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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M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus AR Denarius. 58 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Nabataean king Aretas kneeling to right, holding reins and olive branch before camel standing to right; M SCAVR above, EX SC to either side of camel, REX ARETAS in exergue / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga to left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; P HVPSAE AED CVR in two lines above; CAPTV upward to right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in two lines in exergue. Crawford 422/1b var. (obv AED CVR missing); cf. Roma, e-33, 403. 3.93gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
C. Norbanus AR Denarius. 83 BC. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed head of Venus right, wearing single drop earring and pearl necklace; CIIII behind, C • NORBANVS below / Fasces between grain ear on left and caduceus on right. Crawford 357/1b; Sydenham 739; Norbana 2. 3.93gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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.
