Catalogue
Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, (78 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.90 grams), obv. draped and veiled bust of Vesta to left, L before, rev. male figure dropping tablet inscribed V into cista, LONGIN III V behind, (S.-, B.Cassia 10, Cr.413/1, Syd.935). Flat strike, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Republic, L. Scribonius Libo, (62 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (4.10 grams), obv. diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right, BON EVENT before, LIBO behind, rev. well head with two lyres, festoons and hammer, PVTEAL above, SCRIBON below in exergue, (S.297, B.Scribonia 8a, Cr.416/1a, Syd.928). Weakly struck otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Republic, M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, (c.58 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (4.02 grams), obv. King Aretas of Nabataea kneeling right beside camel [M SC]AVR over [AE]D CVR, S C in field, [REX A]RETAS in exergue, rev. Jupiter in galloping quadriga to left, scorpion below horses, [P] HVPSAE/ AED CVR, CAPTV on right, C.HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue. (S.299, B.Aemilia 8, Cr.422/1b, Syd.913). Slightly of centre, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Republic, L. Hostilius Saserna, (48 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.85 grams), obv. head of Gallia to right, Gaulish trumper behind, rev. Diana of Ephesus facing with stag and spear, [L] HOST[ILIVS] SASERNA around, (S.312A, B.Hostiliab 4, Cr.448/3, Syd.953). Weak in places, off centred on the reverse, otherwise very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Republic, Albinus Bruti, (48 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.9 grams), obv. Piety head to right, PIET[AS] behind, rev. two joined hands holding caduceus, ALBINVS BRVTI F around, (S.-, B.Postumia 10, Cr.450/2, Syd.942). Surface porosity in places, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, (47 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, obv. mask of Medusa, facing, hair dishevelled, L.PLAV[TIVS] below, rev. Aurora flying to right, conducting the four horses of the sun, [PLANCVS] below, (B.Plautia 14, S.315, Cr.453/1c, Syd.959b). Slightly off centre, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Republic, M. Junius Brutus, (c.43-42 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Brutus by Lucius Sestus in Macedonia, (3.73 grams), obv. head of Libertas to right, draped and wearing veil, around L SESTI PRO Q, rev. Tripod, to left axe to right simpulum around Q CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO COS, (S.381, Cr.502/2, Syd.1290, Junia 37). Slightly off centred on the obverse, light toning, otherwise good very fine, rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $520
Republic, Julius Caesar, (assasinated 44 B.C.), (c.49-48 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.8 grams), mint moving with Caesar, obv. elephant to right trampling on serpent, CAESAR in exergue, rev. simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat, (S.353, Cr.443/1, Syd.1006, Julius Caesar 49). Off centred on the obverse, weak in places, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Republic, Julius Caesar, (died 44 B.C.), denarius, Rome mint, struck 44 B.C., (4.2 grams), obv. CAESAR IMP before Caesar's laureate head to right, star of eight rays behind, rev. P. SEPVLLIVS MACER around, Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre resting on shield, (S.359, Cr.480/5b, Syd.1071). Slightly off centred on the obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine with an attractive even grey tone and with an excellent portrait of Caesar, rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $0
Mark Antony and Octavia, (40-32 B.C.), silver cistophorus, Pergamun mint, issued c.39 B.C., (11.6 grams), obv. laureate head of Mark Antony to right, around M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, rev. Octavia head to right on cista mystica between two interlaced serpents, [III VIR] R P C around, (S.433, BMC 133, B.60, Syd. 1197). Very good and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Mark Antony and Octavia, (40-32 B.C.), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued c.39 B.C., (11.3 grams), obv. cojoined heads of Mark Antony and Octavia to right, around M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, rev. Bacchus standing to left on cista mystica, III VIR R P C around, (S.434, BMC 135, B.61, Syd. 1198). Very good and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $230
Republic, Mark Antony and Octavian, (41 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, (3.6 grams), obv. bare head of Mark Antony to right, around M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P, rev. bare head of Octavian to right, around CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, (S.424, Cr.517/2, Syd.1181). Two bankers marks in obverse field, off centred on reverse, with large flan, attractive grey tone, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
Mark Antony and Octavian, (died 30 B.C.), silver quinarius (1.6 grams), issued 39 B.C., travelling mint, obv. III VIR R P C head of Concord to right, veiled and diademed, rev. M [ANTON] C CAESAR around clasped hands holding caduceus, (S.427, Cr. 529/4b, Syd. 1195). Off centred on reverse, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Mark Antony, (died 30 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, obv. ship right with sceptre tied with fillet on prow, some legend above visible ANT AVG, below III VIR R P C, rev. Aquila between two standards LEG X & XIII below, (cf.S.415, Cr.544/24 and 544/27, Syd.1228, 1232a). Last with banker's countermarks, weak in places, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Mark Antony, (died 30 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, obv. ship right with sceptre tied with fillet on prow, some legend above visible ANT AVG, below III VIR R P C, rev. Aquila between two standards LEG XX & XXIII below, (cf.S.415, Cr.544/36 and 544/39, Syd.1243, 1246). First with one banker's countermark, weak in places, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Mark Antony, (died 30 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.43 grams), issued for Lucius Pinarius Scarpus, 31 B.C., Cyrenaica mint, obv. M ANTO COS III IMP IIII head of Jupiter Ammon to right, rev. ANTONIO AVG SCARPVS IMP Victory walking right, (S.417, Cr. 546/2b, Syd. 1280, Antonia 98). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued 28-27 B.C., (11.1 grams), obv. laureate head of Octavian to right, around IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX, rev. PAX in field to left, Pax standing half left on parazonium or torch, right hand holding caduceus, in field to right a snake emerging from cista mystica, all within laurel wreath, (S.-, RIC 476, C.218, BMC 691). Fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued 27-26 B.C., Sutherland Group VI, (11.35 grams), obv. IMP CAE SAR, bare head to right of Augustus, rev. AVGVSTVS below Capricorn to right, head to left, bearing cornucopiae, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S. 474-5, RIC 477, BMC 262, Sutherland `The Cistophori of Augustus', Group VI, No.154-173). Lightly toned, top silver surface eaten away on high points, fine and very scarce. $$ The reverse with the Capricorn, according to Seutonius is that Theogenes, the mathematician of Apollonia, when informed by Augustus then a youth, of the time of his nativity, leaped forward and paid him adoration. He adds 'Augustus soon began to place such reliance on fate, that he published his horoscope, and caused a silver coin to be struck, marked with the constellation Capricorn under which he was born.'
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued 27-26 B.C., Sutherland Group VI, (11.5 grams), obv. IMP CAE SAR, bare head to right of Augustus, rev. AVGVSTVS below Capricorn to right, head to left, bearing cornucopiae, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S. 474-5, RIC 477, BMC 262, Sutherland `The Cistophori of Augustus', Group VI, No.154-173). Lightly toned, top silver surface eaten away on high points, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued c.25 B.C., (11.6 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, below IMP CAESAR, rev. AVGV STVS either side of bunch of six corn-ears, all within dotted circle, (S.475, RIC 478, C.32, BMC 699, Sutherland 174ff.). Fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $230
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued c.25 B.C., (11.6 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, below IMP CAE SAR, line border, rev. AVGVSTVS in field above garlanded altar, sculptured with two confronting hinds, linear border, (S.476, RIC 479, C.33, BMC 694). Fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $230
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Pergamum mint, issued 19-18 B.C., (11.4 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, below IMP IX TR PO V, rev. COM in field to left A[SIAE] in field to right, either side of a hexastyle temple inscribed ROM ET AVGVST, (S.-, RIC 506, BMC 312, Sutherland 483ff.). Off centred on reverse, otherwise nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Augustus as Octavian, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, issued 31-30 B.C., obv. laureate head of Octavian to right, line border, rev. rostral column, surmounted by cloaked figure holding spear and parazonium, IMP CAESAR across, (S.-, RIC 271, BMC 633). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $160
Augustus, in memorial of Julius Caesar, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, type of Rome mint, issued 17 B.C. by M. Sanquinius, (3.7 grams), obv. Julius Caesar laureate head to right, comet above showing four rays and tail, around M SANQVI NIVS III VIR, rev. herald or priest in long robe and feathered helmet standing left, right hand holding winged caduceus and left a shield, around AVGVST DI VI F LVDOS SAE, (S.-, RIC 340, C.6 [Julius Caesar], BMC 70). Slightly of centred on the obverse, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Lyons mint, issued 2 B.C. - A.D. 4 and later, (3.67 grams), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE around, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them, above on right a simpulum to left, and on the left a lituus to right, in exergue C L CAESARES, around AVGV[STI F COS DESIG PRINC IV]VENT, (cf.S.479, RIC 210, C.43a, BMC 540). Has been cleaned, uneven flan, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, Nemausus mint, issued A.D. 10-14, obv. laureate heads of Agrippa to left and Augustus to right, above IMP below DIVI F, P P to left and right of head, rev. COL NEM on either side of palm-shoot, chained crocodile below, (S.525, RIC 159, Ash 441). Attractive dark patina nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Livia, wife of Tiberius Claudius Nero and afterwards Augustus (divorced 38 B.C.). mother of Tiberius and Nero Claudius Druscus, (died A.D. 29), AE sestertius, Rome mint, struck by Tiberius, (26.50 grams), issued A.D. 21-2, obv. Carpentum drawn right by two mules, in three lines S P Q R IVLIAE AVGV[ST], rev. around [TI CAE]SAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII, S C in centre, (S.546, RIC 51 (Tib), C.6, BMC 76). Weak in places, surface porosity, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 14-37, (3.7 grams), obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F [AVGVSTVS], rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated to right, with vertical sceptre and branch, (S.567, RIC 30, BMC 48). Heavy scratches and obverse porosity, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 14-37, (3.8 grams), obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated to right, with vertical sceptre and branch, (S.567, RIC 30, BMC 48). Has been cleaned, with porosity on the reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $350
Drusus, son of Tiberius, (died A.D. 23), AE sestertius, Rome mint, struck by Tiberius, (24.9 grams), issued A.D. 22-3, obv. confronting heads of two boys on crossed cornucopias withcaduceus between, rev. around DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR POT II, S C in centre, (S.587, RIC 42, C.1, BMC 95). Dark green patina, nearly very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0