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Lot 3199 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Diadumenian. Silver Denarius (2.80 g), as Caesar, AD 217-218. Rome, under Macrinus, AD 217. M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES, bare-headed and draped bust of Diadumenian right. Reverse PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Diadumenian, in military attire, standing left, head right, holding standard and scepter; behind him, two standards. RIC 102; BMC 87-91; RSC 3. Virtually as struck, lustrous. Outstanding portraiture. Nearly Mint State. This attractive silver denarius was struck in Rome soon after Diadumenian's elevation to the rank of Caesar, perhaps in celebration of his ninth birthday in September, AD 217. The obverse displays the Roman master of coin portraiture during the Severan era and wonderfully conveys the subject's youth and innocence. The reverse depicts Diadumenian standing amid Roman military standards in his role as 'Prince of Youth,' a title traditionally given to the heir to the imperial throne. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ex Goldberg 72 (5 February 2013), 4177; NAC 62 (16 June 2011), 2409; Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), 2762. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3131 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.09 g), AD 69-79. Rome, AD 76. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse COS VII, eagle standing facing on garlanded cippus, head left. RIC 847; BMC 180; RSC 121. Boldly struck in high relief on a large flan and perfectly centered. The surfaces are lustrous and delicately toned. Nearly Mint State. The principate of Vespasian brought much needed stability to the Empire after Nero's reign and the subsequent civil wars of AD 68-69. Vespasian settled disturbances in Judaea and in Britain, as well as smaller uprisings in Cyprus and Egypt. He rebuilt much of Rome, still largely ruined from the devastating fire that swept the city in AD 64, and he extended the citizenship of the Empire. The reverse of this coin is a stock type which alludes to this Flavian peace and prosperity, and perhaps implies the hand of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter, Best and Greatest) to whom Vespasian had paid particular attention, re-consecrating his temple in AD 70. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3176 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Didia Clara. Silver Denarius (2.35 g), Augusta, AD 193. Rome, under Didius Julianus. DIDIA CLA-RA AVG, draped bust of Didia Clara right. Reverse HILAR T-EMPOR, Hilaritas standing facing, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae. RIC 10; BMC 14; RSC 3. Boldly struck and well centered with an incredibly sharp portrait of Didia Clara. Extremely rare and one of the finest known!. Extremely Fine. Other than the fact that Didia Clara, the daughter of Didius Julianus and Manlia Scantilla, was a remarkable beauty and an only child, very little is known about either her life or her personality. On her father's accession, she was granted the title of Augusta, and we also know that she married Sextus Cornelius Repentinus, a career politician who became prefect of Rome during her father's short reign. However, her subsequent fate as well as the fate of her husband after her father was overthrown by Septimius Severus is unknown. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3230 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Tranquillina. Silver Denarius (3.0 g), Augusta, AD 241-244. Rome, under Gordian III. SABINIA TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. Reverse CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 252; RSC 1a. Virtually as struck, nicely toned. Extremely rare and probably the finest of very few specimens known. Nearly Mint State. Tranquillina, the daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus, married Gordian III in AD 241. The couple had no children, and while it is assumed that she survived her husband, her fate after his death is not known. All of Tranquillina's imperial coinage is, inexplicably, extremely rare. Estimated Value $15,000 - 18,000. Ex The Barry Feirstein Collection (NAC, 16 May, 2007), 153; earlier privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3150 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Trajan. Silver Denarius (3.31 g), AD 98-117. Rome, ca. AD 113/4. IM[P TR]AIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust of Trajan right. Reverse S P Q R OPTI-MO PRINCIPI, Trajan's Column: tall column with diagonal bands representing friezes surmounted by statue of Trajan holding patera and long scepter; base with entrance and two eagles, one on either side of column. RIC 292; Woytek 425a; BMC 452; RSC 558. Well struck and well centered. Luster still present and delicately toned. An exceptional example of this popular and scarce type. Nearly Mint State. Trajan's column, completed during his sixth consulate about eight years after his final conquests over the Dacian's under their king Decebalus in AD 106, was an inspiring monument located in Trajan's forum in Rome. A flank of the Quirinal Hill had to be excavated to a height of 120 feet to make room for the forum, and it appears that originally the column was simply a marker of the depth of excavation that was required, the notable frieze being a mere afterthought. The column itself consists of seventeen marble drums, each over four feet tall, overlaid with a frieze approximately three feet wide and 656 feet long spiraling diagonally twenty-three times around the shaft from its base to its summit. The action of the frieze, which is continuous and is divided by conventional uprights such as a tree, a wall or a standing figure, shows 165 episodes of the campaign, and includes more than 2500 human figures. It chronicles Trajan's campaigns in Dacia, and is divided in half, the first representing the First Dacian War of AD 101-102, the latter the Second Dacian War of AD 105-106. Surmounting the whole structure was a statue of the emperor, which disappeared during the Middle Ages but which was replaced in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze statue of St. Peter. In addition to providing entrance to the column, which contains an internal helical stairway to its summit, the base served as sepulcher housing the remains of Trajan and his wife, Plotina. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. Ex NAC 40 (16 May 2007), 699. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3218 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Maximinus I 'Thrax'. Silver Denarius (3.0 g), AD 235-238. Rome, AD 235/6. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus I right. Reverse VICTO-R-I-A AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. RIC 16; BMC 25-6; RSC 99. Boldly struck on both sides and perfectly centered, attractively toned. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3204 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Elagabalus. Silver Denarius (3.1 g), AD 218-222. Rome, AD 221/2. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus right, with 'horn' above forehead. Reverse SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding branch; in left field, star. RIC 146; BMC 232-3; RSC 276. Well struck on both sides, lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. The reverse presents Elagabalus as high priest of the Emesan sun god, El-Gabal, an office he had inherited (or perhaps purchased) through the machinations of his grandmother, Julia Maesa. Elagabalus brought the cult with him to Rome, but due to his religious fanatacism for the Emesan cult and his otherwise perverse eccentricities, he so offended the Roman populace that the Praetorians mutinied and murdered both the emperor and his mother, tossing their mutilated corpses into the Tiber to be washed out to sea. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Goldberg 72 (5 February 2013), 4519 (part). Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3135 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Titus. Silver Denarius (3.22 g), as Caesar, AD 69-79. Rome, AD 79. T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS, laureate head of Titus right sporting slight beard. Reverse TR POT VIII COS VII, slow quadriga left, drawing garlanded cart containing flower. RIC 1073; BMC 256-7; RSC 336. Rare. Last issue as Caesar. Boldly struck in high relief and well centered. Lovely old cabinet toning. Superb Extremely Fine. This coin was struck shortly before Vespasian's death, in the period from January to June AD 79, and is from the last issue of Titus, as Caesar. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. Ex Triton XII (6-7 January 2009), 579. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3177 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Pescennius Niger. Silver Denarius (3.23 g), AD 193-194. Antioch. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head of Pescennius Niger right. Reverse BONA-E SPEI, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. Cf. RIC 3c (obv. legend ends AV); cf. BMC 298 (same); cf. RSC 8 (same). Boldly struck with an incredible portrait of Pescennius, all with lovely old cabinet toning. Very rare and a candidate for finest known!. Superb Extremely Fine. From the scarcity of it today it would seem that Pescennius Niger's coinage was originally very limited. However, the enormous number of minor varieties - such as the remarkably well struck example offered here - shows that this is in fact not the case, and that output must have been monumental. No catalogue of his coinage is without numerous lacunae. The mints involved were, of course, in the East, Niger's primary imperial mint based at Antioch where he held court, and probably a subsidiary mint based at Caesarea in Cappadocia. After three successive defeats at the hands of his rival, Septimius Severus, Niger was finally captured and executed along with his entire family in AD 194. It appears that Severus then ordered the recall of Niger's coinage, and his instructions were meticulously followed. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. Ex Imagines Imperatorvm Sale (Aureo & Calicó, 8 February 2012), 138. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3232 - denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Carausius. Silver Denarius (3.98 g), Romano-British Emperor, AD 287-293. London, ca. AD 287. IMP I CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carausius right. Reverse RENOVAT ROMANO, she-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; RSR (Rs retrograde). Cf. RIC 571; cf. Shiel 68; cf. RSC 82. Very Rare. Toned. Extremely Fine. Carausius was the commander of the Roman fleet stationed in the English Channel who usurped power, gaining control over Britain and of part of Gaul. While the vast majority of his coin types were debased antoniniani as circulated in the official Empire, he also struck aurei and silver denarii of very high purity, the likes of which had not been seen for many years. The legends and types of his denarii, as is the case with the the coin offered here showing the she-wolf and twins motif combined with the legend RENOVAT ROMANO, evoked traditional Roman virtues. This of course is highly interesting coming from a province at the edge of the Roman world, but it clearly espouses Carausius' ideology that he was in fact restoring Rome and not simply another military opportunist as had beset the Roman Empire for the past half century. Of more novel interest is the abbreviation RSR in the exergue. This had always been assumed to be a mintmark, the precise meaning never satisfactorily resolved. However, it turns out that it is not actually a mintmark at all! Guy de la Bédoyère, "Carausius, RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A," NC 1998, pp. 79-88, shows a Virgilian connection, the RSR being an abbreviation for Redeunt Saturnia regna, and INPCDA found on other Carausian coins the abbreviation for Iam nova progenies, cælo Demittitur alto. These phrases come from the sixth and seventh lines of Virgil's Fourth Eclogue on the Golden Age, and translate "now Virgin Justice returns, and Saturn's reign: now a new race descends from the heavens above." Any educated person in the Roman world would have recognized the abbreviation; thus it played perfectly into Carausius's clearly-defined ideology of restoring the virtues of Rome. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. Ex Helios 4 (14 October 2009), 694; A. Lynn Collection; CNG 54 (14 June 2000), 1792. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - the civil wars a.d. 68	In order to view Prices please Login or Join

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