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Coin Sale terms - To view any of the coins below, click on the smaller picture to reveal a larger image. To purchase any of the coins below please use the 'Buy this coin' link to the right of the description. When you have finished adding coins to your order you may use the 'Checkout' option above to pay for your order, either by credit card or other means. 

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Trajan                                                                       
(98-117 AD) Trajan was a welcome relief to the people of Rome at the end of a century that had seen more than it's fair share of cruel tyrants assume the purple.  A genuine military hero, Trajan was adopted as heir to the throne by Nerva, and became sole ruler of the Roman Empire at the age of 45. He refused to pay the annual tribute to Dacia that had been exacted from Domitian, and then defeated them in battle, so adding Daccia (Hungary, Transylvania etc) to his empire.  He set about making new roads and repairing the old ones at his own expense.  He also built a stone bridge over the Danube, a feat hitherto thought impossible.  He died in Cilicea on his way home from a successful campaign in the East.   Silver denarius, the reverse depicting Genius

Price: £50

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Hadrian                                                                       
(117-138) silver denarius, the reverse depicting Annona, who was the personification a successful corn harvest.

Price: £54

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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 with an excellent portrait. The reverse depicts Vesta.

Price £86

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Antoninus Pius                                                  
(138-161 AD) Denarius, the reverse depicting Felicitas (Happiness and Prosperity)

Price £38

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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.

Price £42

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Marcus Aurelius                                                  
(161-180 AD) Denarius, the reverse depicting Aequitas. S4934.  An excellent portrait.

Price £68

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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 Pudicitia

Price £36

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Commodus                                                         
(177-192) Commodus was, of course, mad, and demanded that his people worship him as the reincarnation of Hercules.  This denarius depicts Commodus as Hercules wearing a lionskin.  The reverse depicts the club of Hercules, and names the ruler of the Roman people as that mighty demi-god.. 

Price £240  

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Commodus                                                
Silver denarius.  The reverse depicting Mars.

Price £48

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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.  However 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

Silver denarius of Septimius Severus the reverse depicting Fortuna

Price: £38

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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, the reverse depicting Vesta standing.

Price £56

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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 reverse depicts Mars.

Price £42

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Plautilla                                                               
Unfortunate wife of Caracalla, who was first banished and then murdered on his orders.  Silver denarius, the reverse depicting Venus.

Price £55

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Geta                                                                       
(209-212 AD) Silver denarius issued when Caesar (198-209). Reverse shows Geta standing.

Price £45

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Elagabalus                                                           
(218-222)  Silver denarius, the reverse depicting Fides Militum.  Elagabalus was described by Seth R Stevenson as "One of the most cruel, debauched and shameless wretches, that ever disgraced humanity".  I'm sure his mother loved him!

Price £29

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