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167.
Nerva.
96-98 AD. Tetradrachm, 15.45g (11h).
Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, Year
1=96/7 AD. Obv: AVT NEPOVΣ - KAIΣ ΣEB Bust
laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes
on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: ETOVΣ.
- NEOV.IEPOV. - A Eagle with wings raised stand-
ing right on thunderbolt, palm branch in right field.
McAlee 419. Prieur 149 (87 spec.). RPC 3467.
Excellent toned portrait of Nerva struck in high
relief. Near Mint State
$4,000
Ex Berk 198, 7 July 2016, lot 210. Ex Heritage
CICF Sale 3032, 10 April 2014, lot 2380 (then in
NGC capsule, graded “AU
★
5/5 - 5/5, fine style”)
.
168.
Trajan.
98-117 AD. Aureus, 7.35g (7h). Rome,
114-6 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO
OPTIMO AVG GER DAC Bust laureate, draped,
cuirassed right. Rx: P M TR P COS VI P P SPQR
Bonus Eventus, nude, standing left holding patera
and two wheat ears. MIR 517f (53 specimens).
Calicó 1067. BM 545. Paris 810, pl. 46 (same
reverse die). Cohen 275 (40 Fr.). RIC 347 (C). M.
Beckmann, Trajan’s Gold Coinage, AD 112-117,
AJN 19, 2007, p. 102, dies d61/BE5, recording one
specimen. Mint State
$8,000
Ex Stack’s, December 2001, lot 27
.
169.
Dupondius, 13.33g (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES
NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M
TR P COS VI P P Bust radiate, draped right, seen
from side. Rx: FORT RED and S C in exergue,
SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS around,
Fortuna Redux, veiled, seated left holding rudder
and cornucopia. MIR 540v (20 spec.). BMC 1029.
Cohen 160. RIC 653. Mint State. Beautiful brown
surfaces
$3,000
Ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, lot 417
.
170.
AE 25, 15.70g (1h). Sepphoris, Judaea. Obv:
TPAIANOΣ AVTO - KPATΩP EΔΩKEN Head
laureate right. Rx: ΣEΠΦΩ - PHNΩN in two lines
within wreath. RPC 3936 (38 spec.). Green patina-
tion with yellow earth on surfaces. About EF
$1,000
Exquisite Rare Plotina
171.
Plotina, Wife of Trajan.
Denarius, 3.20g (7h).
Rome, 112-4 AD. Obv: PLOTINAAVG IMP
TRAIANI Bust draped right with stephane. Rx:
CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI P P around,
ARA PVDIC in exergue. Altar decorated with relief
of Pudicitia standing on curule chair. MIR 707 (21
specimens). BM 529. Paris 682. Cohen 7 (150 Fr.).
RIC 733 (R3). Exquisite portrait of Plotina with
highly unusual rare reverse. Mint State
$15,000
Ex Gadoury, 3 December 2016, lot 50
.
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