LOT 3276
Cn. Lucretius Trio AR Denarius. 136 BC. Rome mint.
Helmeted head of Roma to right; TRIO downwards behind, X (mark of value) beneath chin / The Dioscuri riding to right, each holding spear; CN•LVCR below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 237/1a; BMCRR Rome 929; RSC Lucretia 1. Good Fine. Bankers' marks.(3.50gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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C. Hosidius C. f. Geta AR Denarius. 68 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Draped bust of Diana to right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR downwards to left, GETA downwards to right / The Calydonian boar standing to right, its front legs thrust forward, pierced through by a spear and harried by a hound below; C • HOSIDI • C • F in exergue. Crawford 407/2; BMCRR Rome 3388; RSC Hosidia 1. 4.00gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Struck 37-36 BC. Uncertain Sicilian mint.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
[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. Farsuleius Mensor AR Denarius. 75 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed and draped bust of Libertas to right; S•C and MENSOR upwards before, pileus and LXXIII (control number) behind / Roma standing facing in biga to right, holding reins and spear, assisting togate figure to mount into the chariot; scorpion below horses, L•FARSVLEI in exergue. Crawford 392/1b; RSC Farsuleia 2; BMCRR Rome 3311. 3.79gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
