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Roman Imperial Coinage, Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, Spain, 19 BC, bare head right, rev. OB CIVIS SERVATOS in oak wreath, 3.85g/7h (RIC 77a; RSC 208). About very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Roman Imperial coins, Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, Lugdunum, 7-6 BC, laureate head right, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing either side of simpulum and lituus, 3.56g/9h (RIC 208; RSC 43). Good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £140
Roman Imperial coins, Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Sestertius, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. ROM ET AVG, altar of Lugdunum (RIC 231a; C. 236); Semis, similar (RIC 234 corr., but 1st ed. 363; C. 236) [2]. First tooled, fine, second better £100-200
Hammer Price: £75
Roman Imperial Coinage, Tiberius (14-37), Denarius, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated right as Pax, 3.66g/12h (RIC 30; RSC 16). Small edge chip, good fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
Roman Imperial coins, Tiberius (14-37), As, Rome, 21-2, bare head left, rev. large S C (RIC 44; BMC 91), Quadrantes (2), of Lugdunum, 14-15, his laureate head right, rev. ROM ET AVG, altar of Lugdunum flanked by two columns surmounted by Victories (RIC 32; BMC 62), together with an As of Clunia in Spain with rev. bull left (RPC 452) [4]. The first with green patina, all good fine or better £150-200
Hammer Price: £130
Roman Imperial coins, Caligula (37-41), Denarius, Rome, 40, laureate head right, rev. DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right, 3.73g/6h (RIC 24; BMC 25; RSC 7). Good fine, rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,100
Roman Imperial coins, Caligula (37-41), As, Rome, 37-8, bare head left, rev. VESTA S-C, Vesta seated left, 10.45g/7h (RIC 38; BMC 46; C. 27). Almost very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Agrippina Maior (d. 33), Sestertius, Rome, 37-41, draped bust right, rev. S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE, carpentum drawn by two mules left, 20.25g/6h (RIC 55; BMC 85). Pitted, fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Roman Imperial coins, Claudius (41-54), Denarius, Rome, 41-50, laureate head of Claudius right, rev. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT, draped bust of young Nero, bareheaded, left, 3.31g/6h (RIC 83; BMC 80; RSC 5). Rare, fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £290
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Aureus, Rome, 61-2, bare head right, rev. PONTIF MAX TR P VIII COS IIII P P, EX-S C, Virtus standing left, holding parazonium and spear, 7.72g/6h (RIC 36; BMC 40). Small marks in reverse field, otherwise good very fine £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Denarius, Rome, 66-7, laureate head right, rev. IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter seated left, 2.51g/6h (RIC 64; RSC 121). About very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £200
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Denarius, Rome, 65-6, laureate head right, rev. VESTA, temple of Vesta, statue within, 3.26g/6h (RIC 62;BMC 104; RSC 335). Toned, almost very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Rome, laureate head right, rev. DECVRSIO, Nero holding spear on horseback right, accompanied by a second horseman holding vexillum, 28.42g/7h (RIC 104 var. no aegis on bust). Large flan, scarce without SC, brown patina, light smoothing, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £470
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S–C, the temple of Janus with closed doors (signifying peace) 26.70g/7h (RIC 438; BMC 319). Some pitting and smoothing, good fine, reverse good very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £400
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head left, rev. MAC AVG, S C, front elevation of the Macellum, 13.71g/6h (RIC 402; WCN 507). Rare, obverse smoothing, almost very fine £300-400
£300–£400
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Small module As, Rome, radiate head right, rev. GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius of the emperor standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopiae, 8.93g/6h (RIC 87; WCN 251). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £95
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, radiate head left, rev. ROMA S–C, Roma seated left on arms (WCN 237), and an As with laureate head right, same reverse [2]. Both almost very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), A group of four second brass, comprising a small module As with rev. Genius sacrificing, and three Asses, head left, rev. Nero as Apollo playing lyre, head right, rev. temple of Janus with closed doors, and rev. the Ara Pacis [4]. Good fine or better £200-300
Hammer Price: £240
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), As, Rome, laureate head right, rev. S–C, Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R (RIC 312; WCN 285, 290), another the same, and another similar (RIC 351; WCN 296) [3]. The first very fine, the others good fine and better £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head left, globe at point of bust, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S–C, Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm, II in ex. (RIC 523; WCN 526), another the same, and another with head right (RIC 411; WCN 506) [3]. Almost very fine £150-200
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, bare head right, globe at point of bust, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S–C, Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm, II in ex. (RIC 523; WCN 526), another similar (RIC 411; WCN 506), and another with laureate head left (RIC 525; WCN 522) [3]. The first two good fine or better, the last with Tiber patina, good very fine £200-300
£200–£300
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head left, globe at point of bust, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S–C, Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm, 14.02g/6h (RIC 450; WCN 518). Dark brown patina, very fine £120-150
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head left, globe at point of bust, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S–C, Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm (RIC 523; WCN 526; found at Aylesford, Kent, 1996), another, similar bust, rev. SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C, Securitas seated right, holding sceptre, altar before (RIC 597; WCN 533), and another similar, but head right (RIC 596; WCN 531) [3]. The first two almost very fine, the last good fine £150-200
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head left, globe at point of bust, rev. SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C, Securitas seated right, holding sceptre, altar before, 13.17g/5h (RIC 597; WCN 533). Good very fine, attractive green patina £200-300
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Dupondius, Lugdunum, laureate head right, globe at point of bust, rev. SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C, Securitas seated right, holding sceptre, altar before, II in ex. (RIC 407; WCN 508), another, radiate head right, rev. the same (RIC 191; WCN 193), and another similar, possibly a provincial issue (of Perinthus?) [3]. Good fine to very fine £120-150
£120–£150
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), As, Lugdunum, bare head right, globe at point of bust, rev. S–C, Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R (RIC 543; WCN 593), and two more the same [3]. Good fine or better £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Semis, Rome, laureate head right, rev. CER QVINQ ROM CO, S C, urn and wreath on gaming table, 3.03g/6h (RIC 228; WCN 326). Good very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Æ 20mm, Thyateira in Lydia, bare-headed, draped bust right, rev. double axe (BMC 58), an Æ 21mm, Synaeus in Phrygia, bare head of Nero left, facing draped bust of Agrippina Jnr right, rev. Apollo standing right, firing arrow from bow (BMC 13), a Chalkous of Alexandria in Egypt, laureate head right, rev. L–H, trophy (BMC 186), and a Prutah of the Roman procurator in Judaea Antonius Felix (52-60), palm-branch, rev. NERWNOC in wreath (AJC 234; BMC 1) [4]....
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), A group of four second brass, comprising a Dupondius with rev. The Macellum, and three Asses, revs., Genius sacrificing, Nero as Apollo playing lyre, and the temple of Janus with closed doors [4]. Good fine or better £200-300
Roman Imperial coins, Galba (68-69), Rome, laureate head right, rev. HISPANIA, Hispania walking left, holding poppy, corn-ears in right hand, two spears and shield in left, 3.10g/5h (RIC 155; RSC 82). Toned, good fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Roman Imperial coins, Galba (68-69), Denarius, Rome, bare head right, rev. S P Q R/OB/CS in oak wreath, 3.10g/6h (RIC 167; RSC 287). Abrasion on cheek under tone, good fine or better £180-220
Roman Imperial coins, Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, laureate head right, globe at point of bust, rev. S–C, Victory moving left, holding palladium and palm, 24.45g/6h (RIC 457; ACG 20; C. 256). Reverse surface pitted, very fine £350-450
£350–£450
Roman Imperial coins, Galba (68-69), Dupondius, Rome, laureate head right, rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA S–C, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and rod, 10.43g/5h (RIC 423; BMC 143; C. 109). Attractive red-brown patina, very fine £250-350
£250–£350
Roman Imperial coins, Galba (68-69), Dupondius, laureate, draped bust right, rev. Libertas standing left (cf. BMC 122), another, rev. Pax standing left (BMC 132), an As with laureate head right, rev. Libertas standing left (BMC 144) and an As of Tarraco (or Lugdunum ?), laureate, draped bust right, globe at point of bust, rev. Libertas standing left (BMC p.344 note; C. 107) [4]. Fair to good fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £170
Roman Imperial coins, Civil Wars (68-69), Denarius, a hybrid reissue of Augustus, bare head of Augustus right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. IMP XII, bull butting left, 2.60g/9h (cf. RIC 75 and 178a). Bent at the edge, rare, fine £60-80
£60–£80
Roman Imperial coins, Civil Wars (68-69), Revolt of Vindex in Gaul (March-May 68), contermarked As of Nero from Lugdunum, bare head right, globe at point of bust, contermarked S P Q R on neck, rev. Nero as Apollo standing right, playing lyre (WCN 570), rare, and another two with rev. Victory flying left, holding shield, one countermarked on face, the other on Victory BMC 381; C. 302) [3]. Almost very fine, good fine and fine £180-220
£180–£220
Roman Imperial coins, Civil Wars (68-69), Revolt of Vindex in Gaul (March-May 68), countermarked Dupondius of Nero from Lugdunum, laureate head left, countermarked with two reversed Rs before face, rev. Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm, 13.63g/6h. Very rare, almost very fine, reverse fine £150-200
£150–£200
Roman Imperial coins, Civil Wars (68-69), Countermarked Semis of Nero from Lugdunum, bare head left, globe at point of bust, countermarked VI on head, rev. Roma seated left on cuirass, 5.34g/6h (RIC 480; WCN 618), Legio VI was settled in Spain and supported Galba. Rare, good fine, reverse fair £80-100
Roman Imperial coins, Civil Wars (68-69), Countermarked As of Nero from Lugdunum, 69, bare head right, countermarked before face with monogram of Vespasian, rev. Victory flying left, holding shield. 10.37g/6h. Rare, almost very fine £40-60
£40–£60
Roman Imperial coins, Otho (69), Denarius, bare head right, rev. PAX ORBIS TERRARVM, Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus, 3.27g/6h (RIC 4; BMC 3; RSC 3). Good fine £250-350
Hammer Price: £250
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