Rome, Augustus, 2 BC – 4 AD. Aureus. Laureate head. Rv: Caius and Lucius standing. RIC 206. Good VF $6750.00

Rome, Tiberius, 1 4-37 AD. Gold Aureus. Laureate head. Rv: Livia std right. RIC 29. Good VF $4750.00

Rome, Vespasian, 69-70 AD. Gold Aureus. Laureate head. Rv: Head of Titus and Domitian. RIC 2. Very rare. VF $5500.00

Rome, Antoninus Pius, 142-3 AD. Aureus. Laureate bearded bust r. Rv: Victory with standard r. IMPERATOR II. BMC 492. Rare. EF $9750.00
Celebrates the victories in Britain, and is issued at the construction of the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

Rome, Diocletian, 285 AD. Aureus. Laureate bearded bust r. Rv: Mars walking r. MARS VICTOR. RIC 2. EF $9750.00

Byzantinium, Justinian II, 685-695 AD, First reign. Gold Solidus. C. 692, Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, his hand in benediction, holding the gospels, JESUS CHRIST LORD KING OF THOSE REIGNING. Rv: Emperor standing l. with cross, JUSTINIAN SERVANT OF CHRIST. S.1248. Rare. VF+ SOLD
Very first, and finest, depiction of Christ on a coin. The obverse is inspired by the early iconic depiction of all powerful Christ Pantocrator.

Rome, Cestianus Norbanus, 83 BC. Denarius. Bust of Venus r. Rv: Grain ear, fasces, caduceus.  Cr.357/1b. EF $475.00

Rome, Q. Pomponius Musa, 66 BC. Denarius. Apollo. Rv: Euterpe, muse of Epic poetry, standing r. Cr. 410/5. Good VF $675.00

Rome, M. Junius Brutus, 55 BC. Denarius. Head of Brutus the Ancient. Rv: Head of Ahala. Cr. 433/2. Good VF SOLD

Rome, L. Plautius Plancus, 47 BC. Denarius. Head of Medusa facing. Rv: Aurora and the horses of the sun. Cr 453/1b. aEF $1650.00

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Rome, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator 47-46 BC. Denarius. Head of Africa, cornstalk before. Rv: Hercules stg. with club. Caecilia 50. Rare. aEF $675.00
Scipio uncovered the Cataline conspiracy and was consul with Pompey in 52 BC. At Pharsalus he commanded the center of Pompey’s army. In Africa he allied with Juba but was defeated by Caesar at Thapsus.

Rome, Pompey Magnus, 49 BC. Denarius. Struck in Greece, Cn Piso proquaestor. Head of Numa Pompilius r., CN PISO PRO Q. Rv: Prow, MAGN above, PRO COS below. Cr. 446/1. Rare. Good VF $1750.00
Pompey’s coinage for his civil war with Caesar.

Rome, Cnaeus Pompey, 46-45 BC. Denarius. Helmeted Roma r. Rv: Hispania presenting palm to Pompey, alighting from prow. Cr. 469/1a. aEF $750.00
Son of Pompey the Great, campaigning from Spain.

Rome, P. Sepullius Macer for Julius Caesar, February 44 BC. Denarius. Laureate head of Caesar r. Rv: Venus Victrix. Cr. 480/5b. Lovely example. aEF $4250.00

Rome, C. Cossutius Maridianus for Julius Caesar, March 44 BC. Denarius. Laureate veiled head of Caesar r., lituus and priest’s bonnet, CAESAR PARENS PATRIAE. Rv: CCOSSUTIUS MARIDIANUS cruciform, A A A FF in angles. Cr. 480/19. Nice example. Good VF $3750.00
Aere Argento Auro Flando Feriundo: First instance of full moneyer’s titles on coin.

Rome, Mark Antony, Autumn 42 BC. Denarius. Bearded head r. Rv: Temple of Sol at Ephesus. Cr. 496/1. Scarce. Dark tone. Good VF $1875.00
Issued in Greece just prior to the second battle of Philippi where Antony avenged the murder of Caesar.

Rome, Quintus Caepio Brutus, Summer 42 BC. Denarius, Struck in Greece, Legate Pedanius Costa. Head of Apollo r., COSTA LEG. Rv: Trophy of Arms, BRUTUS IMP. Cr. 506/2. Rare. Nice example in good metal. aEF $1875.00
Assassin of Caesar and ardent Republican. Struck a few months before defeated at the fierce battle of Philippi.

Rome, Q. Nasidius for Sextus Pompey, 44-43 BC. Denarius, Massilia mint. Laureate head of Pompey Magnus r., dolphin below, NEPTUNI behind, trident before. Rv: Galley in full sail r., QNASIDIUS below. Cr. 483/2. Very rare. EF $4750.00
Hailed as ‘Son of Neptune’, Sextus was appointed by the Senate in 43 as ‘Commander in Chief of the Fleet and Sea Coasts’. Nasidius, Sextus’s Naval commander, later fought at Actium under Antony.

Rome, Augustus, July 13-June 14 AD. Denarius. Laureate head r. Rv: Bare head of Tiberius r. RIC.226. Extremely rare. EF $9750.00
Of great historical and numismatic importance, a coin of Augustus with the portrait of his heir Tiberius. A great rarity, this coin of Rome’s first emperor endorses Tiberius as the next emperor and Rome’s final transition from Republic to Empire. Augustus died 19 August 14 AD, the month renamed in his honor.