Roman Imperial Coins

Lot # 97 - DOMIZIANO (81-96). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,32). Busto laureato a destra, con egida. R/ Altare. RIC II 305. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 96 - VESPASIANO (69-79). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 13,73). Testa radiata a destra. R/ Felicitas stante a sinistra, con caduceo e cornucopia. RIC II 554. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 95 - VESPASIANO (69-79). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 12,78). Testa radiata a destra. R/ Concordia seduta a sinistra, con patera e cornucopia. RIC II 266. qBB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 94 - VESPASIANO (69-79). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 11,85). Testa radiata a destra. R/ Roma seduta a sinistra su corazza; regge Vittoria e lancia; scudo dietro. RIC II 397. Non Comune. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 93 - VESPASIANO (69-79). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,24). Testa laureata a destra. R/ Vittoria stante a destra su prua, con corona e ramo di palma. RIC II 605. Rara, nessun esemplare su Acsearch. BB. Nr Reg. 619/24

Lot # 92 - GALBA (68-69). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 14,35). Busto laureato e drappeggiato a destra. R/ Pax stante a sinistra, con ramo d'ulivo e caduceo. RIC I 323. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 91 - NERONE (54-68). Semisse per Roma. AE (g 2,77). Testa laureata a destra. R/ Tavola con urna e corona. RIC I 234. qBB. Nr Reg. 619/24

Lot # 90 - NERONE (54-68). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,48). Civetta ad ali spiegate su altare con ghirlanda. R/ Ramo d'ulivo. RIC I 319. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 89 - NERONE (54-68). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 1,56). Colonna bassa sormontata da elmo crestato; lancia e scudo a destra. R/ Ramo di alloro. RIC I 255. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 88 - NERONE (54-68). Egitto, Alessandria. Tetradramma, anno 12 (65/6 d.C.). MI (g 12,49). Busto radiato a destra, con egida. R/ Aquila in piedi a sinistra, con ramo di palma; data a sinistra, simpulum a destra. RPC I 5288; Dattari (Savio) 272; Emmett 118.12. qBB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 87 - NERONE (54-68). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 12,78). Testa radiata a destra. R/ Roma seduta a sinistra su corazza, regge corona e parazonio. RIC I 298. Raro. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 86 - NERONE (54-68). Asse per Roma. AE (g 11,28). Testa laureata a destra. R/ Tempio di Giano con portale sulla destra. RIC I 347. BB. Nr Reg. 619/24

Lot # 85 - NERONE (54-68). Asse per Lugdunum (Lione). AE (g 10,73). Testa nuda a destra, con globo sotto il taglio del collo. R/ Vittoria in volo a sinistra, con scudo rotondo inscritto SPQR. RIC I 543. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 84 - CLAUDIO (41-54). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,35). Modio. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 84. SPL. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 83 - CLAUDIO (41-54). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,81). Mano a sinistra, regge bilancia. R/ Leggenda attorno a SC. RIC I 85. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 82 - CLAUDIO (41-54). Egitto, Alessandria. Obolo, anno 2 (41/2 d.C.). AE (g 5,40). Testa laureata a destra; lituo davanti. R/ Fascio con sei spighe. RPC I 5127 (4 esemplari); Dattari (Savio) 143; Emmett 87.2. Rara. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 81 - CLAUDIO (41-54). Asse per Roma. AE (g 8,96). Testa nuda a sinistra. R/ Libertas stante a destra, con pileo. RIC I 113. BB+/BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 80 - CLAUDIO (41-54). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,36). Testa nuda a sinistra. R/ Constantia stante a sinistra, con lancia e mano destra sollevata. RIC I 95. qBB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 79 - CARACALLA (193-217). Denario per Roma. AR (g 3,49). Testa laureata a destra. R/ Marte stante a sinistra, con lancia e scudo. RIC IV 83. SPL. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 78 - CALIGOLA (37-41). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,90). Pileo tra S-C. R/ Leggenda attorno a RCC. RIC I 52. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 77 - CALIGOLA (37-41). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,95). Pileo tra S-C. R/ Leggenda attorno a RCC. RIC I 52. BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 76 - DRUSO (morto il 23 d.C.). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,22). Testa nuda a sinistra. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 45 (Tiberio). BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 75 - GERMANICO (morto il 19 d.C.). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,80). Testa nuda a sinistra. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 50 (Caligola). BB+. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 74 - DIVO AUGUSTO (morto il 14 d.C.). Dupondio per Roma. AE (g 9,18). Testa radiata a sinistra. R/ Aquila stante a sinistra su globo, testa a destra, con ali spiegate. RIC I 82 (Tiberio). qBB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 73 - DIVO AUGUSTO (morto il 14 d.C.). Asse per Roma. AE (g 10,94). Testa radiata a sinistra; fulmine davanti, stella sopra. R/ Livia o Pietas seduta a destra, con patera e scettro. RIC I 72 (Tiberio). BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 72 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,18). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Altare con ghirlanda. R/ Cornucopia tra S-C. RIC I 422. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/28

Lot # 71 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,94). P. Betilienus Bassus, monetiere. Leggenda attorno a S C. R/ Altare con ghirlanda. RIC I 465. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/31

Lot # 70 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,82). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Due mani si stringono; dietro, caduceo. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 420. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/30

Lot # 69 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,91). P. Betilienus Bassus, monetiere. S C. R/ Altare con ghirlanda. RIC I 465. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 68 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,36). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Due mani si stringono; caduceo dietro. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 420. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 67 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,36). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Due mani si stringono; caduceo dietro. R/ Leggenda attorno a S C. RIC I 420. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 66 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,24). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. S C. R/ Simpulum e lituo. RIC I 421. qBB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 65 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,20). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Cornucopia con S-C. R/ Altare con ghirlanda. RIC I 422. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 64 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,07). Sisenna, Apronius, Messalla e Galus, monietieri. Leggenda attorno a S C. R/ Altar con ghirlanda. RIC I 459 var. (leggenda rovescio). qSPL. Nr Reg. 619/24

Lot # 63 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 3,00). Lamia, Silius e Annius, monetieri. Altare con ghirlanda. R/ Cornucopia tra S-C. RIC I 422. MB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 62 - AUGUSTO (27 a.C. - 14 d.C.). Quadrante per Roma. AE (g 2,68). Apronius, Galus, Messala e Sisenna, monetieri. S C. R/ Altare con ghirlanda. RIC I 454. BB. Nr. Reg. 619/24

Lot # 613 - Zeno (474-491). AE 9 mm, Constantinople mint. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped bust right. Rev. Monogram within wreath. RIC X 961-963. AE. 0.92 g. 9 mm. R. VF.

Lot # 612 - Anthemius (467-472). AE 10mm. Rome mint. Obv. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Monogram of Anthemius within wreath. RIC X 2862/2864. AE. 0.84 g. 10 mm. RRR. Extremely rare. F/Good F.

Lot # 611 - Libius Severus (Severus III, 461-465). AE 9.5 mm, Rome mint. Obv. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Monogram of Ricimer. RIC X 2715-2717; LRBC 871-872; Morello 1. AE. 0.61 g. 9.5 mm. RR. Very rare and in great conditions for ther issue. VF/About EF.

Lot # 610 - Majorian (457-461). AE 13.5 mm. Ravenna or Mediolanum mint. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGG. Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC X 2641-4. AE. 1.91 g. 13.5 mm. RR. Green patina. Nice portrait. VF. Julius Valerius Majorian owned his name to his maternal grandfather, who had been magister militum in Illyricum in the 370s. He had himself served with distinction under Aetius, and in 455 he was considered a possible successor of Valentinian III. Presumably, when he and Ricimer deposed Avitus in October 456, it was intended that he should succeed him, but according to Sidonius Apollinaris, who knew him personally, he was reluctant to assume the burden, and an interregnum of six months followed during which he and Ricimer were in fact masters of the West but the Emperors were nominally Marcian and, after January 457, Leo. Even after he had been proclaimed emperor by the army outside Rome on 1st April 457, he continued to call himself no more than magister militum, and he was not proclaimed at Ravenna until 28 December 457. Just as Avitus had not been acceptable in Italy, so Majorian was not acceptable in Gaul. In 458 he led an army of German mercenaries into the Rhone valley, made himself master of Lyon, which had accepted a Burgundian garrison, and having defeated the Visigoths outside Arles, he compelled them to come to terms. But his Gallic successes in 458/9 were followed by misfortunes in Spain in 460/1. Two naval expeditions planned against Gaiseric met with disaster, and he was forced to return to Italy with no accomplishment to his credit. Such successes as he had had, however, aroused the suspicions of Ricimer: Majorian, who had deserved better things, was seized by treachery at Tortona on 2 August, deposed, and beheaded five days later. AE4 were struck under Majorian at Milan, Ravenna and Rome […] The coins of all three mints are larger and substantially heavier than any Western bronze coins had been since the reign of Honorius. Lacam (1988, 220) has suggested that these unusually high weights are to be explained by Ricimer's need for betterc coin to offer Gundobald's mercenaries when preparing for his campaign against the Vandals, but it is difficult to immagine any troops being satisfied with such miserable scraps of metal. (Grierson-Mays 'Catalogue of Late Roman Coin in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection', Washington, 1992, pp. 250-252).

Lot # 609 - Valentinian III (425-455). AE 12 mm., Rome mint, 430-437. Obv. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTOR-IA AVGG. Two Victories, winged, draped, facing eachother, holding wreath between them; in exergue, R[...]. RIC X 2132. AE. 1.22 g. 12 mm. Scarce. Minor roughness and small metal-flaw on reverse. VF.

Lot # 608 - Valentinian III (425-455). AE 13 mm. Rome mint. Obv. [DN VALENTIN]IANVS P[F AVG]. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. [VOT] PVB. Camp-gate; RM in exergue. RIC X 2124 or 2126. AE. 1.27 g. 13 mm. R. About VF.

Lot # 607 - Theodosius II (402-450). AV Solidus. Struck 441-450 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv. DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif. Rev. IMP XXXXII COS XVII PP. Constantinopolis enthroned left, holding globus cruciger and sceptre, resting left foot on prow; star to left; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 312. AV. 4 g. 21.5 mm. Brilliant and choice. Intruguing graffiti in the shape of a cross on obverse. Slightly wavy flan. About EF.

Lot # 606 - Theodosius II (408-450). AV Solidus. Constantinople mint. Struck AD 425. Obv. DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield. Rev. SALVS REI PVBLICAE. Theodosius II and Valentinian III seated facing, each holding mappa and cruciform scepter; star above; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 237; Depeyrot 79/1. AV. 4.16 g. 21.5 mm. RR. Very rare; lustrous and lightly toned surfaces. Light graffiti. About EF.

Lot # 605 - Theodosius I (379-395). AE 13 mm, Constantinople mint, 378-383. Obv. DN THEODOSIVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VOT / V / MVLT / XX, within wreath; in exergue, CONA. RIC IX 63b; C. 70. AE. 1.27 g. 13 mm. About EF.

Lot # 604 - Gratian (367-383). AE 15 mm. Cyzicus mint, c. 378-383. Obv. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in wreath; in exergue, SMKA. RIC IX 22a; C. 77. AE. 1.02 g. 15 mm. Scarce. About EF.

Lot # 603 - Julian II (360-363). AR Siliqua. Contemporary imitation of Arelate mint. Obv. D N IVLIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X within wreath; below, [...]. Cf. RIC VIII 296 (for prototype). AR. 1.58 g. 17 mm. VF.

Lot # 602 - Constantius II (337-361). AR Siliqua, Sirmium mint, 351-355. Obv. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX in four lines within wreath; below, ･SIRM. RIC VIII 17; RSC 342-3f. AR. 3.24 g. 21.5 mm. Dark patina. Scratches on reverse, otherwise. VF.

Lot # 601 - Constans (337-350). AE 14mm, Uncertain mint. Obv. D N CO[...]. Diademed head right. Rev. VOT/[...]XX within wreath. Cf. RIC VIII 116 (Antioch). AE. 1.32 g. 15 mm. RR. Interesting and peculiar double strike on every side, very rare as such. VF.

Lot # 600 - Helena, mother of Constantine I. AE Follis. Constantinople mint(?), posthumous issue, struck AD 337-341 AD. Obv. FL IVL HELENAE AVG. Diademed and draped bust right. Rev. PAX PVBLICA. Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre; in exergue, [...]. RIC VIII 34 (Constantinople mint). AE. 1.59 g. 14 mm. A choice example. Superb portrait, lightly irregular flan, nice dark green brown patina. EF.