LOT 2687
Ancient Roman Republican Coins - Murena - AE As 169-158 B.C.
Obv: head of Janus with value mark I above. Rev: MVRENA ROMA legend (MVRENA partly ligate) above and beneath prow right. Fine.(31.69 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old North American collection.
Acquired from Hesperia Art, New York, USA, in the 1960s.
Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
With a coin ticket and packet.
Crawford 186.1 variant (different letters ligate); BMC 806 variant (ditto).
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Ancient Roman Republican Coins - L Calpurnius Piso L f L n Frugi - Horseman AR Denarius 90 B.C.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Rome mint. Obv: laureate head of Apollo right; control mark behind. Rev: naked horseman galloping right holding palm; L PISO L F FRVGI below. 3.93 grams.
Extremely fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Roman Republican Coins - L Manlius Torquatus - Sibyl AR Denarius 65 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Rome mint. Obv: head of Sibyl right wreathed in ivy; SIBELLA below. Rev: tripod surmounted by amphora between two stars; L TORQVAT left and III VIR right; all within torc. 3.92 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Roman Republican Coins - M Aemilius Scaurus and P Plautius Hypsaeus - King Aretas AR Denarius 58 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint. Obv: Aretas of Nabataea kneeling right beside camel presenting olive-branch; M SCAVR / AED CVR in two lines above, EX - SC across fields, REX ARETAS in exergue. Rev: Jupiter in quadriga left brandishing thunderbolt, scorpion below horses; P HVPSEVS / AED CVR in two lines above, CAPTVM to right and C HVPSAE COS / PREIVER in two lines to exergue. 3.43 grams.
Good fine.
Found Essex, UK, 2016. Accompanied by a collector ticket.
