LOT 3545
Anonymous AR Denarius. 115-114 BC. Rome mint.
Head of Roma to right, wearing winged and crested helmet; X (mark of value) behind, ROMA below / Helmeted Roma seated to right on two shields, holding spear; wolf standing to right at her feet, head reverted, suckling Romulus and Remus; in left and right fields, two birds flying towards her. Crawford 287/1; BMCRR Italy 562-5; RSC 176. Near Very Fine. Toned.(3.87gr, 21mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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L. Cassius Longinus AR Denarius. 60 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Veiled and draped bust of Vesta to left; Ƨ to left, calix to right / LONGIN • III • V, voter standing to left, dropping tablet inscribed V (Uti rogas) into cista to left. Crawford 413/1; Sydenham 935; Cassia 10. 3.73gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Light tone.
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. -
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus AR Denarius. 104 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Helmeted bust of Roma to left / Saturn driving quadriga to right, holding reins and harpa; H• (control mark) above, L SATVRN in exergue. Crawford 317/3a; cf. BMCRR Rome 1506. 3.89gr, 20mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Q. Fabius Labeo AR Denarius. 124 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) beneath chin, ROMA downwards behind, LABEO upwards before / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga to right, holding reins and sceptre and throwing thunderbolt; prow of galley below, Q•FABI in exergue. Crawford 273/1; BMCRE Italy 494-6; RSC Fabia 1. 3.88gr, 19mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Toned. Banker's mark on obverse.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
