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Crispina, wife of Commodus, sestertius, Rome Mint 180-182 A.D., reverse:- Salus seated left, feeding snake arising from altar, Sear 6010, nice portrait, VF/NVF

Commodus sestertius F, Augustus as defaced F/Fair, Claudius as, GF/NF, Domitian dupondius, GF/F and a ditto but of Antoninus Pius, VF [5]

Six Roman Imperial coins; a rare Emperor Otho sestertius 69AD, IMP. OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P OT, reverse SECURITAS PR, about F, Emperor Philip I sestertius, Rome Mint 247AD, reverse elephant with mahout, clipped otherwise F and four other sestertius; Domitian 81-96AD, Antonius Pius 138-161AD and Marcus Aurelius 161-180AD, Decius 249-251AD, (F-VF)

Roman and Greek copies - a copy of a sestertius of Volusian, and electrotype copy in copper of a denarius of Sextus Pompey and a bronze electrotype of a coin of Alexander The Great. Three items.

Coin; Nero, Sestertius circa 64-67 A.D., Rev - Roma SC with Roma seated left

2nd-4th century AD. Group comprising: sestertius (Faustina I), dupondius (Domitian), ases (6; Claudius (2), Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian), base antoninianii (3; Carausius, Claudius II and barabrous) and late bronzes of various issues and types (6); each in a plastic coin envelope with descriptive ticket. 119 grams total. Each with old collector ticket. [17, No Reserve]. Fair; few better.

Roman - 138 - 161AD - Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. Rev: Legend - Imperatvs II S.C. (N.B. coin with nice even brown patina, although Rev: die flaw noted), otherwise GVF (1 coin)

136 AD. Rome mint. Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P legend with laureate bust right. Rev: MAVRETANIA legend with Mauretania wearing short tunic standing right holding reins of horse advancing left and holding a single javelin in left hand; SC in exergue. RIC 856 variant (javelins); BMC 1763 variant (ditto); Sear 3610 variant (ditto"). 25.73 grams. With collector tickets. RIC lists five variants for this sestertius reverse type, all with Mauretania carrying two javelins in his left hand (854-856 858-859); similarly, BMCRE lists eight examples (1758-1764); no reverse seems to be recorded having only a single javelin. [No Reserve] Near very fine. Very rare; apparently unpublished variant.

Roman - A worn pitted Sestertius of Domitian and a bronze Follis - House of Constantine - London Mint, this is about fine, first poor

Marcus Aurelius sestertius, Rome Mint 169 A.D., reverse:- Aequitas seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae, Sear 5012, GF

ANCIENT COINAGE etc. A Sestertius of Julia Mamea AD 222-235, with Venvs Felix SC reverse. Another of Maximus Principi Iuve Istutis reverse. A Hadrian Dupondus with R Cos 111 SC reverse. A Sestertius of Antoninius Pius, a base metal coin of Septimvs Severvs with Elephant reverse. Other base metal Roman coinage examples, are in this lot.

GORDIAN III 238-244AD - 31mm "Sestertius" of Viminacium in Moesia. Moesia standing left between lion and bull (the emblems of the 4th and 7th Legions) quartered in The Province, ef/vf

THREE ROMAN SESTERTIUS COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN DENARIUS AND SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

MIXED LOT OF FOUR ROMAN SESTERTIUS TYPE COINS

Sestertius Obv: IMPCAESNERVAETRAIANOAVGGERDACPMTRPCOSVPP - Laureate head right. Rev: SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPI Exe: SC - Trajan riding right thrusts spear at Dacian in front of horse. 103-111 (Rome). RIC 534, BMC 836, C503.

Sestertius Obv: NEROCLAVDCAESARAVGGERPMTRPIMPPP - Laureate head right, Rev: No legend Exe: ROMA - Roma seated left, holding Victory and parazonium; S C across fields. c.65 (Rome). RIC275, C264.

Sestertius Obv: IMPSEVALEXANDERAVG - Laureate head right, Rev: PMTRPXCOSIIIPP - Sol standing left, raising hand and holding whip; S C across fields. 231 (Rome). RIC 513, BMC 809, C415.

Sestertius Obv: IMPMAXIMINVSPIVSAVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PMTRPIICOSPP - Maximinus I standing left, raising hand and holding scepter; two standards to left and one to right; S C across fields. 236 (Rome). RIC33, BMC80, C58.

Sestertius Obv: MCOMMODVSANTONAVGPIVSBRIT - Laureate head right. Rev: VOTASVSCEPDECENTRPVIIIIIMPVII Exe: COSIIIIPP - Commodus standing left, sacrificing over altar; S C across fields. 183-184 (Rome). RIC141, C988.

A SELECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, to include Syracuse Litra head of Zeus & Thunderbolt, head of Athena Dolphin & Satrfish, Hieron II head of Hieron 1, Hieron II head of poseidon ornamental trident, bronze Dilitron Timoleon head of Zeus R Horse prancing, Julia Mamaea Sestertius Bust of Fleicitas, Italy Campania Capua. Zeus, Sicily Centuripae head of Persephone plough and bird, Brettian League head of Zeus Eagle standing E.F. Others (14)

Commodus AD 177-192 Sestertius, rev: Felicitas S.C. Fine to very fine.

Julia Domna Wife of Septimius Severus, brass Sestertius, rev: VESTA S.C. SEABY 6634, fine to very fine.

Divus Antoninus Pius brass Sestertius Divus Antoninus, rev: Pyramidal Crematorium. Consecratio S.C. Spink 5198, about fine.

Lucilla brass Sestertius rev: IVNO LVCINRE JUNO enthroned, about fair

Gordian III AD 238-244 Sestertius rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI S.C. Sear 8714. About fine

Roman and Greek copies - a copy of a sestertius of Volusian, and electrotype copy in copper of a denarius of Sextus Pompey and a bronze electrotype of a coin of Alexander The Great. Three items.

Domitian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 85. IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI, laureate head right, aegis on far shoulder / Emperor standing left, holding spear; German captive kneeling right before, presenting shield set amongst various arms; S-C across fields, broken spear in exergue. BMC 299; RIC 279; C. 488; BN 320. 29.85g, 36mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Earthen encrustations.

Herennia Etruscilla Æ Double Sestertius. Rome, AD 249-251. HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia, veiled, seated left, holding sceptre in left hand and drawing out veil with right; SC in exergue. RIC 136a; C. 21. 30.66g, 33mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare; only six other examples on CoinArchives.

Diva Faustina II Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 175-176. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust right / SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, Diva Faustina as Diana, standing right, with crescent at shoulders, holding long torch in both hands; S-C across fields. RIC 1715 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 64-6/10; Banti 120. 21.46g, 30mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful, untouched patina. Scarce. Falling ill whilst accompanying her husband Marcus Aurelius in journeying to the East, the passing of Faustina II was marked on the coinage with a series of 'Consecration' issues in the usual types, but also with the unusual legend we see on the present piece. Faustina is depicted here as Diana Lucifera (the "Bringer of Light") carrying a lit torch, illuminating the scene of her entry into the afterlife. That Faustina would be received into the firmament, and that the people of Rome and the Empire would appreciate the fact, was clearly very important to Marcus Aurelius as this coin proudly proclaims that she had indeed been 'Received by the Stars'.

Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / Italia, wearing tutulus, seated left on globe with zones and stars, holding cornucopiae in right hand and cradling sceptre in left arm; S-C across fields, ITALIA in exergue. RIC III 746a; Strack 836δ; Banti 193; BMCRE 1643. 30.45g, 33mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine.

Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right; globe at point of bust / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, one hand resting on hip and other holding cornucopiae; modius on garlanded altar between them, ship's stern behind, SC in exergue. RIC 430; C. 14; CBN 70; BMC -. 27.77g, 33mm, 7h. Olive-green patina, Near Extremely Fine. Ex Paulo Morais Leitao Collection.

Vespasian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree, with captive standing right on left and Judaea seated right on cuirass to right; various shields around and behind, SC in exergue. RIC 159; C. 234; BMC 533. 27.27g, 33mm, 6h. Very Fine. Cleaned and repatinated. Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 177, 20 August 2013, lot 11144.

Vespasian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree, with Vespasian standing right on left, holding a spear and parazonium and with his left foot resting on a helmet, and Judaea on right, seated to right; SC in exergue. RIC 733. 23.98g, 34mm, 5h. Fine.

Pupienus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 238. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC 14; C. 15; BMC 10-12; Banti 3. 20.01g, 30mm, 1h. Near Extremely Fine. Slight die shift on reverse.

Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on platform, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; behind Trajan, prefect standing left. RIC 668; BN -; C. 328; BMC 1045. 23.26g, 34mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; reverse smoothed. Very Rare.

Pupienus Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, AD 238. IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. RIC 23a. 23.50g, 31mm, 11h. Near Extremely Fine.

Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 166-167. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR POT XXI IMP IIII COS III, Victory in long dress, advancing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm cradled in her left arm; S-C across fields. RIC 948; Banti 438; BMC 1318. 25.15g, 32mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Attractive emerald green patina.

Postumus Ӕ Double Sestertius. Lugdunum, AD 261. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate,draped and cuirassed bust right / LAETITIA AVG, galley right with four rowers. RIC 143; Bastien 87. 15.92g, 32mm, 6h. Virtually Mint State – apart from a light patina, this remarkable specimen is otherwise exactly as it was when it left the die. One of the very finest known sestertii of Postumus in existence. Ex Roma Numismatics VII, 22 March 2014, lot 1223. Postumus appears to have been an imperial legate of Lower Germany when he defeated a Juthungian army which was returning from Italy, laden with goods and captives (even though they had been turned back by Gallienus at Mediolanum). Postumus had already distributed the captured wealth to the legions he commanded when he received the command of Gallienus’ son and Caesar, Saloninus, to hand over the recovered spoils. Renouncing Gallienus and Saloninus, the troops hailed Postumus as emperor, and proceeded to attack Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium and kill Saloninus. Postumus immediately secured the loyalty of Gaul, Upper and Lower Germania, and Raetia. The following year Britannia, Gallia Narbonensis and Hispania followed suit. Though Postumus relied on the army which kept him in power for a decade, the safety of the provinces was not solely an army matter, for the coasts required protection also, and so it is reasonable that his navy deserved mention on the coinage. The issues which couple the reverse legends FELICITAS and LAETITIA with scenes of a galley probably show that the emperor by no means neglected his navy, and perhaps that it achieved success. The type of galley depicted on the reverse of the present coin could be a navis lusoria, which was a small military vessel of the late Roman Empire that served as a troop transport. It was smaller and narrower than similar earlier vessels, and ideally suited to the rivers close to the Limes Germanicus; the presence of this type of vessel in the Classis Germanica is shown through the discovery of the Mainz Roman ships in 1981-2, thus proving that they operated on the Rhine and Danube.

Septimius Severus Ӕ Sestertius. Rome, AD 203. SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XI, laureate and cuirassed bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis(?) riding right on lion, holding drum and sceptre, over waters gushing from rock; SC in right field, IN CARTH in exergue. Hill, Severus 619 var. (bust type); BMC -; RIC -, cf. 759 (As). 30.84g, 32mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. As he hailed from Leptis Magna in the province of Africa, the production of coins under Septimius Severus bearing this interesting reverse scene and specifically referencing Carthage in the legend have traditionally been taken to mark the granting of a special favour to this city of his native land. It is often suggested that perhaps Severus caused to have built a new aqueduct to improve the water supply, based on the presence of water in the design, though being struck as it was in AD 203 after his successful campaign during the previous year this issue is perhaps more likely to be celebrating the newly expanded and refortified province of Africa as a whole. Although not being named on the coin, that the figure on the reverse is the principle female deity of Carthage, Dea Caelestis, is a generally accepted point. Also understood is Severus' attachment to the province of Africa, and therefore we can assume a continued reverence and worship of the traditional deities of the land by the Emperor. Perhaps then we might see in the scene depicted here the emperor appropriating the local deity of Carthage and carrying her to Rome over the waves of the Mediterranean, just as we see the similar action taken by a later emperor of the Severan dynasty marked in the numismatic record with reverse types showing the transportation of the sacred Stone of Emesa to Rome by Elagabalus in 218.

Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TR P COS III, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / LOCVPLETATORI ORBIS TERRARVM, Hadrian seated left on raised platform, extending arm before him, with Liberalitas, standing left, emptying cornucopiae into folds of togas of two citizens standing right on ground before them; SC in exergue. RIC 585b; BMC 1194; Hill 245. 25.48g, 33mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and in exceptionally good condition for the issue. Known from ancient sources such as Dio Cassius (LXIX.8.1a) to have made regular and generous largesse to the the people of Rome, Italy and indeed many of the provinces as well, Hadrian is here presented as the 'Benefactor of the World' in a reverse legend never used before or seen again on any Roman coinage. Taken with the rare type of the same issue that depicts the similarly unusual scene of a lictor burning the promissory notes relating to tax arrears of nine million sestertii that Hadrian had cancelled, which is accompanied by the legend RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA (RIC 590 ff.; BMC 1206 ff.), it would appear that the munificence of Hadrian knew no bounds. Modern historians have, to a certain extent, viewed this behaviour as simply a means to securing his power in the wake of the scandal surrounding the legality of his adoption by Trajan and the execution of four senators suspected of conspiring against him, however the regularity and continued occurrence of liberalities throughout his reign as we find recorded on the coinage perhaps suggest that Hadrian also had a desire to raise the living standards of the citizenry of all classes and distributed the wealth of the state as he saw appropriate.

Tiberius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 35-36. The Temple of Concordia: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, above altar within hexastyle façade set on podium; entrance flanked by statues of Hercules and Mercury; pediment decorated with statues of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, and Victories in acroteria; wings of transverse cella with windows behind; pediments decorated with statues / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVII around large S•C. RIC 61; C. 69; BMC 116; BN 100. 27.15g, 34mm, 5h. Very Fine. The Temple of Concordia stood at the northern end of the Roman Forum, and was restored by the future Emperor Tiberius in AD 10, as described in Pliny's 'Natural History'.

Septimius Severus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 210. L SEPT SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, two Victories facing, each holding round shield set on palm tree; two captives seated at foot, SC in exergue. C. 547; BMC 186; RIC 796. 17.89g, 30mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Pleasant green patina. Rare.

Claudius Æ Sestertius. Rome, circa AD 41/42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / EX SC OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. Von Kaenel type 54; C. 39; BMC 115; RIC 96; CBN 152. 29.60g, 35mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. A magnificent portrait of Claudius in the finest style. From the James Howard Collection. Struck for his accession, the reverse of this stunning sestertius bears a simple yet pleasing type that highlights Claudius’ familial ties to Augustus while at the same time bestowing upon him the honour of the corona civica, the award traditionally given to those who had saved the life of a citizen. A prerogative that was passed to each new emperor ‘by decree of the Senate’ (EX S C), the corona civica had originally been granted to Augustus for ending the strife of the civil wars and thus ‘saving’ the citizens of Rome.

Divus Augustus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 34-35. DIVO•AVGVSTO•S•P•Q•R, shield within wreath inscribed OB CIVES SER supported by two capricorns; globe beneath / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVI around large S•C. C. 302; BMC (Tiberius) 103; RIC (Tiberius) 54. BN -. 28.72g, 35mm, 1h. Very Fine. Beautiful Tiber tone. Rare. Privately purchased from Roma Numismatics Ltd.; Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 400, 22 April 2010, lot 299.

Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 166-167. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR POT XXI IMP IIII COS III, Victory in long dress, advancing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm cradled in her left arm; S-C across fields. RIC 948; Banti -, cf. 438; BMC -, cf. 1318. 24.63g, 29mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare variant with this obverse legend. Ex Nomisma 48, 26 October 2013, lot 142.

Roman coin group including a Julius Caesar denarius, Tactitus antoninianus, a clipped silver siliqua, Faustina sestertius, Domitian dupondius.(20)

Roman- Julius Caesar 102-44 BC, bronze Sestertius, minted in Italy by Octavian who later became Emperor Augustus, obverse; head of Octavian, reverse; head of Julius Caesar, together with a small bronze Pontius plate AD 26-36, Roman Procurator of Judaen During, reign of Tiberius Caesar, Greek year AD 30 (2)

T. Carisius, Sestertius, Rome, 46 BC; AR (g 1,09; mm 12; h 7); Bust of Diana r., holding bow and quiver over shoulder, Rv. Hound running r.; above, T CAR. Crawford 464/8a; Carisia 7; Sydenham 989.Very rare. Lightly toned, about extremely fine.

C. Considius Paetus, Sestertius, Rome, 46; AR (g 0,85; mm 11; h 12); Winged bust of Cupid r.; below, C CO[NS]IDIVS, Rv. Double cornucopiae on globe. Crawford 465/8a; Considia 10; Sydenham 997a.Very rare, good very fine.

Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Rome, c. AD 64; AE (g 27,44; mm 34; h 7); NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust r., wearing aegis, Rv. Nero on horseback prancing r., holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback holding vexillum; in field, S - C; in ex. DECVRSIO. RIC 170; C 83.Brownish patina, gently smoothed, extremely fine / about extremely fine.

Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Rome, c. AD 64-67; AE (g 26,06; mm 35; h 6); NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head r., Rv. Roma helmeted and in military dress, seated l. on cuirass, holding Victory, l. resting on parazonium; around, shields and arms; in field, S - C; in ex. ROMA. RIC 275; C 264.Riverine patina, high relief, about extremely fine - extremely fine.

Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, December AD 68; AE (g 24,40; mm 32; h 6); SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust r., Rv. Galba, in military dress, standing r. on podium, accompanied by praetorian prefect behind him, addressing two helmeted soldiers, each with shields and one with spear, a horse facing between them. Before podium, two tunicate cursores, and in background, vexillum, signum and aquila; in ex. ADLOCVTIO / S C. RIC 467; C 2; Cayon p. 178, 3 (this coin).Very rare. Portrait well-struck in high relief and a finely detailed reverse; dark-brownish patina and scratch on obverse edge: a nice good very fine.Ex Otto Helbig - München. Antike Münzen, Auction 70 (9 December 1932).

Vespasian (69-79), Sestertius, Rome, AD 71; AE (g 26,17; mm 35; h 6); IMP CAE VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head r., Rv. ROMA, standing l., holding Victory and spear; in field, S - C. RIC I 443.1 var (obverse legend) = II 190; C 418.Glossy dark green patina, gently smoothed, about extremely.

Vespasian (69-79), Sestertius, Rome, AD 77-78; AE (g 26,20; mm 33; h 6); IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head r., Rv. ANNONA - AVGVST, Annona seated l., holding sack of corn ears and resting arm on stool; in field, S - C. RIC I 587a = II 987; C 33.Bold portrait, green patina, extremely fine.