Lot 3601

Description

Julius Caesar, (assassinated 44 B.C.), plated denarius, Rome mint, struck Feb. - March 44 B.C., (2.78 grams), obv. [CAESAR] DICT PERPETVO around Caesar's veiled head to right, rev. [P. SEPVLLIVS] MACER around, Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre resting on shield, (S.1414, Cr.480/13, RSC Julius Caesar 39, BMC 4173); Mark Antony, (died 30 B.C.), silver denarius, (2.53 gm), issued Autumn 42 B.C., Epirus? mint, obv. [M ANTONI IMP], head of M. Antony to right, rev. III [VIR R P C], distyle temple containing facing bust of Sol on disk, (S.146, Cr.496/1, RSC 12, CRI 128); Germanicus, son of Nero Claudius Drusus, brother of Claudius, (born 15 B.C., died A.D. 19), AE as, Rome mint, issued A.D. 50-54, struck under Claudius, (11.56 gm), obv. bare head of Germanicus to right, around GERMANICVS CAE[SAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N], rev. SC around, [TI CLAVDIVS] CAESAR [AVG GERM P M TR] P IMP [P P] (S.1905, RIC 106, BMC 215, C.9). First coin damaged and off centred otherwise very good, second coin poor, last coin fair with corrosion. (3)