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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D. Iunius Silanus L.f. AR Denarius. Circa 91 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma to right; behind R (control mark) / Victory driving galloping biga to right; above XVIIII (control numeral); in exergue, D SILANVS L F ROMA in two lines. Crawford 337/3; Sydenham 646; Junia 15. 3.88gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection (collector's ticket included). -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. 43-35 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £810
Uncertain Sicilian mint; struck 37-36 BC. [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. -
L. Livineius Regulus AR Denarius. 42 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint. Head of L. Regulus to right; L REGVLVS behind, • P R • before / Curule chair, with single fasces on either side; [REGVLVS F] above, PRAEF • VR below. Crawford 494/31; CRI 180; BMCRR Rome 4261; RSC Livineia 8. 3.65gr, 19mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
