73 / 128
71
wings standing right, head left. RIC 85a (S). Cohen
(Traj.) 666 (3 Fr.). Some areas of weak striking.
Mint State
$200
Ex Berk 83, 26 October 1994, lot 547
.
Underweight specimen: perhaps overstruck on an
earlier denarius, though no traces of such an under-
type have survived. The rarer of the two standard
reverse types for Divus Trajan: only one specimen
in Dorchester hoard, compared to 14 specimens
with reverse Altar
.
299.
Antoninianus, 2.90g (11h). Rome, restored by
Trajan Decius, 250-1 AD. Obv: DIVO TRAIANO
Radiate bust of Divus Trajan right with fold of
cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx:
CONSECRATIO Rectangular, lighted altar with
four panels on front and two steps below. RIC 86a
(S). Cohen (Traj.) 664 (3 Fr.). Scarce: 14 specimens
in Dorchester hoard. Good VF
$150
Acquired from Christian Blom, ANA Show, 15
August 1966
.
Probably overstruck on an earlier denarius, as
shown by the coin’s light weight, its broad, thin flan
with multiple edge cracks, and the apparent traces
of an undertype in the obverse field, before Trajan’s
nose and forehead and above the top of his radiate
crown
.
300.
Divus Hadrian.
Died 138 AD. Antoninianus, 3.85g
(8h). Rome, restored by Trajan Decius, 250-1 AD.
Obv: DIVO HADRIANO Radiate head of Divus
Hadrian right. Rx: CONSECRATIO Eagle with
raised wings standing right, head left. RIC 87 (R2).
Cohen (Hadr.) 1509 (30 Fr.). Flan crack at six o’
clock. VF
$100
Purchased from C.H. Wolfe, 24 March 1968
.
Very rare: no specimens with this reverse type, and
only two with Altar, in Dorchester hoard. Divus
Hadrian is one of the four key emperors in the
Divi series, along with Divus Nerva, Divus Marcus
Aurelius, and Divus Septimius Severus
.
301.
Divus Antoninus Pius.
Died 161 AD. Antoninianus,
4.64g (7h). Rome, restored by Trajan Decius, 250-1
AD. Obv: DIVO - PIO Radiate head of Divus
Antoninus Pius right. Rx: CONSECRATIO Eagle
with raised wings standing right, head left. RIC 89
(S). Cohen (Ant. Pius) 1188. VF
$150
Purchased from Bill Kalmbach, Nilus Coins, CICF,
30 March 1996; with earlier Frank Kovacs ticket
.
The rarer reverse type for Divus Antoninus
Pius: only three specimens with Eagle reverse in
Dorchester hoard, compared to 21 specimens with
reverse Altar
.
302.
Antoninianus, 4.42g (7h). Rome, restored by Trajan
Decius, 250-1 AD. Obv: DIVO - PIO Radiate head
of Divus Antoninus Pius right. Rx: CONSECRATIO
Rectangular, lighted altar with two oblong panels on
front, rather than the normal four square ones. RIC
90 (S). Cohen (Ant. Pius) 1189 (3 Fr.). Scarce: 21
specimens in Dorchester hoard. About EF
$150
Purchased from H.G. Spangenberger, 21 February
1968
.
303.
Divus Marcus Aurelius.
Died 180 AD.
Antoninianus, 4.37g (10h). Rome, restored by
Trajan Decius, 250-1 AD. Obv: DIVO MARCO
ANTONINO Radiate head of Divus Marcus
Aurelius right. Rx: CONSE - CRATIO Eagle with
raised wings standing right, head left. RIC 91b (R2).
Cohen (M. Aurel.) 1057 (3 Fr.). Weakly struck. VF
$300
Ex CNG 47, 16 September 1998, lot 1901
.
Though priced at only three francs in Cohen,
Marcus Aurelius is one of the rarest emperors in
the Divi series of Trajan Decius, represented by no