LOT 3063
Furius Purpurio AR Denarius. 169-158 BC.
Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) behind / Luna driving biga to right; PVR beneath horses, murex shell above, ROMA within linear frame in exergue. Crawford 187/1; BMCRR Italy 420; RSC Furia 13. Near Extremely Fine. Light cabinet tone. Flan cracks.(4.08gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx Numismatica Varesi.
From the Terner collection (collector's ticket included).
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 823 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
From Roma Numismatics' footnote: The murex shell symbol makes a punning allusion to the moneyer's name. The shells, found mainly around the southern Mediterranean coastline, were left to decompose and the purple ink which resulted was used to make purple dye. This dye was highly valued throughout the ancient world, and used in Rome to colour the senatorial togas.
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C. Marius C. f. Capito AR Serrate Denarius. 81 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rome mint. CAPIT • LXXVIII (control numeral) behind, cornucopia beneath chin / Ploughman with yoke of oxen to left; LXXVIII (control numeral) above, C • MARI • C • [F] S • C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 378/1c; RSC Maria 9. 3.88gr, 19mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine.
This coin published in Richard Schaefer's Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), processed clippings, 378-8_od. From the collection of Z.P., Austria (collector's ticket included). Ex Numismatica Varesi, Auction 28, 10 November 1998, lot 155. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 96, 5 May 2022, lot 958 (company's tickets included). From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
L. Procilius AR Serrate Denarius. 80 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress; S • C behind / Juno Sospita, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt, in biga to right; serpent beneath horses, L • PROCILI • F in exergue. Crawford 379/2; BMCRR Rome 3150-1; RSC Procilia 2. 3.84gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
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.
