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Wednesday November 13, 2019 Roman Imperial Coinage 128 3092 3093 3095 kavel TRUE Inzet Agrippina Minor (+59) 3092 Phrygia / Cadi - AE16 (2.76 g) - Draped bust of Agrippina Junior right / Draped bust of Artemis (?) right (RPC I 3065 / SNG Cop. --) - F/VF, a rare coin 25 Tiberius (14-37) 3093 Commagene - AE Dupondius (AD 20-21, 16.11 g) - TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS Laureate head right / PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII Winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae (RIC 90 / RPC 3869) - VF, some at- tractive earthen patina 75 3094 Lydia / Sardis - AE19 (5.41 g) - Tiberius standing left, raising up kneeling Tyche of Sardis / Livia enthroned right, holding scepter and grain ears (RPC 2991 / SNG Cop. 515) - a.VF, rare 20 3095 AE Semis (Lugdunum AD 12-14, 2.96 g) - TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII Laureate head right / Front elevation of altar of Lugdunum (ROM ET AVG in ex.) (RIC Augustus 246 / BMC Augustus 588) - a.VF, very rare 25 Claudius (41-54) 3096 AE Sestertius (Rome AD 41-50, 25.25 g) - TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Laureate head right / SPES AVGVSTA Spes, draped, advancing left holding flower and raising skirt (RIC 99) - VF, some smoothening and tooling 75 Nero (54-68) 3097 Egypt / Alexandria - BI Tetradrachm (RY 11 = AD 64/5, 11.15 g) - Radiate bust right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunder- bolt, palm over far wing (LIA in left field) (Dattari (Savio) 270 / Emmett 118 / RPC 5283) - VF 30 Galba (68-69) 3098 AE ‘Sestertius’ (later work) - IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR POT Laureate and draped bust right / ADLOCVT Emperor left on stage with officer, speaking to soldiers with standards (cf. Martini, Cavino 1128 ff) - brown patina, a.VF , holed 25 Titus (69-81) 3099 AR Denarius (Rome AD 80, 3.32 g) - IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII PP Cuirassed elephant standing left (RIC 115) - VF. This coin commemorates the dedication of the Colosseum in AD 80, with 100 days of games for the public. 40 3100 3101 3100 AE Sestertius (Rome AD 80-81, 25.13 g) - IMP T CAES VESPAVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Laureate head left / Spes advancing left (RIC 170 / BMCRE 183-5) - F/VF 75 3101 Divus Vespasianus - AE Sestertius (Rome, under Titus AD 80-81, 23.40 g) - Radiate statue of Vespasianus seated right on ornate stool, holding long sceptre and Victoria, set on ornate car drawn right by four elephants, each with its own mahout, DIVO AVG VESP in upper right field and SPQR in ex. / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII around large SC (RIC 143, Titus) - VF, some corrosion and repatinated, rare 250 3102 3102 AE Sestertius (Eastern mint (probably Thrace) 80-81 AD, 25.62 g) - IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Laure- ate head of Titus to right / PAX AVGVST Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae (RIC 498 / BMC 309 / RPC 501) - a.VF, nicely centered 200 3096 3097 3099