RM3922 Tiberius (AD 14-37), ¿ Denarius, Lugdunum, laureate head right,TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right,holding olive-branch and sceptre (RIC 26; C. 16), toned, almost EF £375RM3928 Hadrian (AD 117-138), ¿ Denarius, 137, bare head right, HADRIANVSAVG COS III P P, rev. SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding from patera a snakecoiled round altar (RIC 267; C. 1335), about EF £225RM3923 Otho (AD 69), ¿ Denarius, bare head right, IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P,rev. VICTORIA [OTHONI]S, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palmbranch(RIC 14; C. 27), toned, good F £485RM3929 Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), ¿ Denarius, laureate head right,ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev. COS IIII, clasped right hands holding caduceus andcorn-ears (RIC 136; C. 344), lustrous, good EF £200RM3924 Titus (AD 79-81), ¿ Cistophorus, struck at Rome for circulation inAsia Minor, AD 80/1, laureate head right, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M,rev. Aquila between two standards, one surmounted by hand, the other by abanner (RIC, 2nd ed. 516; RPC 861), minor metal flaw in left rev. field, lightgraffito before bust, toned, rare, very fine £550RM3930 Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Æ 30mm (Sestertius), Philippopolis,Thrace, laureate head right, AVT AI AΔPIA ANTΩNEINOC, rev. HYE ΓAPΓIΛI ANTIKOVΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, the river-god Hebros reclining left over water, holdingbranch and leaning on rock (SNG Copenhagen 768), dark brown patina, goodsurfaces, unusually fine, almost extremely fine £770RM3925 Titus (AD 79-81), ¿ Denarius, laureate head right, IMP TITVS CAESVESPASIAN AVG P M, rev. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, throne with triangular back(RIC 124; C. 313), bright, EF/almost EF £350RM3931 Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), ¿ Denarius, 160/1, bare head right,AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, rev. COS II, Honos standing left, holding branch andcornucopia (RIC 429a; C. 110), lustrous, EF £220RM3926 Nerva (AD 96-98), ¿ Denarius, 96, laureate head right, IMP NERVA CAESAVG P M TR P COS II P P, rev. FORTVNA AVGVST, Fortuna standing left, holding rudderand cornucopia (RIC 4; C. 59), lustrous, good VF/VF £220RM3932 Faustina Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius, ¿ Denarius, diademed,draped bust right, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, rev. FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing halfright, holding infant and sceptre (RIC 677; C. 99), toned, EF £170RM3927 Nerva (AD 96-98), Æ Dupondius, 97, radiate head right, IMP NERVA CAESAVG P M TR P COS III P P, rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S – C, Libertas standing left, holdingpileus and sceptre (RIC 87; C. 116), brown patina, good portrait, good VFalmostEF £335RM3933 Commodus (AD 177-192), Æ Sestertius, 184/5, laureate head right, MCOMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, rev. VICT BRIT in ex., SALVS P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P,S – C, Victory seated right on shields, inscribing shield held on her knees(RIC 452; C. 946), green-brown patina, scarce, VF £500Ex Duke of Argyll collection, with its original ticket306 NUMISMATIC CIRCULAR
RM3934 Commodus (AD 177-192), Æ Dupondius, 183, radiate head right, MCOMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, rev. TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, S – C, Fortuna standingleft, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia (RIC 388; C. 901), brown patina,good VF £275RM3940 Volusian (AD 251-253), Æ Sestertius, 252, laureate, draped andcuirassed bust right, IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, rev. IVNONI MARTIALI, S – C, statueof Juno in distyle shrine (RIC 252a; C. 41), the issue is an invocation of Juno forhelp with a plague, brown patina with a “dusting” of green, about EF/VF £495RM3935 Caracalla (AD 198-217), ¿ Antoninianus, 215, radiate, cuirassedbust right, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, rev. P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Sol left,mounting galloping quadriga left (RIC 265; C. 289), VF £90RM3941 Gallienus (AD 253-268), Æ 28mm, Berytos, Phoenicia, laureate,cuirassed bust right, IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, rev. COL IVL AVG FEL, Astartestanding facing, left foot on prow, being crowned by a small Victory standingon column on right, BER in ex. (BMC 264), about VF £110RM3936 Macrinus (AD 217-218), ¿ Denarius, 217, laureate, draped bustright, IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, rev. P M TR P II COS P P, Macrinus seated left oncurule chair, holding globe and sceptre (RIC 27; C. 51), a superb coin struckfrom fresh dies, FDC £495RM3942 Diocletian (AD 284-305), Æ Antoninianus, Lugdunum, radiate bustleft, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, IMP DIOCLETIANVSAVG, rev. SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in her arms frompatera, C in ex. (RIC 89), residual silvering, EF £60RM3937 Elagabalus (AD 218-222), ¿ Antoninianus, 218, radiate, draped bustright, IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, rev. FIDES EXERCITVS, Fides seated left, holdingeagle and standard, another standard before her (RIC 70; C. 31), remarkableportrait, lustrous, good EF £170RM3943 Maximian (AD 286-305), Æ Antoninianus, radiate, draped bust right,IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG, rev. CONCORDIA MILITVM, Maximian standing right,receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, S in field, XXI. in ex.(RIC 595), much residual silvering, almost EF £45RM3938 Elagabalus (AD 218-222), ¿ Antoninianus, radiate, draped andcuirassed bust right, IMP ANTONINVS AVG, rev. VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left,holding Victory in right hand, sceptre in left, leaning on shield set on helmet(RIC -; C -), apparently unpublished, EF £125RM3944 Licinius I (AD 308-324), Æ Follis, Cyzicus, 317-320, laureate, drapedbust left, holding globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right, IMP LICI-NIVSAVG, rev. IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe,and sceptre, wreath on left, Z on right, SMK in ex. (RIC 9), fully silvered, goodEF £160RM3939 Elagabalus (AD 218-222), ¿ Denarius, 218/9, laureate, draped andcuirassed bust right, IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, rev. SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salusstanding right, feeding serpent held in her arms from patera (RIC 140;C. 258), about EF £100RM3945 Licinius II, Caesar (AD 317-324), Æ Follis, Heraclea, 318-320,laureate, draped bust right, holding globe and sceptre in right hand, mappain left, D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, rev. PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with threeturrets, Λ on right, SMKΓ in ex. (RIC 49), almost fully silvered, EF £95DECEMBER 2008 307
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