LOT 3061
Anonymous AR Didrachm-Quadrigatus. Circa 225-212 BC.
Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus, with slightly curved truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre, in galloping quadriga driven to right by Victory; ROMA raised on solid tablet in exergue. Crawford 29/3; Sydenham 64d; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 78-99; RSC 24. Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination.(6.24gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Freeman & Sear (company's ticket included).
From the Terner collection.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 891 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
According to Pliny the marks of silver money of this early Roman period were bigae and quadrigae, an hence their appellations of 'Bigati' and 'Quadrigati'.
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Ti. Minucius C.f. Augurinus AR Denarius. 134 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome mint. Head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet; behind, star (mark of value) / TI MINVCI C • F AVGVRINI, spiral column with grain-ears at base; above RO-MA; to left, togate figure standing to right, holding uncertain object (loaves?) with both hands and placing left foot on prow; to right, togate figure standing to left, holding lituus in right hand. Crawford 243/1; RBW 1002; Sydenham 494; Minucia 9. 3.72gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Pleasing golden iridescence on obverse.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection (collector's ticket included). -
Mn. Cordius Rufus AR Denarius. 46 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint. RVFVS • III • V[IR], jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right, wearing laureate pilei surmounted by stars / MN(ligate) • CORDIVS, Venus standing to left, holding scales in right hand and sceptre in left, with Cupid perched on her shoulder. Crawford 463/1a; RBW 1606; Sydenham 976C; Babelon (Cordia) 1. 3.84gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
L. Furius Brocchus AR Denarius. 63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint. Wreathed and draped bust of Ceres to right; wheat-ear behind, barley grain before, III VIR across upper fields, BROCCHI below / Curule chair between fasces; L • FVRI CN • F in two lines above. Crawford 414/1; BMCRR Rome 3896; RSC Furia 23. 3.87gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Graffito on obverse. Old cabinet tone.
Ex David Miller collection, a renowned Hertfordshire collector and numismatist.
