Domitian.
As Caesar, AD 69-81. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.66 g, 7h). Uncertain Eastern mint (Thrace?). Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. RIC II 510 (Titus); RPC II 505 var. (obv. legend). VF, tan surfaces. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.
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Domitian.
AD 81-96. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. IMP • CAES • DOMIT • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / IMP VIIII COS XI CENSORIΛ POTESTΛT P P, Germania seated right on shield in attitude of mourning; broken spear below. RIC II 325; Calicó 865; BMCRE 81 (same obv. die); Biaggi 416. VF, toned, a few shallow marks, die break on reverse.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 101-102. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia; lighted altar to left. RIC II 430 var. (no drapery); Woytek 97b; Banti 341. Good VF, dark green patina, hairline flan crack, areas of porosity and shallow cleaning marks.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 233 (6 October 2015), lot 2347; Gorny & Mosch 219 (10 March 2014), lot 396.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 23.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Trajan on horseback riding right, thrusting spear at fallen Dacian to right. RIC II 534 var. (slight drapery); Woytek 203cB; Banti 209. VF, dark gray and brown surfaces, flan flaw on obverse.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter standing, slightly right, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC II 63c var. (bust type); Strack 92β; Calicó 1301c (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 629 var. (bust type); BMCRE 101–5 var. (same). Good VF, toned with underlying luster in the devices. Rare, only one example in CoinArchives.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-125. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Clementia standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left; CLEM. RIC II 116; RSC 212a var. (band on shoulder). EF, toned.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Hadrian on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding spear in left. RIC II 188 var. (bust type); Strack 149α; Calicó 1229 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 294, note 439; Biaggi 596 var. (same). Good VF, toned, short flan crack. Rare type with Hadrian on horse left. None of this variety in CoinArchives.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 24.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. Laureate and draped bust right / Galley left with five rowers; at stern,
gubernator
between signum and aquila. RIC II 706; Banti 349 var. (position of [S] C). Good VF, brown river patina, roughness on reverse.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Dupondius or As (26mm, 8.64 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria reclining left, holding grain ears and vine branch, resting elbow on basket of grain; grain stalks at feet. RIC II 844. VF, brown surfaces.
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Sabina.
Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 128-136. SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / VES-TA, Vesta, veiled, seated left, holding Palladium and scepter. RIC II 397a; Calicó 1436a; Biaggi 681 var. (Vesta not veiled). VF, minor edge flaw.
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Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.89 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 138. Bare head right / Pietas standing left, raising hand before lighted altar. RIC II 1083a (Hadrian); Banti 270. Good VF, olive blue-green patina, brown flecks. Artistic early portrait. Rare.
Ex Alain Lagrange Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1469; Friedrich Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 2 April 1995), lot 1379.
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Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS, bareheaded and draped bust right / TRI POT COS DES II, PIE TAS across field, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing right, holding up right hand and holding acerrum in left; to right, lighted and filleted altar. RIC II 454b (Hadrian); Strack 406ζο (Hadrian); Calicó 1597a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 371, note 1017 (Hadrian); Biaggi –. VF, a few contact marks on obverse. Rare.
From the collection of M.A. Armstrong.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. Laureate head left / Victory standing right, holding trophy with both hands. RIC III 109c; Strack 126; Calicó 1550 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 493; Biaggi 727 var. (laureate head right). VF, edge has been rounded.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.74 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ΛNTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / S C across field, ITALIA in exergue, Italia, wearing
tutulus
, seated left on globe with zones and stars, holding cornucopia in right hand and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 746a; Strack 836δ; Banti 193; BMCRE 1643. EF, dark green and brown patina, minor smoothing in fields, a few pits on reverse.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Sotheby’s New York (19 December 1998), lot 38.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.93 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ΛNTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left, holding palladium on extended hand and vertical spear; oval shield set on ground to right. RIC III 159; Strack 153γ1; Calicó 1456; BMCRE 590 var. (bust type); Biaggi 788 var. (same). Good VF, a few scratches and contact marks. Rare bust type for this issue.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTO NINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and
volumen
in left. RIC III 213; Strack 235α; Calicó 1663a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 743; Biaggi 768. VF, scattered light marks, scratches, and scrapes.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Quinarius (14mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 152-153. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC III 225 var. (not cuirassed); King 7c (same dies). VF, some marks and edge marks.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 154-155. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head right / CO S IIII, Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe and volumen. RIC III 241; Strack 283δ; Calicó 1531; BMCRE 835; Biaggi 721. VF, traces of deposits.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.19 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe and
volumen
. RIC III 256a; Calicó 1673 (same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi 771 (same obv. die). VF, a few marks, edge scrape.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 157-159. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius, veiled and draped, standing left, holding volumen and dropping incense on lighted tripod to left. RIC III 794; Banti 528. Good VF, green and brown patina, traces of red, small flan flaw on obverse.
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