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Divus Augustus SestertiusObv.
DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R
Statue of the deified Augusts riding left in Quadriga pulled by four elephants, who each have their own mahout
Rev.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVI
Large SC
Struck by Tiberius 34-35 A.D. in honour of the deified Augustusancientdave08/02/09 at 05:28matthijspatrick: Very nice coin !
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Trajan SestertiusIMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP CO VI PP
Trajan facing right with aegis on front shoulder and behind the neck of the portrait.
Rev. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC in Ex
Trajan on horseback holding spear and victory
Rome 112-114 AD
Rare
RIC 599
34mm 23.6g
Ex-Arcade coins
SOLD!
Comments from Mr. C. Clay:
"The interest of this rev. type, apart from its rarity on sestertii, is that it apparently represents the famous equestrian statue of Trajan in his Forum, which mightily impressed Constantius II when he visited Rome in 357 AD, but of which nothing is today extant.
This interpretation of the type is based on its date, soon after 1 Jan. 112 (Trajan COS VI), which we know was the dedication date of the Forum. Other coins of similar date explicitly commemorated the Forum, with legends FORVM TRAIANI and BASILICA VLPIA, and the horseman coin type make a very statuesque impression, the upright spear in the emperor's right hand hitting the ground and apparently providing support for that corner of the statue, in place of the raised right foreleg of the horse.
Moreover, when Septimius Severus used a very similar type on his own coins, he joined it with the famous Trajanic rev. legend SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, the only time this legend appeared in Septimius' coinage. Who can doubt that these coins commemorate the Senate's vote of an equestrian statue to Septimius too, and that this statue deliberately imitated the famous one of Trajan in his Forum, explaining why the Trajanic legend was revived for the rev. type?"
Jay GT407/20/09 at 09:44matthijspatrick: Nice and very rare coin
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Egypt, Alexandria, Trajan, Geissen 636Trajan, AD 98-117
AE - drachm, 33.58mm, 21.83g
Alexandria, AD 113/114 (year 17?)
obv. [AVT TRAIAN CEB GERM]
bust, draped and wreathed with corn-ears(?), r.
rev. Dionysos in long garment and holding thyrsos in r. hand, std. l. in biga with two panthers l; the panther in front with raised l. foot and looking r.
in field LIZ(?) (year 17)
rwef. Geissen 636
F/F+, worn obv. but rev. with nice coloured patina
The correct attribution depends on the date in the field of the rev. which can't be identified for sure.
Jochen07/18/09 at 17:28matthijspatrick: Gorgious !
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Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian, Dattari 7901Hadrian, AD 117-138
AE33, drachm, 22.10g
Alexandria, AD 133/134 (year 18)
obv. AVT KAIC TRAIAN - ADRIANOC CEB
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. Agathodaimon, bearded, erected r., and Uraeus-Snake, erected l., confronted;
Agathodaimon, representing Osiris, wearing shkent (double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt) and
holding kerykeion with his tail; Uraeus-Snake, representing Isis, wearing crown of Isis (sundisk
between horns) and holding sistrum.
across field L IH (year 18)
Ref.: Dattari 7901
Very rare, VF
Thanks to Salem!
For more information please look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.
Jochen07/18/09 at 17:27matthijspatrick: I collect Alexandrian drachms, and this is a fasci...
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Antoninus Pius --AE DrachmAntoninus Pius --AE Drachm, Alexandria. R: Agathodaemon (serpent) with head of Serapisfeatherz07/18/09 at 17:26matthijspatrick: Wow !
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Alexandria - Bronze drachm of HadrianObv. legend out of flan ; laureate bust of Hadrian.
Rev. : Decorated front of Egyptian temple, the cultus statue is visible between the pylons.
AE 32 mm, 20.63 gGinolerhino07/18/09 at 17:25matthijspatrick: Gorgious coin !
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Antoninus Pius, Alexandria, DrachmÆ-Drachme, Alexandria (Aegyptus);
Dattari 2862 and 8723 is this same rev. type for Ant. Pius, LKB = Year 22 = 158/9 AD.
Diameter: 32 mm
Weight: 21 g
Obv.: AVT K TPAIAN AEL ANTWNINOC CE; laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev.: Sarapis seated, l., holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; to l., Demeter standing, r., holding torch; to r., Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; all wearing kalathos, all on galley with oars
"Definitely a rare type. Not in the rich Cologne collection for Ant. Pius, and Dattari, in the best collection of Alexandrian coins ever assembled, had only two worn specimens." Curtislclay.Tanit07/18/09 at 17:24matthijspatrick: Absolutely fascinating !
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