LOT 3495
L. Torquatus AR Denarius. 58 BC. Rome mint.
Head of Sibylla to right, wearing ivy wreath; SIBYLLA below / Tripod surmounted by amphora between two stars; L • TORQAT downward to left, III • VIR upward to right; all within ornamented torque. Crawford 411/1a-b var. (border on obv.); Sydenham 836; Manlia 12a; BMCRR Rome 3514 corr. (no border on obv.); Kestner -; RBW -. Good Very Fine.(3.90gr, 18mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
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LOT 3495
L. Torquatus AR Denarius.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi AR Denarius. 90 BC. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right; control mark before / L PISO FRVGI XCV, horseman galloping to right, holding palm. Crawford 340/1. 3.72gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
L. Manlius Torquatus. Denarius AR. 65 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
19th-century gold brooch set with a Roman Republic, L. Manlius Torquatus, silver denarius. Crawford 411/1b; Sydenham 835–836; Sear RCV I 362; Babelon Manlia 12. 6.81 grams, 25 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa Caetronianus AR Denarius. 48 BC. Rome mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
P[ANSA], mask of bearded Pan to right / C•VIBIVS•C F[•C•N I]OVIS•AXVR, Jupiter Axurus seated to left, holding patera in his right hand and long sceptre with his left. Crawford 449/1a; Sydenham 947; Vibia 18; RBW 1571. 3.89gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
