LOT 3275
P. Cornelius Sulla AR Denarius. 151 BC. Rome mint.
Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) behind / Victory driving galloping biga to right, holding whip and reins; P • SVLA (partially ligate) below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 205/1; BMCRR Rome 828; RSC Cornelia 1. Extremely Fine. Well struck and attractively toned.(3.93gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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L. Procilius AR Denarius. 80 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Laureate head of Jupiter to right; S • C downwards behind / Juno Sospita advancing to right, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt; serpent to right, L • PROCILI • F downwards in two lines to left. Crawford 379/1; BMCRR Rome 3147-9; RSC Procilia 1. 3.74gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus AR Denarius. 89 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bare head of King Tatius to right; TA monogram to right, SABIN to left / Rape of the Sabine Women: two Roman soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms; L•TITVRI below. Crawford 344/1a; RSC Tituria 1. 3.45gr, 19mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Bankers' marks on obverse.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Struck 37-36 BC. Uncertain Sicilian mint.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
[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.
