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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L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi AR Denarius. 90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo to right; fish (control mark) beneath chin / L PISO FRVGI CVI, nude horseman galloping to right, palm branch over shoulder in left hand, reins in right. Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 665; Calpurnia 11. 3.90gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
This type refers to the Ludi Apollinares games which were established in BC 212 the annual celebration of which was proposed by an ancestor of the moneyer, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. -
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). -
Matienus AR Denarius. 179-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri riding to right; MAT ligate and ROMA in partial tablet below. Crawford 162/2a; BMCRR Italy 399; RSC Matiena 2. 3.36gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Some deposits. Toned with golden and blue iridescence around the devices on both sides.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
