LOT 3079
Q. Fufius Kalenus and Mucius Cordus AR Serrate Denarius. 70 BC.
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. Good Very Fine. Toned.(3.72gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 3079
Q. Fufius Kalenus and Mucius Cordus AR Serrate Denarius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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L. Antestius Gragulus AR Denarius. 136 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint. GRAG, helmeted head of Roma to right; mark of value beneath chin / L ANTES (ANTE ligate) beneath Jupiter, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, driving galloping quadriga to right; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 238/1; Sydenham 451; Antestia 9; RBW 980. 3.77gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi AR Denarius. 90 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo to right; control mark before / Nude horseman riding to right, carrying palm; [L] PISO FRVGI N: below. Crawford 340/1; cf. Sydenham 665; RSC Calpurnia 7. 4.07gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Banker's mark to obverse.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection (collector's ticket included).
This type refers to the Ludi Apollinares games which were established in BC 212 the annual celebration of which was proposed by an ancestor of the moneyer, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. -
L. Procilius AR Serrate Denarius. 80 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress; S • C behind / Juno Sospita, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt, in biga to right; serpent beneath horses, L • PROCILI • F in exergue. Crawford 379/2; BMCRR Rome 3150-1; RSC Procilia 2. 3.84gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
