LOT 3082
Mn. Cordius Rufus AR Denarius. 46 BC.
Rome mint. RVFVS • III • V[IR], jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right, wearing laureate pilei surmounted by stars / MN(ligate) • CORDIVS, Venus standing to left, holding scales in right hand and sceptre in left, with Cupid perched on her shoulder. Crawford 463/1a; RBW 1606; Sydenham 976C; Babelon (Cordia) 1. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(3.84gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s.
Private North Country, UK, collection.
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Q. Fufius Kalenus and Mucius Cordus AR Serrate Denarius. 70 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint. Jugate heads of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet, to right; KALENI below, HO behind, VIRT (RT ligate) before / Italia standing to right and holding cornucopiae, Roma standing to left, foot on globe and holding sceptre, clasping hands; winged caduceus and ITAL monogram behind Italia, RO behind Roma, CORDI in exergue. Crawford 403/1; BMCRR Rome 3358; RSC Fufia 1. 3.72gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria (collector's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 930 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
M. Cipius AR Denarius. 115-114 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma to right; M • CIPI • M • F before, X (mark of value) behind / Victory driving galloping biga to right, holding reins and palm branch; rudder below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 289/1; BMCRR Italy 522-3; RSC Cipia 1. 3.87gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Porous surfaces.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Anonymous AR Didrachm-Quadrigatus. Circa 225-212 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus, with slightly curved truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre, in galloping quadriga driven to right by Victory; ROMA raised on solid tablet in exergue. Crawford 29/3; Sydenham 64d; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 78-99; RSC 24. 6.24gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
Ex Freeman & Sear (company's ticket included). From the Terner collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 891 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
According to Pliny the marks of silver money of this early Roman period were bigae and quadrigae, an hence their appellations of 'Bigati' and 'Quadrigati'.
