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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.

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.

ANT•AVG III VIR•R•P•C, praetorian galley to right / Aquila between two signa; LEG VIII across fields. Crawford 544/21; CRI 358; Sydenham 1225; RSC 35; RBW -. 3.09gr, 18mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

[CAESAR AVGVSTVS] DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS [DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L] CAESARES • below, Gaius and Lucius standing facing, each with hand resting on round shield and holding spear; in upper field simpulum and lituus (in "b9" formation). RIC 207; BMCRE 533; RSC 43. 3.21gr, 19mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. 25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.

Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.

Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523. Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Large C A within laurel wreath with prows framed by double-pelleted border. RIC 501 (Pergamum); RPC 2234; C. Howgego, Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East, NC 1982, Class 2b. 14.11gr, 27mm, 1h.

Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 10.41gr, 28mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 10.14gr, 28mm, 7h.

`Good Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome.

TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P, laureate head of Claudius to right / AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust of Agrippina to right, wearing wreath of grain ears. RIC I 80; Biaggi 215; Calicó 396. 7.41gr, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Clear portraits.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to left / Heifer standing to right; COS VII above. RIC II.1 842; BMCRE 178; Calicó 621. 7.25gr, 21mm, 5h.

Extremely Fine. Sharply struck on broad flan, boasting a fine portrait of Vespasian. Previously NGC graded AU Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, Fine Style, Brushed, cert. number 6556713-004.

Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 13, 17 June 1954, lot 656. Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 35, 16 June 1967, lot 37. Ex Hess-Leu, Auction 45, 12 May 1970, lot 496. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 138, 18 May 2023, lot 665. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory advancing to left, placing shield on trophy, Judaean captive seated left at foot of trophy. RIC II.12, 1068; BMCRE 246; Cohen 552. 2.85gr, 18mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.

Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.

From UK private collection.