1082. Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, ALIM • ITAL in exergue, Trajan, togate, standing left, holding roll in left hand, extending right hand towards boy and girl to left, who stand right, the boy extends left hand up towards Trajan, the girl stretches both hands. RIC II 93 var. (not cuirassed); Woytek 345f; Strack 155; Calicó 984; BMCRE 378-380; BN 427-430. Good VF, toned. ($7500) From the RCM Collection. Ex Lanz 135 (21 May 2007), lot 633.
1083. Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa Autumn AD 116-August AD 117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTI M AVG GERM DAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R •, radiate and draped bust of Sol right. RIC II 329f; Woytek 572f; Strack 253; Calicó 1038b/1038a (same obv./rev. dies as illustrations); BMCRE 621-623; BN 880-882. Good VF. ($7500)
1084. Diva Marciana. Died AD 112/4. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.32 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck September AD 112-117. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust of Marciana to right, wearing stephane, elaborately arranged and ornamented coiffure, and pearl necklace / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing left on ground line, head and tail right, with wings displayed. RIC II 743; Woytek 717 (this coin referenced); Strack 198; Calicó 1152 = Biaggi 560 = Jameson 96 (this coin); BMCRE 647; BN 754. VF, small die break in exergue of reverse. Very rare. ($10,000) Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 33 (6 April 2006), lot 480; L. Biaggi Collection, 560; Robert Jameson Collection, 96; Frank McClean Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 50.
1085. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Hadrian right on horseback, raising right hand. RIC II 186; Strack 146; Calicó 1215a; BMCRE 433. Near EF, minor die break in obverse field by forehead. Impressive portrait. ($10,000)
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