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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 275
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, 81-96 AD, AR Denarius, Minerva, struck 90 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Rome
Date: 90 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIIII, laureate head right.
Reverse: IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing left, holding spear and thunderbolt, shield resting against back of leg
Size: 19mm, 3.24g
Grade: gVF, attractive toning
Provenance: ex Harlan J. Berk
Reference(s): BMCRE II 167; RIC II 691; RSC II 260; Paris 159; Cohen I 260
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 669
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, 81-96 AD, AR Denarius, Minerva, struck 92 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Rome
Date: 92 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI, Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, right
Reverse: IMP XX[I] COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long vertical spear in left: round shield behind her
Size: 18.73mm, 2.8g, 6h
Grade: gF, toned
Reference(s): BMCRE II 194-198; RIC II 732; RSC II 272; Cohen I 271
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 232
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, 81-96 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AR Tetradrachm, Eagle, struck 91-92 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 91-92 AD
Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Laureate bust of Emperor Domitian facing right, Classical Medusa at the nick of Domitians neck. Legend reads: AYTO KAISAP DOMITIA NOS SEB GEPM
Reverse: Eagle standing on a thunderbolt, palm before, wings open, head facing right, holding wreath in its beak. Legend reads: ETOYS NEOY GEPOY ENDEKATOY
Size: 27mm, 14.8g
Grade: Choice EF
Provenance: ex Athena Numismatics (formerly Holyland Coins)(2006)
Reference(s): Prieur p. 22, no. 147
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 480
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, AE As, Fides Publica, 86 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Rome
Date: 86 AD
Denomination: AE As
Composition: Copper
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENSPER P P, Bust of Domitian, laureate, bearded, right, with aegis
Reverse: FIDEI PVBLICAE, Fides, draped, standing right, holding corn-ears and poppy downwards in right hand and dish of fruits balanced on left: S-C, left and right in field
Size: 29.80mm, 10.1g, 6h
Grade: Choice gVF, boldly struck, reverse slightly off centre, pleasant cabinet toning, edge cracks, light scrapes on reverse
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 21 (29 September 2017), Lot 397
Reference(s): BMCRE II 385; RIC II, pt. 1, 486; Cohen I 111; SRCV I 2804
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 481
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, AE As, Fortuna Augusta, 92-94 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Rome
Date: 92-94 AD
Denomination: AE As
Composition: Copper
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENSPER P P, Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, right
Reverse: FORTUNAE AVGVSTI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae: S-C left and right in field
Size: 26.88mm, 10.9g, 6h
Grade: Choice EF, high relief, boldly struck, well centred, tight flan, light smoothing in fields, retoned, bare metal in parts of legend and dotted border
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 21 (29 September 2017), Lot 399
Reference(s): BMCRE 468A; RIC II, pt. 1, 407; Cohen I 133
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 270
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, AR Denarius, Pegasus, 79-80 AD
Ruler: Domitian
Province: Ephesus Mint
Date: 79-80 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right
Reverse: COS IIII above Pegasus stepping right
Size: 19.3 mm, 3.33 g
Grade: VF
Reference(s): RIC 1494, RPC 1465, Sear 2637
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 310
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, Caesar, 69-81 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE21, SC, struck 69-79 AD
Ruler: Domitian, struck under Vespasian
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 69-79 AD
Denomination: AE21
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: DOMITIA-NV[SCAESAR], Laureate head of Domitian left
Reverse: Large SC within laurel wreath of eight pairs of leaves terminating in a pellet; looped ties at bottom
Size: 21mm, 7.5g, 1h
Grade: gVF, attractive dark green patina,
Reference(s): Butcher 165.iv.c.; BMC Syria [Antioch] p. 181, 252; SNG Copenhagen 181; McAlee 403d; RPC 2017; SGICV 872
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 597
᷅ SOLD: Domitian, Caesar, 69-81 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE21, SC, struck 69-79 AD
Ruler: Domitian, as Caesar, struck under Vespasian
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 69-81 AD
Denomination: AE21
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: DOMITIA-NVS CAESAR, Laureate head of Domitian right
Reverse: Large SC within laurel wreath of eight pairs of leaves terminating in a pellet; looped ties at bottom
Size: 20.82mm, 6.77g, 12h
Grade: gVF, attractive dark green patina
Provenance: ex Emporium Hamburg Auction 79 (16-18 November 2017), Lot 281
Reference(s): Butcher 165.i.c.; BMC Syria [Antioch] p. 181, 252; SNG Copenhagen 181; McAlee 403e; RPC II 2017; SGICV 872
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 571
᷅ SOLD: Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AE26, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Demeter
Ruler: Elagabalus, struck under Sergius Titianus, consular legate / governor of Moesia Inferior
Province: Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis
Date: 218 to 222 AD
Denomination: AE26
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: AVT K M AVPHA ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate head of Elagabalus, facing right
Reverse: VΠ CEPΓ TITIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Demeter standing, facing left; in left hand, holding two corn-ears in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Size: 26.40mm, 10.94g, 12h
Grade: VF, centration dimple on obverse, well centred, boldy struck, smooth fields, green (repatinated) surfaces, slight bare metal on rim
Provenance: From the Hoffman Collection, ex Pegasi Numismatics Auction 3217 (14 November 2017), Lot 316
Reference(s): Varbanov I 1483; AMNG I/I -; Moushmov -; BMC Thrace -; Lindgren II -; Lindgren III -; Weber II -; SGICV -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 710
᷅ SOLD: Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AR Denarius, Emperor at Altar, struck 221 AD
Ruler: Elagabalus
Province: Rome mint
Date: 221 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, with horn, bearded, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from the front
Reverse: P M TR P III COS III P P, Elagabalus, laureate, draped to feet, with large knot in girdle at waist, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar, left, and holding club, sloped slightly up to right, at left shoulder, in left: star, high left, in field
Size: 19.69mm, 3.1g,6h
Grade: gVF, toned
Reference(s): RIC IV 46; BMCRE V 256-258; Cohen IV 204; RSC II 196
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 519
᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE As, Vesta, Posthumous issue, struck 146-161 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, third issue, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 141-161 AD
Denomination: Ae As
Composition: Copper
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head: a band of pearls round hair in front
Reverse: Vesta, veiled, standing left, holding long lighted torch, vertical, in right hand and palladium at shoulder in left; S C left and right in field
Size: 28.18mm, 14.55g, 12h
Grade: VF, well centred, brown surfaces
Provenance: Pedigreed to 1915, ex Jacques Shulman (April 1916) with original tags; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 409 (8 November 2017), Lot 613; ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), Lot 892.
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 1601-1602 RIC III [Pius] 1196; Cohen II 269
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 606
᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE Sestertius, Ceres, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 141-161 AD (third issue)
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head: a band of pearls round hair in front
Reverse: AVGVS-TA, Ceres, in wreath of corn-ears, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and long torch, vertical in left; S C, left and right, low in field
Size: 31.48mm, 22.49g, 6h
Grade: Good VF, expressive portrait, cabinet-toned
Provenance: From the Matthew Rich Collection, ex Chiltern Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction (13 February 2013), Lot 296; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 412 (17 January 2018), Lot 543
Reference(s): BMC IV [Pius] 1509; RIC III [Pius] 1116, Cohen II 76; SRCV II 4614