Numistats - Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction X

Auction X

Date: 2015-09-27 00:00:00

Lots: 220

Total starting: £ 840,300.00

Total realized: £ 606,671.00 (-27.80%)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 695

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Pompey Magnus and M. Poblicius AR Denarius. Spanish mint, 46-45 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; M POBLICI LEG PRO PR around / Hispania standing right, with shield slung on back, holding two spears in left hand and presenting long palm branch to soldier standing left on prow of ship; CN MAGNVS IMP around. Pompeia 9 and Poblicia 10; Sydenham 1035; Sear 48; Crawford 469/1c. 3.89g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 696

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Mint moving with Sextus Pompey, probably on Sicily, under the fleet commander Q. Nasidius, 42-38 BC. NEPTVNI, bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; below, dolphin swimming downwards; before, trident upwards / Q.NASIDIVS, Galley sailing right; in the prow to right, commander standing right with his right hand raised in salute; in the stern, helmsman holding rudder; above left, star. Babelon (Nasidia) 1, (Pompeia) 28; Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350. 4.02g, 20mm, 12h. About Extremely Fine. Rare.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 697

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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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 X - 698

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar, 49-48 BC. Elephant advancing right, trampling on serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head), and apex. Sear 9; Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; Kestner 3515-20; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; RBW 1557. 3.81g, 17mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine. Julius Caesar and his armies assembled on the banks of the Rubicon River on 10 January 49 BC, ready to invade Italy. Since large quantities of denarii were necessary to pay Caesar's military expenses, the mint travelled with them. This issue was ordered, not by a moneyer, as was usual, but by Julius Caesar himself. The obverse clearly depicts the triumph of good over evil, numismatic propaganda designed to encourage Caesar's soldiers during the long, intense campaign. The reverse, depicting priestly emblems, tells of Caesar's office as Pontifex Maximus, high priest. In all likelihood, this type was used by Caesar's military forces at least until the decisive battle of Pharsalus.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 699

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 700

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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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 of Gallic arms; axe surmounted by an animal’s head to right; CAE-SAR below. Crawford 452/2; Julia 26; Sydenham 1009. 3.83g, 19mm, 7h. Virtually as struck. Since the numerals behind the head of Pietas have long been recognized to represent Caesar's age at the time, this denarius was struck shortly after the battle of Pharsalus, where Pompey met his ultimate defeat, and Caesar became master of Rome. The reverse deliberately references Caesar's Gallic victories, rather than his recent victory over fellow Romans, the celebration of which would have been distasteful; Caesar's conduct after the battle was similarly conciliatory - he forgave the large part of Pompey's officers and army. The depiction of Pietas wearing the corona civica, or oak wreath, however, may be a subtle allusion to his Pompeian victory. This award was granted to any citizen who had personally saved the life of another citizen; in this case, Caesar had saved the citizen-body of Rome and the Empire from further civil war.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 701

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Travelling military mint, 48-47 BC.Female head right, wearing oak wreath and diadem; mark of value behind / Trophy of Gallic arms; axe surmounted by an animal’s head to right; CAESAR below. Crawford 452/2; Sear 11; Sydenham 1009. 3.89g, 19mm, 10h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 October 2011, lot 2378. Ex H. D. Rauch 85, 26 November 2009, lot 316.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 702

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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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 X - 703

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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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 X - 704

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Struck under Mark Antony. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Rome, April-May 44 BC. Tetrastyle temple with globe in pediment; CLEMENTIAE • CAESARIS around / Desultor (horseman who leaps from one horse to another), wearing conical cap and holding whip, right on horseback, second horse behind; palm frond and wreath to left; P • SEPVLLIVS above, MACER below. Crawford 480/21; Alföldi Type XXII, 32-40 (A2/R2); CRI 110; Sydenham 1076; Kestner 3692; BMCRR Rome 4177; RSC 44. 3.71g, 19mm, 1h. Very Fine; test punch on rev. Very Rare. From the Andrew McCabe Collection.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 705

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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M. Junius Brutus and P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther AR Denarius. Smyrna, 43-42 BC. Sacrificial axe, simpulum and sacrificial dagger, BRVTVS below / Jug and lituus, LENTVLVS SPINT below. Sear 198; Crawford 500/7; Sydenham 1310. 3.50g, 19mm, 12h. Mint State.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 706

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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M. Junius Brutus AR Denarius AR Quinarius. Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece, spring-early summer 42 BC. Diademed head of Libertas right, LEIBERTAS before / Stem of prow and anchor in saltire. Crawford 506/3; CRI 210; King 79; Sydenham 1288; RSC 5a. 1.66g, 14mm, 10h. Good Very Fine. Rare. From the Andrew McCabe Collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, lot 500; Ex Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 March 2004, lot 1966.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 707

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Marc Antony AR Quinarius. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, late summer-autumn 43 BC. Winged bust of Victory (with likeness of Fulvia) right / Lion advancing right on ground line; retrograde and inverted DVNI above; LVGV in exergue; A to left, XL to right. Crawford 489/5; CRI 122; King 75; Lyon 2; RPC 512; RSC 4 (Fulvia); Sydenham 1160; Kestner 3717; BMCRR Gaul 40. 1.55g, 14mm, 1h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare. The reverse XL (=40) denotes Antony's age at the time this coin was struck.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 708

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 709

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Mark Antony and Octavian AR Denarius. Ephesus, 41 BC. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • IMP • AVG • III • R • P • C • M BARBAT • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 118; Kestner 3793-5 var. (BARBAT); BMCRR East 100; RSC 8. 3.93g, 19mm, 1h. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction G, April 1997, lot 1440.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 710

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 711

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Marc Antony AR Denarius. L. Plancus, moneyer. Mint moving with M. Antony, 40 BC. M·ANTON·IMP·AVG III VIR·R·P·C, lituus and jug / L·PLANCVS·PRO·COS, thunderbolt, jug and caduceus. Antonia 58 and Munatia 5; Sydenham 1190; Sear Imperators 253; Crawford 522/2. 3.58g, 19mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare. From the Andrew McCabe Collection; Privately purchased from Mike Vosper, 2006.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 712

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Marc Antony AR Denarius. Mint moving with Marc Antony, 37 BC. ANT·AVGV·III·(V)IR·R·P(·C), head of M. Antony right / IMP TER across, trophy with curved sword attached to right. arm and figure-of-eight shield attached to left; at its base, prow and round shield. Babelon Antonia 78.; C 18; Sydenham 1204; Sear Imperators 272. Crawford 536/3. 3.26g, 20mm, 7h. Very Fine. Scarce. Ex Andrew McCabe Collection.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 713

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, 32 BC. M. Junius Silanus, quaestor proconsul. ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III V R P C, bare head of Marc Antony right; in hair below ear, small P / ANTONIVS AVG IMP III in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. 3.76g, 20mm, 5h. Lightly toned. Good Very Fine. The small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. - Auction X - 714

2015-09-27 (9 years ago)

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Marc Antony and L. Pinarius Scarpus AR Denarius. Cyrene, 31 BC. Head of Jupiter Ammon right, M. ANTO. COS III IMP IIII around, pellet below chin and truncation / Victory, naked to the waist, walking right, ANTONIO AVG before, SCARPVS IMP behind. Sear 390; Crawford 546/2a; Sydenham 1280. 3.73g, 20mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Vivid iridescent toning. Rare in such good condition. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics III, 31 March 2012, lot 405. Ex Hess-Divo 320, 26 October 2011, lot 312. Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the grandson of a sister of Julius Caesar, and a general for Antony in the war against Brutus and Cassius. Shortly before the battle of Actium he was placed in charge of Cyrene with the command of four legions. The obverse type refers to his new position as Jupiter was the chief deity of Cyrene and featured prominently on their old coinage. This is the last issue struck in Marc Antony’s name before his defeat at Actium and subsequent suicide.