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L • PORCI LICI, helmeted head of Roma to right; behind head, monogram of XVI [mark of value {16 asses)] / L • LIC • CN • DOM, Gallic warrior riding in biga galloping to right, holding reins, shield and carnyx, with his left hand and hurling spear with his right. Crawford 282/5; Babelon (Porcia) 8; RBW 1110; Sydenham 520. 2.71gr, 20mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Laureate head of Jupiter to right / Victory standing to right, crowning trophy, CN LENT (partially ligate) in exergue. Crawford 345/2; RSC Cornelia 51; King 47. 1.45gr, 15mm, 9h.

Near Very Fine. Rough surface.

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Jupiter to right; S•C behind, R (control letter) before / Victory driving quadriga to right, holding reins, wreath, and palm frond; Q•ANTO•BALB PR (partially ligate) in two lines in exergue. Crawford 364/1c; Sydenham 742a; Albert 1242; RSC Antonia 1b. 3.80gr, 19mm, 10h.

Extremely Fine. Obverse slightly off-centre. Iridescent toning.

Acquired from Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery, London, 10 July 2011. Private collection, France. Private European collection.

Draped bust of Ceres to right; CAPIT • ⊥VIIII (control numeral) behind, sceptre (control mark) beneath chin / Ploughman driving yoke of oxen to left; ⊥VIIII (control numeral) above, C • MARI • C • F S • C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 378/1c; RSC Maria 9. 3.18gr, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Toned.

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

Laureate head of Quirinus to right; QVIRINVS behind, C•MEMMI•C•F before / Ceres seated to right, holding torch and corn-ears, serpent before; MEMMIVS AED CERIALIA PREIMVS FECIT• around. Crawford 427/2; BMCRR Rome 3940; RSC Memmia 9. 3.74gr, 20mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.

Collection of J.F. Ex J. Vinchon Sale, 22–24 February 1971, no.233.

Head of Libertas to right; LIBERT upwards behind, Q•CASSIVS downwards before / Curule chair within temple of Vesta; urn to left, voting tablet inscribed AC (Absolvo Condemno) to right. Crawford 428/2; BMCRR Rome 3873; RSC Cassia 8. 3.97gr, 18mm, 4h.

Good Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. Darkly toned.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

Head of Apollo to right, hair tied with band; star below, Q•SICINIVS before, III•VIR behind / Club upright, on which hangs lion's skin, arrow on left, bow on right; C•CORONIVS downwards on right, •PR•S•C upwards on left. Crawford 444/1a; CRI 3; BMCRR East 24-8; RSC Sicinia 1. 3.80gr, 18mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine. Sharply struck issue with attractive iridescent toning.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

Struck by Sicinius for the use of the fleet commanded by Coponius in the East, which was in support of Pompey, the formula S C was added to give the appearance of the coins being issued under Senatorial authority.

[MAG PIVS IMP IT]ER, bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; to left, capis; to right, lituus / [PRÆF] above, CLAS • ET • ORÆ MARIT • EX • S C (MAR ligate) in two lines beneath Neptune standing to left, holding aplustre in his right hand and resting his right foot on prow; to left and right, the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders, running in opposite directions. Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Babelon (Pompeia) 27; RBW 1785. 3.78gr, 18mm, 9h.

Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck with a lovely old cabinet tone.

Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993.

Diademed and draped bust of Pax to right; behind, cornucopia; before, olive branch / CAESAR DIVI • F, Octavian, in military attire, advancing to right, raising his right hand in adlocutio and holding inverted spear over his shoulder in his left. RIC I 253; CRI 400; RSC 72. 3.99gr, 19mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Lustrous surfaces with sharp details.

Private collection, Europe.

[AN]TON • AVG • IMP • III COS • DES • III • III • V • R • P • C, bare head of Mark Antony to right; small P (engraver's signature) in hair behind ear / M • SILANVS • AV[G] Q • PRO • CO[S] in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; BMCRR East 175; RSC Antonia 71. 3.70gr, 20mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Bankers' marks.

Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.

The small P on the obverse of this coin 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.

CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVG[VSTI F COS DESIG] PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting hand on round shield; behind each shield, spear; above, simpulum, lituus and X; C L CAESARES in exergue. RIC 212; BMC 538; Cohen 43. 3.72gr, 18mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

CAESAR • PONT [MAX], laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in her right hand and wreath in her left. RIC 230; BMC 550; Cohen 240. 9.43gr, 26mm, 8h.

Good Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.