Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 122

June 13-16 Pre-Long Beach Auction

Roman Republican Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1622		Anonymous. Silver Quadrigatus (6.38 g), ca. 225-214 BC. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus. Reverse: 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. Some scrapes and scratches in the obverse fields, nonetheless quite pleasing as it is well centered and struck, and of fine style. Nicely toned with a broad flan. About Very Fine / Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $566
Lot 1623		C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. Silver Denarius (3.55 g), 64 BC. Rome. GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Reverse: C HOSIDI C F in exergue, the wild board of Calydon charging right, side pierced by arrow, harried by hound below. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Hosidia 1. Beautiful iridescent tone. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP The classical myth of the Calydonian boar served to illustrate the need for paying proper respect to the gods and the consequences for not doing so. King Oeneus of Aetolia had forgotten to accord proper rites to the goddess Diana (Artemis), and for this sacrilege she sent a chthonic beast, the wild boar of Calydon, to ravage the Aetolian hinterland. The boar was the bane of the people, destroying vineyards and crops and forcing everyone to take shelter behind their city walls. With starvation ensuing, a hunt was organized, and most of the illustrious heroes of Greece's heroic age took part (with the exception of Hercules who fought his own chthonic beast, the Erymanthean boar). Amongst all these male heroes was one female, the heroine Atalanta, and she won the signal honor of being the first to wound the boar, having pierced its side with an arrow. For this she was awarded its hide. Although the precise meaning is lost to us, it can be assumed that Hosidius employed the type of the Caledonian boar to illustrate a claimed descent from one of the heroes involved in the hunt, perhaps from Atalanta herself. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $308
Lot 1624		C. Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi. Silver Denarius (3.86 g), 61 BC. Rome. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, serpent-entwined staff. Reverse: C PISO L F FRVG, nude horseman wearing conical hat galloping right; above, pellet and Π; below, pellet. Crawford 408/1a; Sydenham 850f; Calpurnia 24. Struck in high relief and lustrous with a lovely old cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP A collector could spend a lifetime assembling the many varieties and various symbol combinations of the coins of C. Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi, and even then it is doubtful whether he would ever near completion. The types of Apollo and racing horseman refer to the Apolline Games first instituted in 212 BC under the moneyer's ancestor, P. Cornelius Sulla. The moneyer later became quaestor in 58 BC, but is perhaps most known as the husband of Tullia, the beloved daughter of the famous orator and statesman, Cicero. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,800
Lot 1625		L. Livineius Regulus. Silver Denarius (3.53 g), 42 BC. Rome. Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus right. Reverse: L LIVINEIVS above, REGVLVS in exergue, curule chair between six fasces. Crawford 494/28; HCRI 177; Sydenham 1110; Livineia 11. Boldly struck in high relief. NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Bankers' marks, brushed. Estimated Value $200 - UP Ex The William Oldknow Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $168