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010 AugustusDivus Augustus Æ . Commemorative by Tiberius. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left / Eagle standing on globe facing, wings spread, head right, S C at sides. RIC 82
Click and enlarge for better photoRandygeki(h2)03/11/11 at 22:34Soxfan: very nice
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RIC 116 TitusAR Denarius, 3.18g
Rome mint, 80 AD
Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.
Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P; Elephant, stg. l.
RIC 116 (C). BMC 47. RSC 304. BNC 41.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A reverse type that commemorates the opening games of the Flavian Amphitheatre. Elephants were featured in those first games and Martial in his book On the Spectacles actually mentions an elephant, who after dispatching a bull in the arena, knelt before the emperor! Perhaps a neat trick the trainer had taught the beast. This is the rarer left facing portrait variety of the type.
A really nice portrait with a fantastic elephant on the reverse.David Atherton02/11/11 at 22:29Soxfan: great coin!
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Augustus Æ As by TiberiusDIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Star above head of Augustus , thunderbolt before
SC
Livia seated right, holding patera and sceptre
Rome
15, 16 AD
10.75g
Sear 1788, RIC 72
Dark green/black patina. Great portrait!
Ex-Tater's
Jay GT402/08/11 at 06:45Soxfan: well done, very nice
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20-10 BC Octavian and AgrippaAugustus & Agrippa AE Dupondius
IMP DIVI F
back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, bare
COL NEM
palm shoot, crocodile before (not chained), two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip
Nemausus Mint
20-10 BC.
RPC 523
15.93g Heavy Early Issue!
Jay GT412/28/10 at 22:02Soxfan: I have one like this, its one of my favorites, nic...
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RIC 0002 Vespasian denariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right
IVDAEA
Judaea as mourning captive seated right on ground at foot of trophy.
Celebrating the success of Vespasian and Titus in quelling the first Jewish Revolt. Portrait looks like a cross between Otho and Vitellius
Rome 69-70 AD
RIC 2 (C2); Sear 2296; Hendin 6509 (6th)
3.285g
Ex-Forum from the Maridvnvm collection
Jay GT412/28/10 at 22:01Soxfan: very nice!
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AUGUSTUS and AGRIPPA Nemausus. Æ Dupondius (13.02 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 10-14. Head of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown, and head of Augustus right, wearing oak wreath, back to back.IMP above, DIVI F below, P-P across field. / Chained crocodile standing right; palm and filleted wreath behind; palms on either side of stem base.COL NEM across field. RPC I 525; RIC I 160. Dark chocolate brown patina.benito11/24/10 at 10:45Soxfan: Very nice
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DomitianDOMITIAN AE as. Struck at Rome, September - December 82 AD .IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M, laureate head right. Reverse - TR P COS VIII DES VIIII P P, Minerva advancing right, holding spear & shield, S C in fields. RIC 242aSoxfan10/05/10 at 02:03Soxfan: Thanks!
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