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                        Lot: 357

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Trajan, restoring L. Rubrius Dossenus. Ca. 
                        AD 107. AR denarius (3.36 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Restoration coinage of Trajan: L. Rubrius 
                        Dossenus. Silver denarius (3.36 gm). Rome, ca. AD 107. 
                        DOSSEN, laureate head of Jupiter right, scepter behind / 
                        [L R]VBRI in exergue, [IMP CAES T]RAIAN AVG GER DAC P P 
                        REST around, tensa (ceremonial chariot in circus 
                        procession) drawn right by four horses, eagle standing 
                        right on side panel, statuette of Victory bearing wreath 
                        and palm attached to wagon rim. BMCRE 676 var. RIC 777 
                        (R3). Komnick V.12.0, pl. 24 (same dies). Very rare and 
                        important. Extremely fine 

                        Trajan's restoration of this Republican denarius of 87 
                        BC (Crawford 348/1) was apparently issued in connection 
                        with his great recoinage of the Republican and early 
                        imperial denarii in circulation, ca. 107 AD. This type 
                        is known to H. Komnick, Die Restitutionsmünzen der 
                        frühen Kaiserzeit (Berlin 2001), in only four specimens, 
                        from one obverse and two reverse dies. Of the two 
                        recorded reverse dies, that used for the present 
                        specimen, showing an eagle instead of a thunderbolt on 
                        the chariot's side panel, is known to Komnick from a 
                        single coin in Berlin. The tensa on these coins is 
                        erroneously called a triumphal quadriga by Crawford, 
                        followed by Komnick. For the correct identification as 
                        tensa, which is, in fact, the traditional one, see C. 
                        Clay, "Münzprägung des Kaisers Nero," NZ 96 (1982), p. 
                        28, note 76. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 2,500 




...Sold for $6,500 USD [ approx 4940 EUR, 3445 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).