LOT 3297
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE Dupondius. 38 BC. Southern (?) Italian mint.
CA[ESAR] DIVI • F, bare head of Octavian to right, with slight beard / DI[VOS] IVLIVS, wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar to right. Crawford 535/1; CRI 308; BMCRR Gaul 105; RPC I 620. Good Fine.(12.64gr, 30mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx HRD auction.
Ex Roma Numismatics, London, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3297
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE Dupondius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius. 32 BC. Athens mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
[AN]TON • AVG • IMP • III COS • DES • III • III • V • R • P • C, bare head of Mark Antony to right; small P (engraver's signature) in hair behind ear / M • SILANVS • AV[G] Q • PRO • CO[S] in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; BMCRR East 175; RSC Antonia 71. 3.70gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Bankers' marks.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The small P on the obverse of this coin represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920. -
The Caesarians. Divus Julius Caesar AR Denarius. 40 BC. Rome mint. Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Wreathed head to right; DIVI IVLI downwards before, lituus behind / Bull-calf walking to left; Q • VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue. Crawford 526/2; CRI 329; Sydenham 1132; BMCRR Rome 4308-10; RSC 46. 3.42gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE Dupondius. 38 BC. Southern (?) Italian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CA[ESAR] DIVI • F, bare head of Octavian to right, with slight beard / DI[VOS] IVLIVS, wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar to right. Crawford 535/1; CRI 308; BMCRR Gaul 105; RPC I 620. 12.64gr, 30mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Ex HRD auction. Ex Roma Numismatics, London, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
