| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 408 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Vespasian, Divus. Denarius; Vespasian, Divus; Died 79 AD, Rome, 80-1 AD, Denarius, 3.17g. RIC-357 (C2), BM-129, Paris-101, C-497. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS. Head laureate r. Rx: Two capricorns on globe supporting shield inscribed S C; the globe is between the capricorns and their tails are not shown.. MS Estimate: 875 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 573 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Domitian. 40-as; Domitian; 81-96 AD, Rome, 88-9 AD, As, 10.35g. RIC-623 (C2), BM-434, Paris-471, C-85 (8 Fr.). Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P Head laureate r. Rx: COS XIIII - LVD SAEC FEC on l. and r., S C in exergue, Emperor accompanied by a lyre player and a flute player sacrificing at altar in front of six-columned temple; legs of flute player obscured by altar. There seem to be two main variants of this type, not distinguished in RIC, one with the flute player to the left of the altar, his full body visible, and the other with the flute player behind the altar, only his upper body visible, as on our coin.. aVF Estimate: 175 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 409 Price realized: 1,250 USD (Approx. 1,161 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Titus as Caesar. Denarius; Titus as Caesar; 70-79 AD, Rome, Late 73 AD, Denarius, 3.12g. RIC-528 (R), C-87 (6 Fr.), BM-91A. Obv: [T CAES] IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS Head laureate r. Rx: [FIDES] - PVBL Clasped hands in front of winged caduceus that is flanked by a wheat ear and a poppy on each side. Rare: no specimens in Reka Devnia hoard; not in the Paris collection; acquired by the BM from the L.A. Lawrence Collection in 1950.Excellent portrait. EF Estimate: 1250 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 1 | Auction date: 16 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 364 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Divus Vespasian, (died 79 AD.) AR Denarius (18,5 mm, 3,05 g.) Rome, under Titus, 80-81 AD. DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS· Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. Foreparts of two capricorns back to back, supporting a round shield inscribed S C; below, globe. BMC 129-34 (Titus). BN 101 (Titus). Cohen 497. RIC² 357. Well toned, nicely centered and struck. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 100 EUR Starting price: 80 EUR |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 504 Price realized: 1,700 CHF (Approx. 1,879 USD / 1,745 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Empire. Vespasian, 69 – 79. Divus Vespasianus. Denarius 80-81, AR 18 mm, 3.51 g. DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS Laureate head r. Rev. Two capricorns supporting shield inscribed S C; below, globe. C 497. BMC Titus 129. CBN Titus 101. RIC Titus 63. Light iridescent tone and extremely fine Ex Lanz sale 120, 2004, 271. Estimate: 500 CHF |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 227 | Auction date: 14 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 485 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Septimius Severus. Denarius; Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, 206 AD, Denarius, BM-343, C-253 (60 Fr.), RIC-274 (R2). Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG Head laureate r. Rx: LAETITIA TEMPORVM The spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing l., with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing l.; below, seven animals: an ostrich at l. and bear (indistinct on this specimen) at r.; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison. Rare: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. This famous type commemorates the chariot races and animal hunt that took place on the seventh and final day of Severus' Saecular Games in 204 AD, as described in the inscriptional acts of those games which were found in Rome in the 1870s and 1930s, and also in the text of Dio Cassius, tacked on to his description of Severus' Decennalian Games of 202 AD by his Byzantine epitomator as we can now see. The games consisted of chariot races, indicated by the racing quadrigas in the coin type, and then a hunt of 700 beasts, 100 each of "lions, lionesses, panthers, bears, bisons, wild asses, ostriches", which were released in large groups from a receptacle shaped like a boat. As C. Clay was the first to observe, the seven kinds of animals named by both Dio and the inscriptional acts are also depicted in the coin type: on good specimens, especially the aureus BMC pl. 34.4, the ostrich and the bear are clear, the lion has a mane, the ass has long ears, the bison has horns and a hump. Two large felines remain, of which we may suppose that the one accompanying the lion is the lioness and the one attacking the bison is the panther.. aEF / gVF Estimate: 1100 USD |  |
