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LOT 3523
C. Marius C. f. Capito AR Serrate Denarius. 81 BC. Rome mint.
Draped bust of Ceres to right; CAPIT • ⊥VIIII (control numeral) behind, sceptre (control mark) beneath chin / Ploughman driving yoke of oxen to left; ⊥VIIII (control numeral) above, C • MARI • C • F S • C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 378/1c; RSC Maria 9. Very Fine. Toned.(3.18gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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C. Marius C. f. Capito AR Serrate Denarius. 81 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Draped bust of Ceres to right; CAPIT • ⊥VIIII (control numeral) behind, sceptre (control mark) beneath chin / Ploughman driving yoke of oxen to left; ⊥VIIII (control numeral) above, C • MARI • C • F S • C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 378/1c; RSC Maria 9. 3.18gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Struck 37-36 BC. Uncertain Sicilian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
[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. -
Anonymous AE Sextans. 214-212 BC. Luceria mint. L series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Mercury to right, two pellets (mark of value) above / Prow to right, ROMA above, L between two pellets (mark of value) below. Crawford 43/4; Sydenham 128. 10.27gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive light green patina.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
