Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552Auction date: 13 December 2023
Lot number: 463

Price realized: 2,500 USD   (Approx. 2,318 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 5.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, circa AD 88-89. Draped bust right; hair in long plait / Peacock standing facing, head left, hail 'in splendor'. RIC II.1 683; Calicó 809. Lightly toned, ex-jewelry, polished, rims upturned from edge hammering, edge chip from bezel, some smoothing. Fine. Rare. Sold As Is, No Returns.

From the Joshua Lee Collection. Ex Aventine Numismatics; Sotheby's (17 November 1983), lot 281.


Estimate: 4000 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 527

Price realized: 950 USD   (Approx. 886 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. Æ Dupondius (26.5mm, 11.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Draped bust right, wearing hair piled high in front and coiled in bun at back / Vesta seated left, holding Palladium and scepter. RIC II.1 398 (Titus). Dark green patina, lighter on the high points, scratch on obverse, minor porosity on reverse. VF. Attractive portrait.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551Auction date: 29 November 2023
Lot number: 417

Price realized: 225 USD   (Approx. 206 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 2.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / Venus, seen half from behind, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter and crested helmet. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus). Toned, small lamination error, scratches, light hairlines, minor deposits. Near Fine.

Lot includes a David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 489

Price realized: 3,250 USD   (Approx. 3,018 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair in long plait at back / Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter and crested helmet. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14. Lustrous, perfectly centered, attractive light toning. Good VF. Excellent reverse.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 738

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F •, diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / VENVS AVGVST, Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter and crested helmet. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus); BN 106-7 (Titus). Iridescent toning, light marks under tone. EF.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 902 (hammer CHF 7500); Tkalec (27 October 2011), lot 164.


Estimate: 5000 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 919

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


Aelia Flaccilla. Augusta, AD 379-386/8. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Theodosius I, AD 383-384. Diademed, draped, and mantled bust right, wearing earring and necklace / Victory seated right, supporting shield set on column and left knee with left hand and inscribing Christogram on it with stylus; CONOB. RIC IX 48; Depeyrot 36/1; Biaggi 2308. Lightly toned with some underlying luster, trace deposits. EF. Very rare.

From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 1038 (hammer CHF 26,000).

Empress Aelia Flaccilla is venerated as Saint Aelia Flaccilla in the Orthodox Church partly on account of her pious and dedicated maintenance of the Nicene Creed during a time where heretical beliefs (namely Arianism) were rampant throughout the empire. In one notable instance, Sozomen recounts in his Historia Ecclesiastica that Flaccilla orchestrated denying an audience between the emperor, Theodosius I, and Eunomius of Cyzicus (a leader of the radical Anomoean sect of Arianism). Arians rejected that Christ was "begotten not made, of one being with the Father," or "consubstantial," and instead considered Christ to be a created being. The Anomoeans went further by stating that Christ was neither of like nature with the Father.

Empress Flaccilla was wary of the influence Eunomius might have on the emperor and his Orthodox beliefs. Sozomen recounts that, "[Eunomius'] reputation reached the ears of the emperor, who would gladly have held a conference with him; but the empress Flacilla studiously prevented any interview from taking place between them, for she feared lest Eunomius might, by his powers of disputation, induce a change in the sentiments of the emperor" (Sozomen, Book VII, Chapter 6). Evidentially, Flaccilla was successful as Eunomius eventually ran afoul of Theodosius' declaration of faith and was among the rebel leaders who were banished.

Estimate: 20000 USD