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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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Anonymous AE Uncia. Circa 217-215 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Roma to left, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, pellet (mark of value) / ROMA, prow of galley to right, superstructure decorated with club; below, pellet (mark of value). Crawford 38/6; RBW 98; Sydenham 86. 11.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius AR Denarius. 49 BC. Military mint moving with Pompey.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Head of Apollo to right, hair tied with band; star below, Q•SICINIVS before, III•VIR behind / Club upright, on which hangs lion's skin, arrow on left, bow on right; C•CORONIVS downwards on right, •PR•S•C upwards on left. Crawford 444/1a; CRI 3; BMCRR East 24-8; RSC Sicinia 1. 3.80gr, 18mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Sharply struck issue with attractive iridescent toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
Struck by Sicinius for the use of the fleet commanded by Coponius in the East, which was in support of Pompey, the formula S C was added to give the appearance of the coins being issued under Senatorial authority.
