LOT 3580
Mn. Cordius Rufus AR Denarius. 46 BC. Rome mint.
Jugate heads of Dioscuri to right; RVFVS • III • VIR downwards behind / Venus Verticordia standing to left, holding scales and sceptre, Cupid at shoulder; MN • CORDIVS downwards behind. Crawford 463/1a; CRI 63; BMCRR Rome 4037-8; RSC Cordia 2. Near Very Fine.(3.06gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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L. Julius Bursio AR Denarius. 85 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Male head to right, with attributes of Apollo, Mercury and Neptune; pitcher (control symbol) behind / Victory driving quadriga to right, holding reins and wreath; L•IVLI•BVRSIO in exergue. Crawford 352/1a; De Ruyter obv. die 232; BMCRR Rome 2504; RSC Julia 5. 3.82gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Cut to reverse.
From the LNB Collection of J Bursio Denarii. Ex Harlan J. Berk, Auction 157, 17 December 2007. Property of a London antiquarian. -
L. Cassius Longinus AR Denarius. 60 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Veiled and draped bust of Vesta to left; Ƨ to left, calix to right / LONGIN • III • V, voter standing to left, dropping tablet inscribed V (Uti rogas) into cista to left. Crawford 413/1; Sydenham 935; Cassia 10. 3.73gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Light tone.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
C. Naevius Balbus AR Serrate Denarius. 79 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed bust of Venus to right; S•C behind / Victory in triga to right; LXXVII(?) (control numeral) above, C NAE • BA[LB] (partially ligate) in exergue. Crawford 382/1b; RSC Naevia 6. 3.37gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
