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Auction 33  30 January 2014
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Lot 111

Estimate: 600 USD
Price realized: 471 USD
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FIRST CENTURY IMPERIAL ROME (plus a Republican bronze). 10 coins (includes decent portraits of five of the Twelve Caesars plus Agrippa). •Roman Republic. Æ semis. 187-155 B.C. Saturn / Prow. Syd. 143a. Worn; legible. •Agrippa. (dec, 12 B.C. Struck under Caligula, A.D. 37-41) Æ as. Head left / Neptune. RIC 58 (Gaius). Near Very Fine; glossy dark brown patina. •Augustus. (Struck under Tiberius). Æ as. Radiate head left / Temple. RIC 81. Good Fine. •Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ as. Head left / Libertas. RIC 97. Near VF; some voids in flan. •Nero. A.D 54-68. Provincial Æ. Macedon. Head left / Macedonian shield. RPC I: 1614. Fine, parts better; irregular flan. •Claudius. Æ quadrans.Three legged modius. RIC 84. Fine. •Claudius. Æ quadrans. Hand holding pair of scales. RIC 85. VF, original flan voids. •Nero. Æ dupondius. Head left / Securitas. RIC 519. VF obverse with minor unevenness in the patina; reverse uneven surface though parts clear. •Vespasian. A.D. 69-79. Æ as. Head right / Fides. RIC 486. Near VF, reverse uneven surface. •Nerva. A.D. 96-98. Æ dupondius. Radiate head right / Fortuna. RIC 84. VF+, reverse surface somewhat uneven. The James Joy collection of Roman Coins "The Isles of Greece Collection" assembled by James H. Joy and thus named, was sold in May 2007 by Münzen & Medaillen , catalogued by Hans Voegtli. The collection was so significant that the sale catalog has become a standard reference for the series. James Joy has a Ph.D from George Mason University and studied in Athens,Vienna and at Oxford. He has served as an information scientist for NASA and the NSF as well as having filled different teaching posts including Howard University. His Greek Island coins were meticulously cataloged. And so also are his Roman coins. I have included his RIC numbers and added an occasional RPC number. Each coin will be sent with his tags and any information he included. This is a scholarly collection formed based on general interests and appeal. The coins are generally as found, without extensive cleaning and unsmoothed or otherwise "improved." They are estimated conservatively and without reserve.
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