Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.85 g, 76h). Emerita mint; P. Carisius, legate. Struck circa 25-23 BC. Bare head left / Trophy of Celtiberian arms, consisting of helmet, cuirass, shield, and javelins, erected on heap of round shields, lances, and other arms. RIC I 4b; RSC 402; CNR II 124/4 (this coin). Wonderful old cabinet tone. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Áureo & Calicó 339 (14 November 2019), lot 1326; New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 339; L. Hamburger 96 (25 October 1932), lot 729.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 5h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / OB/ CIVIS/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath with wreath ties drawn upward. RIC I 77a; RSC 208. Wonderful toning, struck slightly off center. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXIX.3 (July 2011), no. RM4451; Spink Numismatic Circular CXVI.6 (December 2008), no. RM3921; Timothy L. Taylor Collection (Baldwin's 57, 23 September 2008), lot 71; New York Sale IX (13 January 2005), lot 157.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.64 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. Bare head right / Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, standing left, holding plectrum and lyre. RIC I 171a; Lyon 28; RSC 144. Iridescent toning, die break across forehead, a few faint scratches. Near EF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 138 (18 May 2023), lot 630.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.03 g, 4h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. Draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries / Bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a signum, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484. Toned, banker's mark on obverse, a few shallow scratches. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Rauch 86 (12 May 2010), lot 567; Superior (10 December 1988), lot 2263.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.08 g, 1h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. Bare head right / Six-rayed star above large crescent. RIC I 300; RSC 495. Attractive cabinet toning, a few minor contact marks on obverse. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 568; Nomisma 16 (27 September 2000), lot 205.
Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 9h). Rome mint; C. Sulpicius Platorinus, moneyer. Struck 13 BC. Bare head of Augustus right / Bare head of Agrippa right. RIC I 408; RSC 3 (Agrippa and Augustus). Toned, bankers' marks on obverse and reverse, edge tests and marks. VF. Rare. From the I.L. Collection. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 490, 21 April 2021), lot 233; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 1846; Classical Numismatic Review XXII.2 (Spring/Summer 1997), no. 27.
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 27.24 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 35-36. OB/ CIVES/ SER in three lines on shield within oak-wreath supported by two capricorns; globe below / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 63 (Tiberius). Brown surfaces, smoothing, some tooling. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Lanz 160 (15 June 2015), lot 343.
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.65 g, 6h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Komnick Group I.1, under Titus, AD 80-81. Augustus seated left on throne with back, holding branch and scepter, foot on footstool; lighted altar to left / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, REST above S C in center. RIC II.1 399 (Titus); Komnick Type 1.0, 12.34 (V3/R10) = CNR VI 942 (this coin). Dark green and brown patina, a few hard green deposits. VF. From the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex George Bauer Collection (Glendining, 23 January 1963), lot 1144; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 180; Egger XXXIX (15 January 1912), lot 670.
Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (32mm, 12.63 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. IVSTITIA below, diademed and draped bust of Justitia right / Legend around large S • C. RIC I (Tiberius) 46 corr. (rev. legend). Brown and green surfaces, smoothed. Near EF. Well centered on a broad flan. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 228 (9 March 2015), lot 570.
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 7h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 1, AD 15-18. Laureate head right / Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter and olive branch; plain chair legs, double line below. RIC I 26; Lyon 144; RSC 16. Iridescent tone, hairlines. Near EF. Fine style, small, refined bust. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Dr. Allan Smith Collection (Triton XXI, 8 January 2018), lot 701; Hirsch 314 (23 September 2015), lot 2690.
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.79 g, 6h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 29; Lyon 149; Calicó 305a; BMCRE 46; BN 22-7; Biaggi 168. Shallow scrape on obverse, patch of hairlines on reverse. EF. Portrait struck in high relief. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 80 (20 October 2014), lot 54.
Drusus. Died AD 23. Æ As (27.5mm, 10.52 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Bare head left / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 45 (Tiberius). Dark green surfaces, smoothed, a few scratches on obverse, some pitting on reverse. Good VF. From the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin's, 13 February 2014.
Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.68 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. Head left, wearing oak wreath / DE above and GERM on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue right between two trophies; the rider carries spear in rest in right hand; at the foot of each trophy sits a captive with hands tied behind his back, the one on left looking right, the one on right facing. RIC I 70 (Claudius; Rome mint); von Kaenel Type 12 (unlisted dies); Lyon (Claudius) 23, 4a (D–/R102 [unlisted obv. die]); RSC 2; cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 73 (for rev. type). Toned, porosity, minor scratches, a couple of shallow edge tests. VF. From the I.L. Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 52 (22 September 2019), lot 474; Naville Numismatics 17 (13 September 2015), lot 456.
Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Æ Dupondius (27.5mm, 14.24 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. Draped bust right / Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum and volumen. RIC I 92 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 59. Red-brown patina, edge smoothing. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 53775 (14 August 2019); Künker 295 (25 September 2017), lot 690 (hammer €1900); Leu 59 (17 May 1994), lot 254.
Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ As (28.5mm, 11.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-38. Bare head left / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 35 (Gaius). Handsome brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex B.G. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 739; Dr. Walter Stoecklin (†1975) Collection (Nomos Obolos 9, 25 March 2018), lot 166; Hess (22 May 1935), lot 452; J. Hirsch XXX (11 May 1911), lot 888.
Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ As (28.5mm, 11.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-38. Bare head left / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 35 (Gaius). Dark brown and green patina. EF. Wonderful portrait. Ex Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1631; Elsen 58 (12 June 1999), lot 1196; Kunst und Münzen XX (8 November 1979), lot 31; Canessa & Nicola FPL (December 1950), no. 167.
Agrippina Senior. Died AD 33. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 28.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. Draped bust right / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 78. Green-brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Praefectus Coins inventory ROS3483 (May 2017); Naville Numismatics 29 (26 February 2017), lot 598; Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1769.
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right. RIC I 16 (Rome); Lyon 167; RSC 2. Lightly toned. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Gallery, November 2008.
Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.51 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 1st phase, late AD 37. Bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 12 (Rome mint); Lyon 165 (unlisted dies); RSC 4 (Caligula and Germanicus). Deep old cabinet tone with a hint of porosity, small patch of smoothing in obverse field. Good VF. From the CJR Collection.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas), head right, holding cornucopia and leaning on column, placing hand on shoulder of Drusilla (as Concordia), head left, holding patera and cornucopia; on right, Julia (as Fortuna), head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC I 33. Brown surfaces, areas of pitting. Good VF. From the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 26.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped figure standing facing on basis / Gaius (Caligula) standing left, holding patera over altar; on either side, victimarius, holding bull for sacrifice, and attendant, holding patera; hexastyle, garlanded temple of Divus Augustus in background. RIC I 36; Elkins, Monuments Figure 70. Dark green and brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. The reverse exhibits an artistic composition. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 2114; Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 354.