Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Vespasian - SK.071. Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 69 AD to 79 AD Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold

Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Vespasian - SK.071. Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 69 AD to 79 AD Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold   « Less

Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Vitellius - SK.072. Origin: Mediterranean Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold

Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Vitellius - SK.072. Origin: Mediterranean Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold   « Less

Obverse: Laureate Head of Vitellius. Reverse: Vesta seated right, holding patera and scepter. Rome witnessed the spectacle of four emperors in AD 69, after the suicide of  More »

Obverse: Laureate Head of Vitellius. Reverse: Vesta seated right, holding patera and scepter. Rome witnessed the spectacle of four emperors in AD 69, after the suicide of Nero the previous year, as well as a civil war. Each of these four had larger-than-life personal characteristics which are reflected in the numismatic portraiture and told in historical accounts. As can be imagined, the coinage under Otho and Vitellius is particularly rare. - (SK.073 )   « Less

Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Trajan - SK.074. Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 98 AD to 117 AD Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold

Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Trajan - SK.074. Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 98 AD to 117 AD Collection: Roman Coins Medium: Gold   « Less

Obverse: T. CAESAR IMP. VESPASIAN. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: PAX AVGVST. Pax seated left. Born in 41 AD, Titus was the elder son of Vespasian and Flavia  More »

Obverse: T. CAESAR IMP. VESPASIAN. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: PAX AVGVST. Pax seated left. Born in 41 AD, Titus was the elder son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla and was educated with Britannicus, the ill-fated son of Claudius. He later served in Germany and Britain and commanded a legion in his father's Jewish campaign. When Vespasian left to assume the purple, Titus remained to carry on the war and captured Jerusalem in 70 AD. On his return to Rome, Vespasian made him his colleague in government and his succession in 79 AD was smooth. Remembered as a benevolent emperor, his premature death in 81 AD was deeply mourned. - (SK.075 )   « Less

Obverse: IMP. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. TR. P. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAESARES PRIN. IV. Titus and Domitian seated left. Despite his humble  More »

Obverse: IMP. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. TR. P. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAESARES PRIN. IV. Titus and Domitian seated left. Despite his humble origins, Vespasian’s military skill carried him to a series of important posts and he commanded part of the forces that invaded Britain under Claudius. In 67 AD Nero appointed him to quell the Jewish rebellion and he prosecuted the war successfully during the troubled period following Nero’s death. On July 1st 69 AD, the legions at Alexandria proclaimed him emperor and the Danubian legions followed suit and invaded Italy, defeating the forces of Vitellius at the Battle of Cremona. Vespasian reached Rome in 70 AD and quickly set about repairing the damage caused by the civil wars. He proved to be a just and industrious ruler and the condition of the state soon improved. After his death in 79 AD he was deified by the Senate. - (SK.076 )   « Less

Obverse: IMP. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: IVPPITER CVSTOS. Jupiter seated left, holding a sceptre and thunderbolt. Born at Antium in 37 AD,  More »

Obverse: IMP. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: IVPPITER CVSTOS. Jupiter seated left, holding a sceptre and thunderbolt. Born at Antium in 37 AD, Nero was later adopted by the Emperor Claudius in 50 AD. Succeeding to the throne in 54 AD, he soon became notorious for his excesses. He was very enthusiastic about art and sport but his extravagances and vanity made him unpopular and it was rumoured that he had started the great fire which destroyed half of Rome in 64 AD. In 68 AD revolt broke out simultaneously in Gaul, Spain and Africa, the Praetorians at Rome deserted him and Nero fled, later committing suicide. - (SK.077 )   « Less

Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGVSTA. Concord seated left, holding cornucopia and patera. Born at Antium in 37 AD, Nero was  More »

Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGVSTA. Concord seated left, holding cornucopia and patera. Born at Antium in 37 AD, Nero was later adopted by the Emperor Claudius in 50 AD. Succeeding to the throne in 54 AD, he soon became notorious for his excesses. He was very enthusiastic about art and sport but his extravagances and vanity made him unpopular and it was rumoured that he had started the great fire which destroyed half of Rome in 64 AD. In 68 AD revolt broke out simultaneously in Gaul, Spain and Africa, the Praetorians at Rome deserted him and Nero fled, later committing suicide. - (SK.078 )   « Less

Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: PACE P. R. TERRA MARIQ. PARTA IANVM CLVSIT. Temple of Janus with closed doors. Born at Antium in 37 AD,  More »

Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right. Reverse: PACE P. R. TERRA MARIQ. PARTA IANVM CLVSIT. Temple of Janus with closed doors. Born at Antium in 37 AD, Nero was later adopted by the Emperor Claudius in 50 AD. Succeeding to the throne in 54 AD, he soon became notorious for his excesses. He was very enthusiastic about art and sport but his extravagances and vanity made him unpopular and it was rumoured that he had started the great fire which destroyed half of Rome in 64 AD. In 68 AD revolt broke out simultaneously in Gaul, Spain and Africa, the Praetorians at Rome deserted him and Nero fled, later committing suicide. - (SK.079 )   « Less

Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina the Elder, facing right, her hair secured with pearl hair- piece. 'DIVA FAVSTINA.' Reverse: The Empress as Fortuna, standing left, holding a  More »

Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina the Elder, facing right, her hair secured with pearl hair- piece. 'DIVA FAVSTINA.' Reverse: The Empress as Fortuna, standing left, holding a patera in her right hand and a long sceptre in the left. 'AETER-NITAS.' Faustina I was married to the Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ordered her deification after her death in 141 AD. - (LC.290)   « Less