Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 6104

Price realized: 450 USD   (Approx. 413 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Diva Julia Titi. Died AD 91. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 22.24 g, 6h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 92-94. Carpentum drawn right by two mules / Legend around large S • C. RIC II.1 760 (Domtian). Tan and brown patina, a few scratches, cud at edge on obverse. Fine. Rare.

From the Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 6123.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557Auction date: 6 March 2024
Lot number: 351

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 322 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 27.09 g, 6h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Struck under Nerva, AD 98. Laureate head of Divus Augustus right / Legend around large S • C. RIC II 136; Komnick Type 4.0, 57 (V18/R26 – this coin referenced). Mottled red and brown patina, some green, smoothing marks. VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 499 (1 September 2021), lot 377; Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 879.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 767

Price realized: 3,500 USD   (Approx. 3,206 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.00 g, 11h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-141. DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / CONSE CRATIO, S C in exergue, funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by charioteer in biga right. RIC III 1135 (Pius); Beckmann dies (daf9/FP2); Strack 1238 (Pius); Banti 61 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1429; Mazzini 186 (this coin). Dark green and brown patina, some roughness, flan crack. Good VF. Exceptional for type.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 19145 (ND); Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (publ. 1957).

The funeral pyre depicted on this sestertius is much more elaborate than those usually seen on other Roman consecration coins. The tiered structure is adorned with columns, garlands and what appear to be temple doors.

Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 654

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


Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.65 g, 6h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Komnick Group I.1, under Titus, AD 80-81. Augustus seated left on throne with back, holding branch and scepter, foot on footstool; lighted altar to left / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, REST above S C in center. RIC II.1 399 (Titus); Komnick Type 1.0, 12.34 (V3/R10) = CNR VI 942 (this coin). Dark green and brown patina, a few hard green deposits. VF.

From the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex George Bauer Collection (Glendining, 23 January 1963), lot 1144; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 180; Egger XXXIX (15 January 1912), lot 670.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551Auction date: 29 November 2023
Lot number: 418

Price realized: 375 USD   (Approx. 343 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Diva Julia Titi. Died AD 91. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.16 g, 5h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 92-94. Carpentum drawn right by two mules / Legend around large S • C. RIC II.1 760 (Domtian). Green and brown patina, scratches on obverse. Good Fine.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553Auction date: 3 January 2024
Lot number: 477

Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 453 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Diva Julia Titi. Died AD 91. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.53 g, 5h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 91. Carpentum drawn right by two mules / Legend around large S • C. RIC II.1 717 (Domitian). Dark green patina, pitting, scratches, areas of smoothing, some deposits. Good Fine.

From the Conti Collection.


Estimate: 100 USD