Auction VII
Date: 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Lots: 389
Total starting: £ 617,280.00
Total realized: £ 764,740.00 (+23.89%)
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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 957
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar, 49-48 BC. Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent, CAESAR in exergue / Simpulum, aspergillum, axe (surmounted by wolf's head), and apex. Sear 9; Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006. 3.64g, 19mm, 11h. Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 958
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Caesar, 48-47 BC. Female head right, wearing oak wreath and diadem; mark of value behind / Trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx, axe to right, CAE-SAR below. Crawford 452/2; Julia 26; Sydenham 1009. 4.04g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; toned.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 959
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. African mint, 47 BC. Diademed bust of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR to right. Julia 10; Crawford 458/1; Sydenham 1013; Sear 55. 3.58g, 19mm, 7h. Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 960
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. African mint, 47 BC. Diademed bust of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR to right. Julia 10; Crawford 458/1; Sydenham 1013; Sear 55. 3.89g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Unusually attractive style.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 961
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. African mint, 47 BC. Diademed bust of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR to right. Julia 10; Crawford 458/1; Sydenham 1013; Sear 55. 3.86g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 962
Julius Caesar AV Aureus. Rome, early 46 BC. A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C•CAESAR COS•TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, guttus, and securis; A HIRTIVS PR around lower left. Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; BMCRR Rome 4050. 8.15g, 21mm, 9h. Good Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 963
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 46 BC. Head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS TERT downwards behind, DICT ITER upwards before / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; D to right, AVGVR above, PONT•MAX below. Crawford 467/1a; Sydenham 1023; RSC 4a. 4.23g, 18mm, 12h. Very Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 964
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 46 BC. Head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS TERT downwards behind, DICT ITER upwards before / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; M to right, AVGVR above, PONT•MAX below. Crawford 467/1b; Sydenham 1024; RSC 4. 3.80g, 18mm, 1h. Very Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 965
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female resting head in right hand to left, and bearded male with hands tied behind back on right; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Sydenham 1014; Kestner 3641-3643; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.92g, 18mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 966
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female resting head in right hand to left, and bearded male with hands tied behind back on right; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Sydenham 1014; Kestner 3641-3643; BMCRR Spain 86. 4.01g, 15mm, 2h. Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 967
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female resting head in right hand to left, and bearded male with hands tied behind back on right; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Sydenham 1014; Kestner 3641-3643; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.95g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 968
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, sceptre to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; Sydenham 1015; Kestner 3644; BMCRR Spain 86-8; RSC 14. 4.36g, 18mm, 10h. Near Extremely Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 969
Julius Caesar Æ Dupondius. Rome, late 46-early 45 BC. C. Clovius, prefect. Winged and draped bust of Victory right, CAESAR DIC TER before / Minerva advancing left, holding trophy over shoulder and spears and shield; at feet to left, snake gliding left with head erect; C CLOVLI PRAEF around. Crawford 476/1a; CRI 62; Sydenham 1025. 14.21g, 28mm, 12h. Near Very Fine. Attractive Tiber tone.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 970
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, January-February 44 BC. Lifetime issue. M. Mettius, moneyer. CAESAR • IMP, wreathed head of Caesar right; lituus and simpulum behind / M • METTIVS, Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and transverse sceptre in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe; L to left. Crawford 480/3; CRI 100; Sydenham 1056; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4143; RSC 34. 3.85g, 18mm, 3h. Mint State. Lightly toned. Ex A. Tkalec, 8 September 2008, lot 179.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 971
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, January-February 44 BC. Lifetime issue. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, wreathed head of Caesar right / P • SEPVLLIVS MACER, Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre resting on star. Crawford 480/11; Sydenham 1072; Babelon 49; Sepullia 4; C 40. 3.94g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Lightly toned and excellent condition for the issue. Rare. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 46, 1989, lot 498.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 972
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, April 44 BC. C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. CAESAR PARENS PATRIAE, laureate and veiled head right; apex behind, lituus before / C•COSSVTIVS and MARIDIANVS arranged in form of cross; A A A F•F in angles. Crawford 480/19; Alföldi Type XVII, 49-52, 54-5, and 61-2 (A10/R5); CRI 112; Sydenham 1069; RSC 8. 3.36g, 18mm. Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 973
Sextus Pompey Æ As. Sicilian mint, circa 42-38 BC. Laureate head of Janus with the features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus, MAGN (ligate) above / Prow of galley to right, PIVS above, IMP below. Crawford 479/1; CRI 336; Sydenham 1044; RPC I 671. 25.11g, 32mm, 12h. Very Fine. Attractive emerald-green patina.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 974
Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; two heads of Scylla at base; PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C around. Crawford 511/2a; RSC 1a; Sydenham 1347; Sear 333. 3.60g, 18mm, 12h. Usual flatness from striking, otherwise Good Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned and superb for the issue. It has been remarked that the coinage of Sextus Pompey was a step towards the propagandistic issues of the Roman emperors. Having decided upon an affinity with Neptune, he minted a series of coins depicting the god and continuing his theme of pietas. This virtue was highly valued in Roman society; the city's founder Aeneas' epithet is pius and tradition details that his piety was three-fold; to his father, his homeland and the gods. Pompey was not the only imperator to draw upon the Aeneas myth on his coinage (see Crawford 458/1), however he was unique in commandeering a theme and using it repeatedly. His earliest denarii feature a personification of the goddess Pietas (Crawford 477/1a), but references become subtler and more complex on later issues as per the present example. Here, Pompey Magnus is remembered within the obverse legend, with Pietas also explicitly referenced. Sextus Pompey does not allow us to forget that it was the Senate who declared him praefectus classis et orae maritima, tying his patriotism in neatly. This military title lends itself obviously to Neptune, whose portrait is displayed on the obverse. The naval trophy not only alludes to Pompey's naval victories but also to his piety towards Neptune to whom he is reported to have sacrificed 100 bulls and in whose honour a live horse was flung into the sea, along with an offering of gold (Florus 2.18.3).
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 975
Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders, PRÆF above, CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Sear 334; RRC 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; Pompeia 27; Catalli 2001, 824. 3.96g, 20mm, 11h. Virtually Mint State. Ex Chiltern Collection; Ex A. Tkalec, 18 February 2002, lot 119; This coin of Sextus Pompey is rich with symbolism. The reverse alludes not only to Sextus' command of the seas and the probable location of the mint through the legend of Amphinomus and Anapias, but is also a reference to the piety of Sextus Pompey in upholding the Republican ideals of his late father, who is depicted on the obverse. In the ancient version of the legend there was but one pious hero, though by later times this had evolved into the tale that would have been familiar to the Pompeians, and which provided the inspiration for the final verses of the pseudo-Virgilian poem 'Aetna'. Though the reverse of this coin clearly references the later retelling of the story, Sextus may well have identified more closely with the original form as related by Lycurgus: 'A stream of fire burst forth from Etna. This stream, so the story goes, flowing over the countryside, drew near a certain city of the Sicilians. Most men, thinking of their own safety, took to flight; but one of the youths, seeing that his father, now advanced in years, could not escape and was being overtaken by the fire, lifted him up and carried him. Hindered no doubt by the additional weight of his burden, he too was overtaken. And now let us observe the mercy shown by the Gods towards good men. For we are told that the fire spread round that spot in a ring and only those two men were saved, so that the place is still called the Place of the Pious, while those who had fled in haste, leaving their parents to their fate, were all consumed.'
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 976
Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily, (Catania?), 37-36 BC. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders, PRAEF above, CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Sear 334; RRC 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; Pompeia 27; Catalli 2001, 824. 3.92g, 18mm, 11h. Very Fine.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction VII - 977
Marc Antony and Octavian AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Antony, 41 BC. L. Gellius Poplicola, quaestor pro praetore. M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C L GELL Q P, bare head of Mark Antony right; capis to left / CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right; lituus to left. Crawford 517/8; CRI 250; Sydenham 1188; RSC 10. 3.85g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Very Rare. Ex CNG 3004, 4 January 2009, lot 20058.