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Marc Antony and Octavian denarius portraitsMARK ANTONY and OCTAVIAN. Silver denarius. Moneyer: M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Ephesus, Spring-Summer 41 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P. Bare head of Mark Antony right. Rev: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C. Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243. Weight: 3.91 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
This coin was struck to pay Antony's troops shortly after he and the young Octavian completed their defeat of Caesar's assassins. Several months later would come his first meeting with Cleopatra.
OctavianusSep 28, 2017
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Nero portrait sestertiusNero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (34mm, 23.57 gm, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P, laureate head left, globe at point of bust / S C, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on grounded shield, ROMA in exergue. RIC 517. Dark green patina. OctavianusSep 27, 2017
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Augustus portrait denariusAugustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head left / Oak wreath with the two ties drawn up across center. RIC I 40b; RSC 211. Near EF, banker’s mark on obverse, fine style.OctavianusSep 27, 2017
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Hadrian portrait sestertiusDescription: Hadrian, 117-138 Sestertius circa 134-138, Æ 32mm., 26.08g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. FELICITAS AVG Hadrian, togate, standing r with scroll, clasping r. hand with Felicitas standing l., holding caduceus. C 636. RIC 754. Ex Glendining , April 1952, 2511. From the Ryan Collection.
Hadrian in the last years of his reign, c. 134 to 138 A.D., after returning to Rome from his lengthy journeys through the Empire.
About Extremely Fine, fine style and patina.OctavianusSep 27, 2017
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Caligula portrait asDescription: Caligula (AD 37-41). Bronze as (29mm, 10.02 gm). Rome mint, AD 37-38. Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left. Reverse: VESTA S C., Vesta seated left, veiled, holding patera and scepter. RIC 38. C. 27. BMC 46. Dark green patina.
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Hadrian portrait sestertiusDescription: Hadrian, 117-138 Sestertius circa 134-138, Æ 32mm., 26.08g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. FELICITAS AVG Hadrian, togate, standing r with scroll, clasping r. hand with Felicitas standing l., holding caduceus. C 636. RIC 754. Ex Glendining , April 1952, 2511. From the Ryan Collection.
Hadrian in the last years of his reign, c. 134 to 138 A.D., after returning to Rome from his lengthy journeys through the Empire.
About Extremely Fine, fine style and patina.Octavianus
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Caligula portrait asDescription: Caligula (AD 37-41). Bronze as (29mm, 10.02 gm). Rome mint, AD 37-38. Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left. Reverse: VESTA S C., Vesta seated left, veiled, holding patera and scepter. RIC 38. C. 27. BMC 46. Dark green patina.
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Augustus portrait denariusAugustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head left / Oak wreath with the two ties drawn up across center. RIC I 40b; RSC 211. Near EF, banker’s mark on obverse, fine style.Octavianus
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