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Hadrian
(117-138)
silver
denarius, the reverse depicting Roma seated holding branch and
spear with round shield by chair and looking
remarkably like the "Britannia" found on the pennies
of my youth.Price: £78
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Hadrian
(117-138)
AE Dupondius
the reverse depicting the winged horse Pegasus.Price: £65
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Hadrian
(117-138)
Silver denarius
the reverse depicting Moneta standing holding scales and
cornucopia.Price: £54
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Hadrian
(117-138)
Silver
denarius. The reverse depicts the god Mars standing.Price: £52
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Sabina
(Mrs
Hadrian) Sabina was led a dog's life by her husband who
humiliated her in public and taunted her with his boyfriends.
She despised him. Silver denarius, the reverse
depicting Vesta seated and holding Victory.Price
£88
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Antoninus
Pius
(138-161 AD)
Denarius,
the reverse depicting Genius.Price
£35
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Antoninus
Pius
(138-161
AD) Denarius,
the reverse depicting Salus (Health) feeding snake arising from
altar.Price
£46 SOLD
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Antoninus
Pius
(138-161
AD).
Silver denarius, the reverse depicting Ceres seated.Price
£35
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Faustina
Senior
Wife of Antoninus Pius, Faustina died not long after her
husband became Emperor. He grieved for 20 years, and
honoured her with an extensive commemorative coinage, of which
this silver denarius is an example. The reverse depicts
Juno. Good portrait.Price
£65
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Antoninus
Pius & Marcus Aurelius
Two
Emperors for the price of one! This denarius, struck early
in the reign of Antoninus Pius, depicts his young adopted son
Caesar Marcus Aurelius on the reverse.
2 excellent portraits.Price
£145 SOLD
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Faustina Junior
Anna
Galeria Faustina was a woman of great beauty, who married Marcus
Aurelius in 145 AD. She bore him umpteen children
including the monster Commodus. She had lovers by the dozen,
intrigued outrageously, and quite possibly murdered Co-Emperor
Lucius Verus. However her husband, in the words of Gibbon
"was the only man in the empire who seemed ignorant or
insensible of the irregularities of Faustina . . he
promoted several of her lovers to posts of honour and
profit". She died at Halala in AD 175 whilst accompanying
her husband on a journey to the Eastern Provinces.
Silver
denarius of Faustina Junior, the reverse depicts Ceres seated.
Price
£48
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Lucius
Verus
(161-9)
Marcus Aurelius was very loyal to Lucius Verus and arranged for
the immediate deification of his co ruler after his death in 69
AD. Silver denarius, the reverse depicting Aequitas.Price
£88
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Commodus
(177-192)
Commodus was mad, bad and extremely dangerous. Amongst his minor
faults was the fact that he demanded that his people worship him as
the reincarnation of Hercules. Silver
denarius with nice portrait. The reverse depicts Providentia.Price
£88
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Commodus
(177-192) AE21
of Prusa ad Olympum in Bithynia (Northern Turkey). The
reverse depicts a hexagonal temple.Price
£39
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Septimius
Severus
(193-211
AD)
Severus
was born in Leptis Magna in 146 AD. An outstanding general, he
was proclaimed Emperor by his troops on reaction to the news
that the Praetorian guard had sold the Empire to the highest
bidder (Didius Julianus) He rapidly disposed of Julianus and one
or two other potential rivals and set about improving the Roman
Empire. He did this conscientiously, but so keen was he to
keep in the good books of his troops, he pampered his formidable
forces, and relaxed their discipline to a farcical degree.
Despite this, they could still fight, and when the Scots invaded the
northernmost territory of his Empire, he soon quelled the
uprising and forced them to surrender a large part of Scotland
in exchange for peace. However he became extremely angry
when they reneged on the deal, and so sent a new army to
Caledonia with instructions, not to subdue the Scots, but to
exterminate them. However, before his orders could be put
into force, he died in York on February 4th AD 211
Small
denarius
with very nice portrait, the reverse depicting the soldiers
favourite goddess, Minerva.
Price: £54
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Septimian
Severus
(193-211)
Typically small silver
denarius of this Emperor, the reverse depicts Pax (Peace).Price: £48
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Julia
Domna
Second wife of S. Severus, Julia was described by Gibbon as "deserving
all that the stars could promise her. She possessed, even
in an advanced age, the attractions of beauty, united to a lively imagination,
a firmness of mind and a strength of judgement seldom bestowed
on her sex" I must point out that these were his words
and not mine! After the death of Septimius, she tried to
exert a moderating influence over her ghastly son Caracalla, but
when he was murdered in 217, she considered her position
hopeless and starved herself to death.
Silver
denarius of Julia Domna struck under Caracalla. The reverse
depicts Vesta holding Palladium.
Price
£34 SOLD
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Caracalla
(198-217)
Silver denarius of the tyrant, who became ruler of the entire
Roman world at the age of 10. The coin has a rather nice
portrait of the Emperor of whom it was said "never ceased
to perpetrate cruelties and to inflict oppressions". The
reverse depicts Caracalla sacrificing over a tripod altar.Price
£52
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Plautillla
Silver denarius of the
woman unfortunate enough to marry Caracalla. It is
unlikely that the marriage was ever consummated, but when her
influential father fell from favour and was murdered by troops
loyal to their young Emperor, Caracalla immediately divorced her
and had her banished to the Lipari Islands. After 7 miserable
years, he had her murdered. Silver denarius with a
pleasant portrait. The reverse depicts Concord.Price
£85
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Geta
(209-212
AD) Geta had the misfortune to be the younger brother of Caracalla.
It was intended that the two should reign together, but Geta was
murdered on the orders of his co-ruler who then set about trying
to rid the world of his memory. It is said that anyone so
much as speaking or writing the name Geta was put to
death. Caracalla even attempted to destroy every coin
bearing his brother's portrait. But fortunately,
from a numismatic point of view, he failed!
Silver
denarius of Geta when Caesar (198-209). Reverse depicts Geta
standing beside trophy
Price
£48
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Macrinus
(217-218)
Bronze coin (AE27) of Nicopolis ad Istrum in Moesia
Inferior (Modern Bulgaria). The reverse depicts Nemesis.Price
£35
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