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Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 126, Lot 678
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Nero standing facing, radiate and togate, holding branch and Victory on globe. RIC I 47; RSC 45. Attractive toning. Near EF. Fantastic portrait.
Ex Prof. David R. Beatty Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 761; CNG Inventory 717644 (December 1999).
The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120 foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol that was created by... | 28 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 126, Lot 754
Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 103-104. Laureate head right / View of the Circus Maximus, showing a colonnaded front, with arch, indicating gateway, surmounted by facing quadriga, on right, and, behind it, higher up, a similar arch with quadriga, and another arch, surmounted by quadriga facing right at extreme left: the sides of the Circus are not seen but the back is indicated by a sweep of colonnades: in the interior is the great obelisk in ce... | 28 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61379, Lot 24014
Ancients
MOESIA. Nicopolis. Caracalla (AD 198-217). AE (27mm, 2h). NGC Choice Fine. AV K M AVP-ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind / Y ΦΛ OYΛΠIA-N NIKOΠOΛI, ΠΡOC I, Dionysus standing facing, head left, with cantharus in lowered right hand, pouring contents, grounded thyrsus in left. Varbanov 3130 var. (obverse legend).
From the M&N Collection. Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, private sale with old dealer's tag included.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/anci... | 27 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61379, Lot 24017
Ancients
THRACE. Anchialus. Gordian III (AD 238-244) and Tranquillina. AE (27mm, 7h). NGC Choice Fine. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ-ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚ/ΥΛΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III right (on left), laureate, draped, and cuirassed, seen from behind, and Tranquillina left (on right), diademed and draped bust, seen from front / ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝWN Α-ΓΧΙΑΛΕWN (partially ligate), eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head and tail right, with wings spread, wreath in beak. RPC VII.2, 1154 var. (rev. legend).
... | 27 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 32287
Ancients
Didius Julianus (28 March-1 June AD 193). AR denarius (18mm, 2.84 gm, 1h). NGC VF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome. IMP CAES M DID-IVLIAN AVG, laureate head of Didius Julianus right / CONCO-R-D-MILIT, Concordia standing facing, head left, grounded aquila in right hand, grounded standard in left. RIC IV.I 1. Fetching portrait of Didius Julianus struck on particularly sound metal.
Didius Julianus was born to a wealthy family in AD 137, probably in Milan. He had a prominent government career, including... | 8 May 2024 | 2,200 USD | |
Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2374
Julia Paula, first wife of Elagabalus.
Aureus 219-220, AV 20 mm, 6.17 g. IVLIA PAVLA AVG Draped bust r., hair in waves, almost vertical, fastened in queue at back. Rev. CONC – OR – DIA Concordia seated l., holding patera in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.; in field r., star. C 4. BMC Elagabalus 171 note. RIC Elagabalus 210. Calicó 3044.
Of the highest rarity, only the third specimen known of this reverse type and one of
approximately half a dozen aurei known for Julia Paula. A fantast... | 8 May 2024 | 550,000 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 269
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos VI Epiphanes Nikator. Circa 96-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.55 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 95-94 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; to outer left, monogram above A; monogram below throne; all within wreath. SC 2414.1h; HGC 9, 1270. Toned, light scratches. Good VF.
Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange inventory (ND).
Estimate: 150 USD... | 1 May 2024 | 300 USD | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 209 | Silver, Lot 390
Vespasian AD 69-79. Rome
Denarius AR
18 mm, 3,28 g
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated left, holding conrucopia and patera.
Very Fine
RIC II.1 357.
Vespasian was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 69 to 79. He was born in AD 9 into a family of equestrian rank in the town of Falacrinae, near Rome. Vespasian had a successful military and political career before eventually becoming emperor. In AD 69, a year known as the "Year of the Four E... | 28 Apr 2024 | 75 EUR | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 560, Lot 714
Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.13 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. Laureate head right / Parthian captive seated right, hands bound behind his back; at feet, bow, quiver and shield. RIC III 540 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 112-14/30; RSC 273. Light golden toning with underlying luster. EF. Struck in high relief.
From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Colosseum Collection.
Estimate: 200 USD... | 17 Apr 2024 | 650 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 1294
Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust to right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Providentia standing to left, pointing at large globe at feet on left and holding vertical sceptre, elbow resting on column; PRO-VID across fields. RIC II 361; BMCRE 640; Woytek 580v; RSC 313. 3.22g, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1230;
Acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange.
Estimate: 50 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | 45 GBP | |
Davissons, Ltd. - Auction 43, Lot 129
Julia Titi. Augusta, A.D. 79-90/1. Æ dupondius. 12.54 gm. 27.5 mm. Uncertain Balkan mint. Struck under Titus, circa A.D. 80-81. Her draped bust right; IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA / Ceres standing left, holding scepter and two grain ears; CERES AVGVST S C. RIC II.1 514 pl. 116 (same dies). RPC II 509 (7 examples). H. Cahn, "An Imperial Mint in Bithynia," INJ 8 (1984-5), 9. BMCRE 255. BN 266 (Titus). Cohen 2. Very Fine; attractive green and brown patina; small area of pitting at top of head on o... | 20 Mar 2024 | Unsold | |
Antykwariat Numizmatyczny - Michal Niemczyk - Auction 43, Lot 4494
Ancient coins: Roman Empire (Rome)
RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK / GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN / BYZANZ / ANTIK / ANCIENT / ROME / GREECE
Roman Empire. Maximinus I Thrax (235-238), Denarius 236, Rome NGC MS - EXCELLENT
AW: Głowa cesarza w prawo MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
RW: Wiktoria krocząca w prawo, trzymająca wieniec i gałązkę palmową VICTORIA AVG
Moneta pochodząca z kolekcji Colosseum Collection.Wyśmienicie zachowana sztuka.
Condition: NGC MS (NGC MS)
Literature: RIC 23
Starting price: 600 PLN... | 16 Mar 2024 | 1,600 PLN | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 198 | Silver, Lot 211
Vespasian AD 69-79. Ephesus
Denarius AR
17 mm, 3,25 g
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated left on throne, holding grain ears, poppy and cornucopia; EPHE in exergue.
Very Fine
RIC² 1416; RPC II 824.
Vespasian was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 69 to 79. He was born in AD 9 into a family of equestrian rank in the town of Falacrinae, near Rome. Vespasian had a successful military and political career before eventually becoming emperor.... | 25 Feb 2024 | 125 EUR | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 198 | Silver, Lot 215
Titus, as Caesar AD 76-78. Rome
Dupondius Æ
32 mm, 12,38 g
T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS, radiate head right / FELICITAS PVBLI[CA], Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.
Very Fine
RIC II 648a (Vespasian); C. 80.
Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, better known as Titus, was a Roman Emperor whose brief reign from AD 79 to 81 left a lasting impression on the history of Rome. Born in AD 39 in Rome, Titus was the eldest son of Emperor Vespasian, who founded the F... | 25 Feb 2024 | 200 EUR | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 1689
Sextus Pompey, 43-35 BC. As (Bronze, 30 mm, 23.05 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Sicily, circa 43-36. [(MA)GN] Laureate janiform head of Pompey 'the Great'. Rev. [PIVS] / IMP Prow of galley to right. Babelon (Pompeia) 20. Crawford 479/1. CRI 336. RBW 1675. Sydenham 1044a. Adjustment marks and some deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From an American collection, privately acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange.
Starting price: 50 CHF... | 24 Feb 2024 | 240 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 1863
Claudius, 41-54. Quadrans (Copper, 16 mm, 3.24 g, 6 h), Rome, 25 January-3 December 41. TI CLAV[DIVS CAESA]R AVG Hand to left holding scales; below, P N R. Rev. [P]ON M TR P IMP [COS DES IT] around S C. BMC 174. Cohen 71. RIC 85. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with minor smoothing, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From an American collection, privately acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange.
Starting price: 25 CHF... | 24 Feb 2024 | 25 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 2080
Antoninus Pius, 138-161. As (Copper, 26 mm, 11.24 g, 12 h), Rome, 158-159. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS IIII / S C† Togate figure standing front on low cippus, head to left, raising his right hand and holding a scepter with his left, all within arched distyle shrine. BMC 2077, †. Cohen 333. RIC 1022. Some deposits and roughness, otherwise, very fine.
From an American collection, privately acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange.
Starting... | 24 Feb 2024 | 90 CHF | |
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. - Buy or Bid Sale 226, Lot 412
Titus. Denarius; Titus; 79-81 AD, Rome, AD 80, Denarius, 2.81g. RIC-115. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, Laureate head r. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, Elephant, cuirassed, l. Commemorating the opening of the Colosseum.. Fine
Estimate: 200 USD... | 13 Feb 2024 | 200 USD | |
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. - Buy or Bid Sale 226, Lot 680
Set of Colosseum Sestertii by Titus and Domitian. ; Set of Colosseum Sestertii by Titus and Domitian; Two coins in lot.
Coin #1: Titus; 79-81 AD, Rome, c. 80-81 AD, Sestertius, 27.99g. BM-190 pl. 50.2 (same rev. die), Paris-189 pl. LXXXI (same dies), RIC-184 (R2), Cohen-400 (80 Fr.). Obv: Colosseum seen from front and above between obelisk on base (Meta Sudans) and porticoed building of two stories (Baths of Titus), without legend; Rx: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII S - C Titu... | 13 Feb 2024 | Unsold | |
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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 193 | Silver, Lot 174
Vespasian AD 69-79. Struck circa 72-73 AD. Antioch
Denarius AR
16 mm, 2,92 g
IM[P CAES VESP AVG] P M COS IIII, laureate head right / NEP RED, Neptune standing left, placing his right foot on globe, holding acrostolium in his right hand and long scepter in his left.
Very Fine
Cohen 274; RIC 1555; RPC 1928; BMC 506.
Vespasian was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 69 to 79. He was born in AD 9 into a family of equestrian rank in the town of Falacrinae, near Rome. Vespasian had a successful m... | 28 Jan 2024 | 120 EUR | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 116, Lot 369
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Cyprus, circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; ΣT above monogram in left field. CPE 235; Svoronos 368; SNG Copenhagen 87. 14.00g, 27mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine; faint flan crack at 10/2h, 'И' graffito in rev. field, attractive light cabinet tone.
Acquired from Noonans;
Ex inventory of Colosseum Coin Exchange Inc (Hazlet, New Jersey).
Es... | 18 Jan 2024 | 850 GBP | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII Online Sessions, Lot 6098
Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 6h). 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 Mars and Venus: curule chair, above which is a wreath. RIC II.1 108; RSC 318. Faint hairlines. Good VF.
This reverse type may belong to the "atonement" series of coins issued shortly after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii. Carradice and Buttrey (RIC II, p. 186)... | 17 Jan 2024 | 400 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 541
EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (23.7mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Λ AIΛ AVP KOM ЄVCЄ CЄ ЄVTV, laureate head right / [Ρ]ωΜΑΙωΝ ΗΡ Α ΚΛЄΑ, Commodus, as Herakles, seated left on rocks, holding Nike in his extended right hand and club and lion's skin with his left hand and draped over his arm; [L ΛΓ (date) in exergue]. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 41.144; RPC IV.4 Online 3572.2 (this coin); Emmett 2532.33 (R5). Toned, high silver content. Go... | 9 Jan 2024 | 1,100 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 553, Lot 342
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.70 g, 11h). Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 64). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis; • below bust / ETOYΣ BIP • I (dates), eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; • and palm frond to right. McAlee 264; RPC I 4190; Prieur 90. Toned, roughness, light deposits. VF.
From the J.K. Biblical Collection, purchased from Marc Breitsprecher. Ex VAuctions 287 (13 September 2012), lot 121; Colosseu... | 3 Jan 2024 | 150 USD | |
Nomos AG - obolos 30, Lot 260
EUBOIA, Euboian League. Circa 304-290 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 3.60 g, 10 h). Head of the nymph Euboia to left, wearing pendant earring and with her hair rolled. Rev. ΕΥ Protome of bull facing three-quarters to right, draped with fillet; to right, facing head of a satyr. BCD 24 (this obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 483. Wallace 126 (LIII/64). Attractively toned. Some uncleaned deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, ex Colosseum, August 1999, 22.
Starting price: 75 CHF... | 17 Dec 2023 | 95 CHF | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 188 | Black, Lot 57
Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian AD 69-79. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2=AD 69-70
Tetradrachm AR
26 mm, 15,03 g
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate head right / ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY B, eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, palm frond to left.
.
RPC II 1971; McAlee 357; Prieur 135.
NGC graded Ch VF
Strike 5/5
Surface 4/5
Vespasian was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 69 to 79. He was born in AD 9 into a family of equestrian rank in the town of... | 17 Dec 2023 | 550 EUR | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61351, Lot 24127
Ancients
Vespasian (AD 69-79). AR denarius (18mm, 6h). NGC VG. Rome, 21 December AD 69-early AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate bust of Vespasian right / IVDAEA, mourning Judaea, veiled and supporting head with left hand, seated right on ground to right of military trophy consisting of helmet, cuirass, two shields, and greaves mounted on pole, two more shields at base. GBC 6, 6509. RIC II.1, 2.
Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, private sale with old dealer's tag included.
Descended from ... | 11 Dec 2023 | 220 USD | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 187 | Silver, Lot 220
Vespasian AD 69-79. Rome
Denarius AR
18 mm, 3,46 g
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IOVIS CVSTOS, Jupiter standing facing, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding sceptre.
Very Fine
RIC 849; BMCRE 276; RSC 222.
Vespasian was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 69 to 79. He was born in AD 9 into a family of equestrian rank in the town of Falacrinae, near Rome. Vespasian had a successful military and political career before eventually becoming emperor.
In AD 69, a year... | 10 Dec 2023 | 110 EUR | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 187 | Silver, Lot 230
Titus, as Caesar AD 76-78. Struck ca. 71/72 AD. Ephesos
Denarius AR
18 mm, 3,12 g
[IMPE]RATOR T CAESAR [AVGVSTI F], laureate head right / PACI [AVG]VSTAE, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm over left shoulder; [EPHE] to lower right.
Very Fine
BMC 468; Cohen 124-5; RIC 1441-2; RIC 1441 (Vespasian).
Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, better known as Titus, was a Roman Emperor whose brief reign from AD 79 to 81 left a lasting impression on the history of R... | 10 Dec 2023 | 75 EUR | |
