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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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. -
Mn. Fonteius AR Denarius. 108-107 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rome mint. Laureate and jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right; XVI monogram (mark of value) before / Galley to right; MN • FONTEI (MN and NTE ligate) above, D below. Crawford 307/1b; RSC Fonteia 7. 3.77gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 851 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. 43-35 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £810
Uncertain Sicilian mint; struck 37-36 BC. [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.
