAESΛR DIVI F DOMITIΛNVS COS VII, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lighted altar. RIC II.1 266 (Titus); RSC 397a; BMCRE 92-6 (Titus); BN 76-7 (Titus). Light scratches and hairlines. EF. Well struck with fresh dies. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Goldberg 80 (3 June 2014), lot 3139; Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 1320; Numismatica Ars Classica 8 (3 April 1995), lot 797.
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Domitian. AD 81-96. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. IMP CΛES DOMITIΛNVS ΛVG GERMΛNIC, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / P M TR POT IIII IMP VIII COS XI P P, Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, holding spear and shield; at her feet to right, owl. RIC II 258 var. (without aegis); Calicó 910a var. (same); BMCRE 70 var. (same); BN –; Biaggi 423; CNG 105, lot 857 (same obv. die). Lustrous, scratches on obverse. EF. Domitian considered Minerva to be his own personal patron goddess and devoted much of his personal time, and public funds, to her worship. He constructed the Templum Minverva Chalcidicia in close proximity to the Pantheon, restored the Templum Castorum et Minervae, had built a substantial altar to the goddess in his bedroom, and erected multiple statues around the city. The symbolism on his coinage is obvious with over 75% of his denarii and aurei having Minerva on the reverse. He also founded a legion in her name, Legio I Minervia.
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Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 95-18 September 96. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVII CENS PER P P, laureate head right / IOVI VICTORI, S C in exergue, Jupiter, naked to hips, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC II.1 794; BMCRE 474-5; BN 504-5. Handsome river brown surfaces, a few minor flan flaws. EF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 1932 (hammer CHF 7000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 749
Nerva. AD 96-98. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II DESIGN III P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands; legionary aquila set on prow of galley behind. RIC II 70; Banti 6 (this coin); BMCRE p. 17, §; Mazzini 27 = L. G. P. Messenger, "Some Further Unpublished Roman Bronze Coins in my Collection" in NC 1933, 8 (this coin). Red-brown patina, some roughness, minor smoothing in fields. VF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives, one known to Banti. Ex Roma E-Sale 85 (17 June 2021), lot 1678; Áureo & Calicó 311 (31 May 2018), lot 42; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 173; Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1402; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Leopold G. P. Messenger Collection; Ratto 4 (11 March 1933), lot 226; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Ars Classica VIII, 25 June 1924), lot 799; Gustave Burel Collection (Feuardent, 11 June 1913), lot 517.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 750
Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. IMP NERVΛ CΛES ΛVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / FORTVNΛ P R, Fortuna Populi Romani, draped, enthroned left, holding two grain ears in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II 17; RSC 79; BMCRE 41-3; BN 28-9 corr. (rev. legend). Colorful iridescent tone. EF. Well struck with fresh dies. A superb denarius of Nerva. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 80 (20 October 2014), lot 87; Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1076.
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Nerva. AD 96-98. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.58 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / FORTVNA AVGVST, S C across field, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 83; Banti 21; BMCRE 107-8; BN 98. Attractive original green and brown patina. Good VF. From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG inventory 944074 (May 2013); Numismatica Genevensis SA VII (27 November 2012), lot 358.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 23.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 101-102. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery / TR POT COS IIII P P, S C in exergue, Pax, draped, seated left on throne, holding olive branch in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II 432 var. (bust type); Woytek 107b; Strack 338; Banti 337; BMCRE 745, note; BN 144-5. Glossy green patina. Choice EF. Boldly struck, with a magnificent portrait. A first class bronze. When Trajan entered his fourth consulship in AD 101, the Roman Empire seemed securely at peace, as celebrated by the figure of Pax on the reverse of his attractive sestertius. These allusions were possibly a ruse, however, as Trajan was already planning a massive campaign against the Dacian King Decebalus, who had humiliated Roman armies on two occasions during Domitian's reign.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 753
Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.26 g, 6h). First Dacian war issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 102. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIΛN ΛVG GERM, Laureate bust right, slight drapery / P • M • TR P • COS • IIII • P • P, Victory, draped, standing right on prow, terminating in serpent, holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder and wreath in right hand. RIC II 59; Woytek 123b; Strack 51; RSC 241a; BMCRE 107; BN 132. Toned. EF. Well struck and perfectly centered. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Goldberg 80 (3 June 2014), lot 3147.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 754
Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Triumphal gateway to Trajan's Forum, with six columns, sculptural reliefs, and attic statuary consisting of a chariot drawn by six horses flanked by two figures standing to either side of trophy; FORVM TRAIAN in exergue. RIC II 257; Beckmann, Early Group I, 2 (dies a13/F1); Woytek 409f; Strack 216; Calicó 1031a; Adda 95; Biaggi 494; Mazzini 168 v. Residual luster, minor deposit on reverse. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan, with a detailed depiction of Trajan's Forum. Nearly every detail of Trajan's Forum was intended as a celebration and aggrandizement of the emperor's Dacian victory, so it is fitting that the forum's entrance doubled as Trajan's triumphal arch. In typical fashion, the arch is surmounted by a statuary group with figures of the emperor and Victory in a chariot. A large portion of the Forum survives to this day, containing multiple market stalls, indicating its function as the ancient Roman equivalent to a shopping mall.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112/3-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head right / S P Q R OPTI MO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Trajan's column surmounted by statue of Trajan, holding patera and scepter; two eagles at base; relief in base and pediment. RIC 601; Woytek 472a (same dies); Banti 296; BMCRE 971 note; BN 761. Even brown surfaces with some areas of red, minor edge chip. Good VF. Rare. From the DMS Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, August 2008. Ex Berk BBS 124 (3 January 2002), lot 669.Trajan excelled in civilian government and understood the importance of public works. One of his most famous was the column bearing his name, which still stands today. His conquest of Dacia in AD 102-105 can be followed on the spiral reliefs of Trajan's Column, and brought an enormous windfall of plunder into the Roman economy, financing construction of his enormous new Forum, for which the column served as a centerpiece. This sestertius was struck to celebrate completion of the column, and the relief is readily apparent. Trajan's mortal remains were later entombed under its base.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck winter AD 114-early 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIIII/ S C in two lines in exergue, Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on high platform, two officers at his side, raising right hand haranguing a group of four soldiers, one of them holding a horse by the bridle, in front of him on the ground stands an officer right, holding spear; an aquila and two signa in the background. RIC II 658; Woytek 549v; Strack 464ζ; Banti 80; BMCRE 1019-20; BN 844. Some smoothing, red-brown earthen deposits on edge. Good VF.
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Diva Marciana. Died AD 112/4. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Trajan, September AD 112-117. DIVA • AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right, wearing stephane upright on head, in front of which her hair is built up in three tiers, the hair is massed at top and back of head in a coil / CONSECRATIO •, Carpentum drawn left by two mules, the top is ornamented with fleurettes, the front with figures, the side with figures and two wreaths. RIC II 746 (Trajan); Woytek 7232/7231 (for obv./rev. dies); Strack 200; RSC 10; BMCRE 654; BN 759. Toned. Good VF. Rare. Trajan's sister Marciana and her daughter Matidia moved into the Imperial palace upon his ascension and formed part of a distaff cabal of women relations, led by his wife Plotina, who are widely thought to have influenced the domestic policies of his government. Upon her death on 29 August AD 112, Marciana was formally deified and honored with this attractive denarius issue, the rarest of all her coin types, which is missing in most museum and major private collections.