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Lot 2023 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 2023 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Gold Aureus (7.18g). Struck as Caesar EF. Rome, under Antoninus Pius, AD 159/60. Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, slight drapery on shoulders. Reverse: Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. RIC 481b; BMC 994; Calicó 1973. Handsome high relief style. Boldly struck and well centered. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000

Ex Goldberg Sale 80 (June 3-4, 2014) lot 3498; Ex Lanz 150, Numismatic Rarities, Dec. 13, 2010, #311 (wrong weight 6.44).

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Lot 2039 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Plautilla (wife of Caracalla), Silver Denarius, 2.99g, 12h. Choice VF. Mint of Laodicea, struck AD 202. Bust facing right, draped. Rev. HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing half-left, holding a palm-branch and a cornucopiae. RIC 371; C 14; RCV 7071. Attractively toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 125

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Lot 2002 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 2002 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Trajan. AE Sestertius (25.58 g), AD 98-117 VF. Rome, AD 113. IMP CAES NER(VAE) TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust of Trajan right. Reverse: PORTVM TRAIANI, S C in exergue, aerial view of Trajan's hexagonal harbour at Ostia, with entrance at bottom, buildings and colonnades surrounding the harbour, and three ships anchored within. RIC 632; Woytek 470v. Very Rare. Some smoothing and tooling. Reddish-brown patina. Struck on a nice broad flan. Very Fine.
Rome in the second century AD was inhabited by more than a million people, a population which no city surpassed until the industrial age a millennium and a half later. To accommodate the needs of such a huge population, the small port at Ostia located at the mouth of the Tiber River fourteen miles distant from the city was greatly expanded during the reigns of Claudius and Nero. Goods off-loaded at Ostia were either transferred to barges that then went up the Tiber or were carried overland on carts and pack animals to the capital city.

Due to its unfortunate geography, the harbor at Ostia was prone to silting and had to frequently be dredged. The emperor Trajan, wishing to expand the facilities and also to help obviate the problem of the silting, ordered the construction of a new, hexagonal harbor further inland behind the original Claudian port, which he finished in AD 113. It is this port, the Portum Traiani, that is the subject of the reverse of this elusive sestertius. The remains of part of the docks as well as the canal that linked Trajan’s port with the Tiber can still be seen today. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000

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Lot 2018 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 2018 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Gold Aureus (6.99g) VF. Struck at Rome, ca. AD 141-143. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius left. Reverse: Genius of the Roman People standing facing, head right, holding scepter and cornucopiae. RIC 70; Calicó -; BMC 209, note; Cohen 407. Matte surfaces, short scratch in reverse field. Very Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000

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Lot 2034 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 2034 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Julia Domna, mother of Caracalla, AD 198-217. Silver Antoninianus (5.4g), minted. Diademed and draped bust right of Julia Domna, resting on a crescent. Reverse: Venus seated left, extending right hand and holding scepter. RIC Vol. IV, Part 1, p. 274, 388 (a) (as Scarce); C-211. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300

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Lot 1997 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1997 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Trajan, AD 98-117. Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm (9.98g) About VF. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor, AD 98. Laureate head right of Trajan. Reverse: Cult statues of Augustus standing facing, holding spear and Roma, crowning emperor with wreath and holding cornucopiae; within distyle temple. RIC -; BMC -; RSC -. Unrecorded in the primary refernces. Cleaned. About Very Fine.
Although the combination of obverse legend with this reverse type is unrecorded in the primary literature, there have been a few examples of the type on the market over the past decade. Estimated Value $250 - 300

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Lot 1965 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1965 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Tiberius, AD 14-37. Gold Aureus (7.78g). Lugdunum. "Tribute Penny" type. Laureate head of Tiberius right. Reverse: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right on chair with orenate legs, holding scepter and olive branch. RIC 29; Lyon 149; BMC 46; Calicó 305a. NGC graded XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5 edge marks. A nice bold strike and always in demand. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000

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Lot 1981 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1981 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Civil Wars. Silver Denarius (3.36 g), AD 68-69 Choice VF. Uncertain mint in Southern Gaul, ca. AD 69. I O M CAPITOLINVS, diademed and heroic bust of Jupiter Capitolinus left, small branch before, with slight mantle showing on near shoulder. Reverse: VESTA P R QVIRITIVM, Vesta seated left, holding patera and torch. RIC 125a; AM 96; BMC 72; RSC 432. Very Rare. Attractively toned. Choice Very Fine.
This interesting Civil War type was struck for Vitellius, perhaps by his commander Fabius Valens, in southern Gaul shortly before the First Battle of Bedriacum, which saw the annihilation of Otho's forces in mid-April, AD 69. The figure of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus invokes the invincible might of Rome, while the figure of Vesta, who was the goddess of the Rome's sacred hearth, symbolizes the Empire's permanence. Coincidentally, the only priestly college in Rome with full-time acolytes was the order of Vestal Virgins, whose duty it was to keep Vesta's flame continuously alight.

Although all Civil War coinage of AD 68-69 is rare today, it was originally struck on a vast scale in order to pay for the wartime expenses of various imperial contenders during this tumultuous period. The types are all anonymous in that they do not portray any of the figures involved, although one issue probably struck under Galba does indeed show the portrait of the deified emperor Augustus. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000

Tom Peterson collection; Private purchase from Tom Cederline.

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Lot 1992 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1992 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Domitian. AE Hexachalkon (4.66 g), as Caesar, AD 69-81 EF. Rome, for use in Syria, AD 74. CAESAR DOMIT COS II, laureate head of Domitian left. Reverse: ANTI-OCHIA, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche (with Flavian features) right. McAlee 417; RPC 2004; RIC 1580. Brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300

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Lot 1960 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1960 - roman imperial coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Augustus. Silver Denarius (3.72 g), 27 BC-AD 14. Superb EF. Caesaraugusta (?), ca. 19/8 BC. Head of Augustus right, wreathed with oak-leaves. Reverse CAESAR AVGVSTVS, two laurel branches. RIC 33a; BMC 352; RSC 47. Lovely old cabinet toning with hints of iridescense. A fantastic portrait of great style struck on an exceptionally large flan. Superb Extremely Fine.
When Octavian was awarded the honorary title of Augustus in 27 BC investing him with supreme power, he was also given the right to decorate his door posts with laurel branches, a sign of martial victory, and the corona civica, an oak-wreath symbolizing the saving of a Roman life. In the case of Augustus, the laurel branches signified his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, and the corona civica was awarded for saving the life of not one citizen but of many thousands when he successfully ending the civil wars. On this coin Augustus is portraying wearing the oak wreath crown - which occurs only occasionally on Roman coins - which by law he was required to do at every public gathering. Estimated Value $30,000-UP

Ex Alberto Campana Collection (NAC 64, 17-18 May 2012), 1033; Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), 203 Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3104.

Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

roman imperial coinage