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Imperial Rome beginning,
Emperor Augutus AR Silver Denarius 27 BC -
AD 14. Laureate head right Caius and Lucius Caesars standing beside
captured armor. aVF/F. SR 479/RSC43 | |
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Silver denarius of Vespasian, RSC-364. Obverse : Bust
of Vespasian right, with "IMP CAES
VESPIANVS AVG" around but retrograde.
Reverse : Vespasian seated
right, holding a sceptre and branch, with
"PON MAX TRP COS V" around (issue of AD 74). A nice portrait
of Vespasian. The tops of some letter are off the flan, but
no letter is completely off. 19 mm.aVF/VF
This type was issued to celebrate Vespasian's
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Imperial Rome, Domitian 81 - 96 AD. AR Denarius
of 91 - 92 AD. Rome. 3.85g. IMP. CAES. DOMIT. AVG. GERM. P.M. TR.P.
XI, his laureate head rt.. / IMP. XXI COS. XVI CENS P.P.P., Minerva
standing lt., holding a thunderbolt and spear, shield by her side.
RIC 158. Pleasant VF with a good portrait of the 12th Caesar. |
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Nerva
Den "Fortuna" Nerva AD 96-98 Silver Denarius "May good luck be with
us and grant us success" Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TR P COS III PP
- Laureate head right Rev: FORTVNA PR - Fortuna seated left, holding
corn ears and scepter Rome mint AD 97 = RIC II, 17D, page 224 -
Cohen 79 | |
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Silver denarius.
S-988. Obverse : bust of Trajan right with "IMP CAES NER TRAIANO
OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC" around. Reverse : Virtus standing right,
holding an up turned spear and parazonium,
with "P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R" around (issue of AD 112 or
later). A nice portrait of Trajan and clear image of Virtus.
Just the tops of a few letters are off the
flan. 17.5 x
18.3mm.VF | |
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Trajan
Den "Victory" 2.5gm. Trajan AD 98-117 Silver Denarius "I shall be
victorious" Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM - Laureate head
right, draped left shoulder Rev: P M TR P COS IIII PP - Victory
walking right, holding palm and wreath Rome mint AD 101-102 = RIC
II, 61, page 248 - Cohen 244 |
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Silver denarius.
RSC-1454. Obverse : bust of Hadrian right with "HADRIANVS AVG COS
III P P" around. Reverse : Victory (or possibly Nemisis)
walking right holding a branch, with
"VICTORIA AVG" around. A very nice portrait, but struck on a small
flan and part of both the obverse and
reverse inscriptions run off the edge. 16.5 x 18 mm. gVF |
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Imperial Rome, Hadrian 117 - 138 AD. AR Denarius.
Rome. 3.54g. IMP. CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, his laureate bust
rt., draped on far shoulder. / P.M. TR.P. COS. III, Concordia
enthroned lt., holding a patera and resting her arm upon a statuette
of Spes. RSC 1149d. VF | |
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Silver denarius.
RSC-939. Obverse : bust of Antoninus Pius right with
"ANTONINVS AVG PIVS II" around. Reverse : Liberalitas
standing left, holding a tessara and a
cornucopia, with "LIB IIII" in the exergue and "TR
POT COS IIII" around (a few letters in the reverse
inscription are weak).17 mm. ........ gVF
Liberalitas represents liberality, or
generosity, and coins showing Liberalitas
usually commemorate special occasions on which the Emperors
gave donatives of money and/or provisions to the army and/or
citizens of Rome. She normally carries a
cornucopia (the symbol of wealth or
plenty) and a tessara (a counting board on
with the money for the donative was
counted).
The reverse inscription on this particular coin
clearly shows it was issued for Antoninus
Pius' forth donative, which he handed out in AD 145 on the
event of his marriage to Faustina Sr. These is every
possibility that this coin was one of
those actually handed out at that time. | |
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Imperial Rome, Antoninus Pius 138 -
161 AD. AR Denarius of 151 AD. Rome. 3.06g. ANTONINVS AVG. PIVS P.P.
TR.P. XIIII, his laureate head rt. / COS. IIII, Genius standing lt.,
holding a patera and corn-ears. RIC 196; BMC 717. aEF with a fine
image of this peacetime emperor. |
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Imperial Rome, Antoninus Pius 138 - 161 AD. AR Denarius. Rome.
3.42g. ANTONINVS AVG. PIVS P.P. TR.P., his laureate head rt. / COS.
IIII, Clasped hands, holding a caduceus and corn-ears. RIC 136.
gVF and well struck in fine silver | |
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Marcus
Aurelius Den "Honos"
Antoninus Pius
AD 138-161 Silver Denarius "Celebrating my heir's 2nd consulship"
Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG G II F - Bare head right Rev: COS II -
Honos standing left, holding branch and cornucopia Rome mint AD
145-147 = RIC 429a - Cohen 105 3.30g. | |
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Imperial Rome, Faustina II,
the wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta 147 - 175/6 AD. AR Denarius.
Rome. 3.11g. FAVSTINA AVG. PII AVG. FIL., her draped bust rt. /
CONCORDIA, Concordia seated lt., holding a patera and resting her
arm on a cornucopiae which serves as the arm of her chair. RIC
A502a. Nice VF with a very pretty image of this popular empress. | |
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Imperial Rome, Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180 AD. AR
Denarius of 164 - 165 AD. Rome. 3.48g. ANTONINVS AVG. ARMENIACVS,
his laureate head rt. / P.M. TR.P. XVIIII IMP. II COS. III, Armenia
seated lt., in mournful attitude; before her, vexillum and shield;
lt. hand rests on a bow, ARMEN in ex. RIC 122. Choice VF and struck
in excellent metal. An important historical type recording the
expulsion of the Parthians from Armenia and restoration of the
Kingdom in 163 AD. | |
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Lucilla Den "Pudicitia"
Lucilla (Commodus' sister, married to Verus) AD 165-169 Silver
Denarius "My love for my husband, Lucius Verus, is without measure
for all eternity." Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA - Bare head right, draped
Rev: PVDICITIA - Pudicitia standing left, veiled and holding hand on
breast. Rome mint: AD 165-169 = RIC III, 780, page 276 - Cohen 60,
3.04 g | |
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AAH* Lucius Verus Den
"Captive" Marcus Aurelius AD 139-180 Silver Denarius "Verus' fifth
year" Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX - Laureate head right Rev: TR P
V IMP III COS II - Captive bound and facing the right Rome mint: Dec
AD 165 to Summer AD 166 = RIC III, 548, page 258 - Cohen 286 3.52 g.
Lucius was Caesar under
Marcus Aurelius and would have inherited the throne had he not died
suddenly prior to the death of Aurelius. In the end Commodus
inherited the throne, ending a golden Roman Era. | |
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Commodus Den "Libertas"2.9gm. Commodus AD 177-192 Silver Denarius
"Live free, like a Roman citizen." Obv: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT PP
- Laureate head right Rev: LIB AVG P M TR P XV COS VI - Libertas
standing left, holding pileus and rod Rome mint AD 190 = RIC III,
208D, page 389 - Cohen 282 | |
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