Ancients: , Divus Julius Caesar (49-44 BC). AV aureus (19mm, 7.09 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, ex-mount....
Divus Julius Caesar (49-44 BC). AV aureus (19mm, 7.09 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, ex-mount. Restoration issue under Trajan, Rome, AD 107 or AD 112/3. DIVVS-IVLIVS, laureate head Divus Julius Caesar right, with aspects of Trajan / IMP•CAES•TRAIAN AVG GER•DAC•P•P•REST, Nemesis, winged, draped, advancing right, drawing out fold of her stola below the neck with right hand, winged caduceus in left pointing downward above serpent gliding right. RIC II 815. Calicó 48 (same obverse die). Banti-Simonetti 187 (this coin referenced). Attractive portrait style. From the Monaco Collection. Ex Grand Haven Collection (Triton XXIV 19 January 2021), lot 1079; Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 746; Numismatica Ars Classica 73 (18 November 2013), lot 277; Lanz 52 (14 May 1990), lot 365; Santamaria (6 June 1956), lot 27; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part 4, Glendining's, 20 February 1951), lot 1573; Soler Collection The restoration issues of Trajan (AD 98-117) were intended to link his regime to the virtues of the Republic and previous deified (and successful) emperors. They had the dual purpose of also introducing a new, slightly lighter monetary standard for both the gold and silver coinage. Earlier aurei and denarii were recalled, melted down, and replaced both with regular issues of Trajan and "restored" examples of the coins being replaced. These restoration issues were struck only in token numbers and remain extremely rare today. Interestingly, this issue does not have a known prototype. It pairs a Divus Julius Caesar obverse with a reverse used by Claudius I.
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Divus Julius Caesar (49-44 BC). AV aureus (19mm, 7.09 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, ex-mount. Restoration issue under Trajan, Rome, AD 107 or AD 112/3. DIVVS-IVLIVS, laureate head Divus Julius Caesar right, with aspects of Trajan / IMP•CAES•TRAIAN AVG GER•DAC•P•P•REST, Nemesis, winged, draped, advancing right, drawing out fold of her stola below the neck with right hand, winged caduceus in left pointing downward above serpent gliding right. RIC II 815. Calicó 48 (same obverse die). Banti-Simonetti 187 (this coin referenced). Attractive portrait style. From the Monaco Collection. Ex Grand Haven Collection (Triton XXIV 19 January 2021), lot 1079; Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 746; Numismatica Ars Classica 73 (18 November 2013), lot 277; Lanz 52 (14 May 1990), lot 365; Santamaria (6 June 1956), lot 27; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part 4, Glendining's, 20 February 1951), lot 1573; Soler Collection The restoration issues of Trajan (AD 98-117) were intended to link his regime to the virtues of the Republic and previous deified (and successful) emperors. They had the dual purpose of also introducing a new, slightly lighter monetary standard for both the gold and silver coinage. Earlier aurei and denarii were recalled, melted down, and replaced both with regular issues of Trajan and "restored" examples of the coins being replaced. These restoration issues were struck only in token numbers and remain extremely rare today. Interestingly, this issue does not have a known prototype. It pairs a Divus Julius Caesar obverse with a reverse used by Claudius I.
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