LOT 3547
Mn. Aemilius Lepidus AR Denarius. 114 BC. Rome mint.
Laureate bust of Roma to right; star behind, ROMA (partially ligate) upwards before / Three arches on which stands equestrian statue; horseman wearing cuirass and wreath, holding spear; MN•AEMILIO (partially ligate) around, LEP between arches. Crawford 291/1; BMCRR Italy 590; RSC Aemilia 7. Near Extremely Fine.(3.88gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Numismatica Ars Classica.
Privately purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 3 February 1973.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and Q. Servilius Caepio AR Denarius. 100 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Saturn to right; harpa behind, PISO CAEPIO Q around / Two quaestors seated to left on subsellium between two stalks of grain; AD • FRV • EMV EX • S • C in two lines below. Crawford 330/1a; BMCRR 1128; RSC Calpurnia 5; RBW -. 3.83gr, 19mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Q. Fabius Labeo AR Denarius. 124 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) beneath chin, ROMA downwards behind, LABEO upwards before / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga to right, holding reins and sceptre and throwing thunderbolt; prow of galley below, Q•FABI in exergue. Crawford 273/1; BMCRE Italy 494-6; RSC Fabia 1. 3.88gr, 19mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Toned. Banker's mark on obverse.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
C. Antestius AR Denarius. 146 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
Helmeted head of Roma to right; [C ANTESTI] behind, X (mark of value) beneath chin / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, riding to right; below, dog to right, [ROMA] in exergue. Crawford 219/1e; BMCRR Rome 859; RSC Antestia 1. 3.74gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Light iridescent toning.
Ex Coincraft (R14137). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
