Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 102

NY International Coin Auction January 9-11, 2018

Roman Republican Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 415		Anonymous. Silver Quadrigatus (6.84 g), ca. 225-214 BC. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus. rev. ROMA incuse on raised tablet below, Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64a; RSC 23. Pleasing iridescent tone. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $915
Lot 416		Anonymous. Silver Quadrigatus (6.53 g), ca. 225-214 BC. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus. rev. ROMA incuse on raised tablet below, Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 65; RSC 24. Lovely iridescent tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 From the Dionysus Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,180
Lot 417		L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Silver Denarius (3.97 g), 90 BC. Rome. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, CXVII. rev. L PISO FRVGI below, horseman riding right, holding palm; below, IIII. Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 663c; Calpurnia 11. A gem! Lightly toned with underlying luster present. NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $600 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection Ex CNG E350 (6 May 2015), 435. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 418		Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. Silver Denarius (3.68 g), 81 BC. Mobile military mint with Sulla's army in northern Italy. Diademed head of Pietas right; to right, stork standing right. rev. IMPER, jug and lituus within laurel wreath. Crawford 374/2; Sydenham 750; Caecilia 44. Well struck, well centered and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $750 Ex Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), 219; Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3030. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius came from one of the most important and wealthiest families of Rome. Beginning in the 3rd century BC, his family held numerous consulships, tribunates, censorships and military commands. His father, Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, was the chief commander in the Jugurthine War in Numidia until Marius displaced him, and was later censor until driven into exile by Marius. The obverse of this coin portrays the goddess Pietas and alludes to the moneyer's cognomen, Pius. The moneyer acquired the honorable title from the people of Rome, whom he had beseeched in order to secure the restoration from exile of his father. The reverse probably refers to an unattested augurate of the moneyer's father, but may also allude to Sulla's holding of the augurate in ca. 82 BC (cf. Crawford p. 374). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $915
Lot 419		L. Rutilius Flaccus. Silver Denarius (4.07 g), 77 BC. Rome. FLAC behind, helmeted head of Roma right, wearing peaked visor. rev. L RVTILI in exergue, Victory, holding wreath and reins, driving galloping biga right. Crawford 387/1; Sydenham 780a; Rutilia 1a. Magnificent iridescent tone. *NGC grade AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5**. Estimated Value $500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $679
Lot 420		L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo. Silver Denarius (4.84 g), 62 BC. Rome. PAVLLVS LEPIDVS behind and above, CONCORD before, diademed and veiled head of Concordia right. rev. PVTEAL SCRIBON above, LIBO in exergue, garlanded well-head decorated with two lyres and hammer. Crawford 417/1a; Sydenham 927; Aemilia 11. Boldly struck, lustrous and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 Ex Tkalec (27 October 2011), 152; Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3047. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $448
Lot 421		P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Silver Denarius (3.95 g), 58 BC. Rome. P YPSAE before, S C behind, draped bust of Leuconoê right; behind, dolphin. rev. CEPI to right, C YPSAE COS/PRIV in two lines in exergue, Jupiter driving quadriga left. (Crawford 420/2d; Sydenham 911b; Plautia 12b. Toned). NGC grade AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $400 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 422		L. Marcius Philippus. Silver Denarius (3.99 g), 57 BC. Rome. ANCVS below, diademed head of Ancus Marcius right; behind, lituus. rev. PHILIPP-VS on left, equestrian statue right on arcade of five arches; within arches, AQVA (MAR). Crawford 425/1; Sydenham 919; Marcia 18. Boldly struck, well centered, and delicately toned. A superb example with much luster. *NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Fine style*. Estimated Value $600 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The obverse of portrays the diademed head of Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome. He was the progenitor of the Marcia gens* which had at least two branches, the Philippi and the Reges. Although L. Marcius Philippus belonged to the Philippi branch of the Marcii, he appropriated an event from the Reges branch as it was the praetor Quintus Marcius Rex who built the Aqua Marcia in 144-140 BC. Perhaps the moneyer was being a little devious to illustrate something he could not rightfully claim; the man in the street probably would simply assume that it was the moneyer's ancestor who had supplied Rome with it's greatest source of potable water. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 423		Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and P. Licinius Crassus Junianus. Silver Denarius (3.93 g), 47-46 BC. Utica. LEG PRO PR on left, CRASS IVN on right, turreted head of Utica right, between grain ear and winged caduceus; above, uncertain object (aplustre?); below, rostrum. rev. SCIP IMP on left, METEL PIVS on right, trophy between lituus and capis. Crawford 460/3; HCRI 42; Sydenham 1049; Caecilia 52. Boldly struck and perfectly centered with delicate iridescent tones. A marvelous specimen. *NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5**. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,658