
Julius Caesar
49-44 BC (ca. 40 BC)
AR Denarius (20 mm, 3.85g, 12h)
Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer
Obv: DIVI IVLI Laureate head of
Divus Julius Caesar to right
Rev: Q•VOCONIVS –
VITVLVS Bull standing left.
Ref: Babelon (Julia) 122 and
(Voconia) 2. Crawford 526/2.
Sydenham 1132; Leu 25 #1966
(Author's collection)

Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AR Denarius 18mm, 3.77g, 9h, Lugdunum, group 4, circa 18-35 AD. TI CΑESΑR DIVI ΑVG F [ΑVGVSTVS] Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. PONTIF MAXIM Livia (as Pax) seated right on a chair with ornamented legs, holding scepter in her right hand and olive branch in her left. BMC 48. Cohen 16. Giard 150. RIC 30. ex. Leu 31 #1093; from the L.I.M.B. Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 251 #4863 (Oct 2017), from the Dr. G. S. Coll., privately acquired from the artist Rudolf Hinderer in 1974. (Author's collection)

Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AR Denarius 18mm, Lugdunum mint. TI CΑESΑR DIVI ΑVG F [ΑVGVSTVS] Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. PONTIF MAXIM Livia (as Pax) seated right on a chair with ornamented legs, holding scepter in her right hand and olive branch in her left. BMC 48. Cohen 16. Giard 150. RIC 30. ex. Stack’s (Aug 2023) #53331 (Author's collection)

CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia
Tiberius (AD 14-37) ca. AD 17-32
AR drachm (21mm, 3.67 gm, 10h)
Obv: ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ,
laureate head of Tiberius right
Rev: ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑ-ΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, Mount
Argaeus surmounted by Helios standing facing,
radiate head racing, globe in outstretched right
hand, grounded scepter in left.
Ref: Sydenham, Caesarea 42. RPC I 3620.
ex Edward J. Waddell, private sale
(Author's collection)

ROME.
Tiberius 14 – 37 AD (36-37 AD)
Æ Sestertius 35mm 28.13g
Obv.: Empty horse-drawn quadriga r.;
its side ornamented with trophy,
Victory crowning trophy and captive.
Rev TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F
AVGVST PM TR POT XXXIIX
around S C
Ref: C 67. BMC 130. RIC 66. CBN 116
NAC Spring Sale lot #865 (25 May 2020) (Author's collection)

Drusus, died 23. As (Copper, 29 mm, 11.21 g, 7 h), Rome, struck under Tiberius, 22-23. DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N Bare head of Drusus to left. Rev. PONTIF•TRIBVN•POTEST•ITER arund large S•C. BMC 99. Cohen 2. RIC 45. An attractive example with a fine portrait. Very fine.
From an American collection, ex Stacks, 7-8 December 1994, 2241
(Authors collection)

Claudius
ca. 41-54 A.D. (Rome)
Æ Sestertius, 35mm, 26.08g
Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR
AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate
head right
Rev: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS
GERMAN IMP/ S-C, triumphal arch
of Nero Claudius Drusus, surmounted
by equestrian statue of Drusus to right,
spearing downwards; trophies to
left and right
Ref: RIC 98
(Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar
ca. 69-79 AD, RY 2 = 69/70 AD
AR Tetradrachm (24 mm, 13.23 g, 12 h)
Obv: [ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑT ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑ
ΣΙΑΝΟΥ, Laureate head of Vespsasian, right
Rev: ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ
ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ / B Laureate head of Titus, right
Ref: McAlee 329; Prieur 107A; RPC II 1941;
ex. Leu 32, 1217 (2024), ex. collection of a
Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005
(Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar
ca. 69-79 AD, RY 2 = 69/70 AD
AR Tetradrachm (28 mm, 14.17g, 12h)
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ•ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC
ΚΑΙCΑΡ CЄΒΑCΤΟC Laureate head
of Vespasian to right
Rev: ЄΤΟΥC ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Β Eagle
with spread wings standing left on club,
holding wreath in beak; to left, palm frond.
Ref: McAlee 345; Prieur 122; RPC II 1954;
ex. Leu 32 lot 1224 (2024)
(Author's collection)

Cappadocia. Caesareia. Vespasian, 69-79. Didrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 6.63 g, 7 h), with Titus Caesar, undated but year 9 = 76/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥΕCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΕCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟΥ ΥΙΟC Laureate head of Titus to right. BMC 19. Henseler, 66a (Roman style). Metcalf 4. RPC 1643 (Roman style). Sydenham 102. Nomos 16 lot 1050 (Author's collection)

ROME.
Vespasian 80 – 81 A.D. (died 79 AD)
Struck under Titus
Æ Sestertius 22.95g
Obv.: D/ DIVVS AVGVSTVS
VESPASIAN. Divus Vespasian
seated left, holding branch and sceptre
Rev T CAES DIVI VESP F
AVG PM TR P PP COS VIII
IMP around large SC
Ref: RIC 261
Artemide Aste LIII lot #299
(Author's collection)

Domitian, 81-96 AD (ca. 82 AD).
Rome, for circulation in Asia Minor
AR Cistophorus (25 mm, 10.87 g, 6 h),
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS P M COS VIII• Laureate head of Domitian to right.
Rev: CA-PIT / RESTIT Tetrastyle Capitoline Temple, on podium of four steps; in center, Jupiter seated facing, holding scepter in his left hand; to left and right, Juno and Minerva standing facing, each holding scepter in her left hand; in pediment, anguipede monster; on roof, facing quadriga in center and bigae on corners.
Ref: BMC 251. RIC 842. RPC II 864.
ex Leu Web Auction 20, 17 July 2022, 2417, Chaponnière & Firmenich 13, 16 May 2021, 494 (part of) and Glendining, 24 September 1975, 86. ex. Leu 31 #1139 (Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Domitian, 81-96, RY 9 = 89/90 AD
AR Tetradrachm (26 mm, 14.30g, 12h)
Obv: AΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ
ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ Laureate head of Domitian
to right, wearing aegis.
Rev: ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Eagle with spread wings standing front
on thunderbolt, head to right; in field to
right, palm frond.
Ref: McAlee 399; Prieur 146;
RPC II 1979; ex. Leu 32, 1231 (2024)
(Author's collection)

Domitian, 81-96. As (30 mm), Rome, 88 AD.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P Laureate head of Domitian to right.
Rev: COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC / S C Domitian, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over altar; to left lyre and flute players standing right; in background, hexastyle temple.
Ref: BMC 434. Cohen 85. RIC 623.
(Author's collection)

EGYPT, Alexandria
Nerva 96-98 AD, ca. 96-97 (yr 1)
Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.38g.
Obv: Laureate head r.
Rev: Eirene standing facing, head, l.,
holding two ears of corn and caduceus;
in field, L-A.
Ref: RPC 4114. Dattari 633.
ex. Tenby collection; Naville
Numismatics 94, lot 398 (2025)
(Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Trajan, 98-117, RY 15 = 110/1 AD
AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.66g, 6h)
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС
СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, Laureate head of
Trajan to right, set on eagle standing
to right; to lower left, club.
Rev: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ IЄ•ΥΠΑΤ Є The
Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks,
holding grain ears and poppy head in
her right hand; below to right, river-god
Orontes swimming to right, looking back.
Ref: McAlee 470; Prieur 1498;
RPC III 3540; ex. Leu 32, 1245 (2024)
(Author's collection)

TRAJAN
98-117 AD. Mint in Rome
Æ Sestertius, 35mm, 26.43g
Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO
AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P.
Laureate and draped bust right.
Rev: REGNA ADSIG NATA.
Trajan, holding parazonium in left, seated
left on sella castrensis, set on high platform on right;
beside him two officers standing, one behind to
his left, the other in front to his right, extending right
hand and holding spear in left; before him, on ground,
three kings standing right.
Ref: Woytek 593v; RIC 666.
(Author's collection)

Trajan
Rome, AD 109-110
Æ Sestertius, 24.33g, 32mm, 6h.
Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO
AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P,
laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder
Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI,
Spes advancing to left, holding flower
and raising skirt; S-C across fields.
Ref: RIC II 519; C. 459; Woytek 338b; BMCRE 810.
Roma 117 lot 856
(Author's collection)

Hadrian
117-138 AD
Mint at Nicomedia
AR Cistophorus, 24mm, 10.74g, 6h
Obv: IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO
AVG P P, Laur. draped and cuir. bust
Rev: COM - BIT Octostyle temple on
podium of three steps and with single
pellet in pediment; ROM S P AVG
Ref: RPC III online 970B.1 (this coin).
ex. Eric ten Brink coll., ex Savoca 29th
Silver Auction, 30 December 2018, 193
(Author's collection)

Antoninus Pius
138-161 A.D.
AE Sestertius, 34mm, 27.60g, 12h
Mint at Rome; Struck circa AD 141-143
Obv: ΛNTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P
COS III, laureate head right
Rev: S C across field, ITALIA in exergue,
Italia, wearing tutulus, seated left on globe
with zones and stars, holding cornucopia in
right hand and cradling scepter in left arm
Ref: RIC III 746a; Strack 836δ; Banti 193;
BMCRE 1643
(Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Caracalla, 198-217 AD (ca. 208-211 AD)
AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.99g, 6h)
Obv: ΑΥΤ•ΚΑΙ• ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC•CЄ•Β•
Laureate head of Caracalla to right.
Rev: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•Є•Ξ•ΥΠΑΤΟC•ΤϕÕ
Eagle with spread wings standing facing,
head to right and holding wreath in beak;
to upper left and right, stars.
Ref: McAlee 673; Prieur 212;
ex. Leu 32, 1256 (2024)
(Author's collection)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria (Antioch)
Macrinus, 217-218 AD
AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.05g, 10h)
Obv: AYT•K•M•OΠ CЄ•MAKPINOC
CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed
bust of Macrinus to right.
Rev: ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•YΠA TO: / •Δ• -•Є•
Eagle with spread wings standing facing
on leg and thigh of a sacrificial animal,
head to right and holding wreath in beak.
Ref: McAlee 721; Prieur 246;
ex. Leu 32, 1261 (2024)
(Author's collection)