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Los 150
British Boer War Photograph Album, very good example of a snap shot photograph album compiled during the Boer War in South Africa 1899-1902. The album is well annotated and with good quality clear images including the Orange River railway station, siege train on the way to the front lines, captured Boer Prisoners from the battle of Magersfontein, New Zealand field battery 15 pounder Elsworth gun, 4.7 inch gun with annotation underneath “this gun did good service at Battle of Modder River”, Howitzer siege guns for relief of Kimberley, Modder River railway bridge, Australian Medical Corps, Colonel Lambert 4th Durham Light Infantry Military Commandant Orange River, Royal Munster Fusiliers leaving for England 1902, flogging of a native for insubordination, cemetery at Orange River Station, etc. All pages with annotations below. Housed in a period photograph album. (48 images)
Los 165
Collection of Original WW2 German Photograph Albums, one naval probably Mediterranean location includes interesting images of French heavy warships damaged and with fire in the background noted as Toulon December 1942 (some 115 in modern album), another Luftshutz, with air raid damage and Eastern Front images, also two very unusual images of HMS Cambletown wedged on dock prior to her destruction by an internal explosion (c.114 images). A third with pre-war light hearted images of female friends and family together with a gathering at some kind of Nazi meeting, all with detailed captions, five of an unnamed German soldier in various posed shots including full white winter uniform November 1942, others post war 1950's. Some missing images and some pages detached still interesting c.75 in all. Together with 3 other blank or family albums. Six albums in all.
![The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby [i. e. R. H. Barham]. London, Richard Bentley, MDCCCLXVI [1866](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b1864c16-d999-4f35-90b1-a94400df16ba/284ef0c8-2106-4510-c3f4-03500b49079d/468x382.jpg)
Los 40
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby [i. e. R. H. Barham]. London, Richard Bentley, MDCCCLXVI [1866]. New edition. 8vo. pp. xi, [i], blank, 468. Illustrated title-page. One illustration in the preface to the second edition. Inscribed 'Charles Marriott from F. B. Harvey July 1867' on verso of front free endpaper. Contemporary full green calf with gilt ruled borders, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, all edges marbled. Very occasional light foxing, some rubbing to extremities, covers slightly scuffed.
Los 325
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 455-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; Key symbol below horse / Persian soldier advancing to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, extending both hands with uncertain object in right, towards Greek soldier seated to left on quiver, wearing crested Attic helmet, supporting himself with his left hand, bow on the ground at his side; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references including: BMC -; Traité -; Casabonne -; MIMAA -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -. 10.70g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished, and of very great numismatic and historical interest. From the collection of P.R., United Kingdom. This remarkable coin defies explanation at the present state of knowledge. That it depicts an interaction between two soldiers, one a Persian and the other of Greek style, seems reasonable enough. The Persian, on the left, carries a slung bow and quiver denoting a military aspect; he is not crowned, thus we may assume he is not a king, nor does he seem to wear the kyrbasia that would indicate satrapal rank. The figure on the right wears a crested helmet apparently of Attic style; his attire is otherwise uncertain. He may wear a fitted cuirass and a tunic that reaches down over his upper legs, he could be bare to the waist and wearing a loincloth, or he may be simply dressed in a long, light, belted tunic only - the detail is too uncertain to make a definitive judgement. Beneath him are clearly visible a quiver with arrows within, and both ends of his bow, strung for action. The great question which prevents us from determining with any more precision what kind of interaction this scene could depict centres on what the Persian soldier is doing with his hands. He holds an object in his right hand; his fingers are oriented downwards in the manner that one would wield a sword or dagger; a line beyond the end of his hand could be the hilt of such a weapon. In this case we might suppose that with his left hand he is grasping the crest of the Greek's helmet, while with his left foot he prepares to tread on his opponent. Yet if we are to see in this the act of stabbing a fallen enemy, the design could have been rendered in a more conspicuous manner - no blade is visible, and a blow to the upper arm as it appears would seem misplaced. What is the alternative? It is conceivable that the Persian proffers some object to the Greek - a message perhaps - but the positioning of his foot and placing his hand over the recipient's head seems bizarre and more than a little unwelcome. Other explanations may present themselves to the imaginative observer (the defeat by Megabyzos of the Egyptian revolt led by Inaros II and supported by an Athenian task force in 455 BC?) or one with specialist knowledge perhaps. In the meantime we can only safely say that it is a numismatic scene with no existing parallel we are aware of, and is a highly important addition to the corpus of the early coinage of Tarsos.
Los 706
Domitian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 82. IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head right / TR POT IMP II COS VIII DES VIIII P P Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left. RIC 141; BMCRE 34; RSC 610. 3.54g, 19mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Attractive light cabinet tone. Ex Dr. Brandt Fixed Price List 3, Summer 2003, 309.
Los 769
Julia Mamaea (mother of S. Alexander) Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 222-235. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas seated left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; SC in exergue. RIC 679 (Alexander); C. 26; BMCRE 661 (Alexander). 24.94g, 32mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine; untouched light green patina. From a central European collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100, 29 May 2017, lot 566.
Los 645
Octavian AR Denarius. Italian mint (Rome?), autumn 32 - summer 31 BC. Bare head right / Mercury (or Apollo), nude, seated to right on rock upon which is spread his cloak, petasus slung on his back, holding lyre with both hands; CAESAR DIVI•F across fields. RIC 257; CRI 401; RSC 61; BMCRE 596-8 = BMCRR Rome 4335-6; BN 73-6. 3.55g, 20mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone. In outstanding condition for the type; Extremely Rare thus, and certainly the finest example present on CoinArchives. Ex Kallman Collection, Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 603 (cleaned and conserved since); Ex Prideaux Collection, Triton XI, 8 January 2008, lot 642; Ex Aufhäuser 12, 1 October 1996, lot 418; Ex Schweizerischer Kreditanstalt 5, 18 April 1986, lot 345.
Los 733
Antoninus Pius AV Quinarius. Rome, AD 150-151. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIIII, bare head right / COS IIII, Liberalitas standing left, holding account board and vexillum, LIB-VI across fields. RIC 198a. 3.57g, 15mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Ex Ambrose Collection. Attested by the Historia Augusta (Life of Antonius Pius, IV, 9) as having been a generous and munificent emperor, Antoninus Pius is known to have given liberalities to coincide with major events in the Roman calendar such as the ninth centenary of the founding of the city of Rome in AD 148-149, and his third quinquennalia in 151-152. However the sixth largesse that he gave, which is celebrated in this reverse type, appears not to have been for a specific event save perhaps being given at the same time as a donative to the army; the first appearance of the vexillum as an attribute of Liberalitas in this series might have been intended to signify the coupling of the civilian largesse and army donative into one. It is somewhat ironic to note that Antoninus Pius, while so generous with his largesse to the people and the games and events held to mark the ninth centenary of the city, did in fact devalue the Roman currency concurrently: the silver purity of the denarius was decreased from 89% to 83.5%, the actual silver weight dropping from 2.88 grams to 2.68 grams. Reverse types such as this one, associating the traditional Roman Virtues such as Liberalitas with the emperor, are therefore cast in a different light.
Los 511
L. Saufeius AR Denarius. Rome, 152 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; X behind / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins and whip; L•SAVF below horses, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 204/1; RSC Saufeia 1. 3.85g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone with golden iridescence. From the R.C. Vermeer Collection.
Los 578
Faustus Cornelius Sulla AR Denarius. Rome, 56 BC. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing diadem with crescent; lituus behind, FAVSTVS downwards before / Sulla seated left on platform above kneeling figures of Bocchus, king of Mauretania, on left who offers an olive branch and Jugurtha, king of Numidia, on right, his hands tied behind his back; FELIX downwards to right. Crawford 426/1; RSC Cornelia 59. 3.93g, 20mm, 8h. Extremely Fine; pleasant light tone. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 701
Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus. Rome, AD 80-81. DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head right / Shield inscribed SC mounted on column flanked by two laurels; urn on top, E-X across. RIC 359; BMCRE 125; RSC 149. 3.44g, 19mm, 6h. Mint State. Attractive light cabinet tone. Ex private German collection.
Los 654
Augustus AR Denarius. Lugdunum, 15-13 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, bare head right / Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, standing left, holding plectrum and lyre; IMP •X across fields, ACT in exergue. RIC 171a; RSC 144; BMCRE 461-2 = BMCRR Gaul 175-6. 3.80g, 19mm, 6h. Near Mint State; light area of weak strike.
Los 140
Sicily, Katane AR Tetradrachm. Circa 465-450 BC. The river god Amenanos as a bearded, man-headed bull kneeling to right, fish below; above, a heron standing upon his back and walking left / Nike, wearing long chiton, advancing left, holding taenia in her outstretched right hand; KATANE around. Rizzo pl. IX, 2 (same dies); Randazzo pl. 3, 48-53 (same rev. die); Kraay-Hirmer 31 (same obv. die); Randazzo -; SNG ANS -; Boehringer Ognina 74 (same obv. die); Ognina Hoard AttiMem pl. 1, 3 (same obv. die). 17.31g, 29mm, 3h. Obverse die heavily used; Extremely Fine, light grey tone. Extremely Rare. Ex private American collection; Ex Roma Numismatics VII, 22 March 2014, lot 108 (hammer: £16,000). The city of Katane, founded around 729 BC by Chalkidic colonists from Naxos, was established on the site of the archaic village of the same name that was then peopled by the indigenous Sikels, who had named their village after the rugged black lava landscape (katane, meaning sharp stones). The native Sikels were rapidly hellenised, but the Naxian founders kept the autochthonal name for their new home on the banks of the river Amenanos. This outstanding coin was struck within a few years of the refoundation of the city, issued in celebration of the return of the Chalkidic inhabitants of Katane to their homeland following the Aitna episode. Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse, had forcibly transferred the populations of Katane and Naxos, Katane's parent city, to Leontinoi, renamed Katane as Aitna and settled it with 5000 colonists from Syracuse and 5000 Dorians from the Peloponnesos. However, after the death of Hieron in 466 and the overthrow of his brother Thrasybulos less than a year later, relations between the newly democratic Syracuse and its former colony soured, leading to war in 461. Allied with the Sikels under Douketios, Syracuse through several battles compelled the newly settled inhabitants to retire to the fortress of Inessa (to which they gave the name of Aitna), while the old Chalkidic citizens were reinstated in the possession of the city. The obverse depicts clear civic types referencing both the life-giving river by which Katane was sited, and other types reference the wine-grapes that must have been key to the city's prosperity through use of the type of Silenos. The taenia borne by Nike on the reverse here almost certainly alludes to the fall of the Deinomenid tyranny that, with the aid of Syracuse and the native Sikels, allowed the displaced people to return to their ancestral home.
Los 80
Etruria, Populonia Æ 11 Units. Late 3rd century BC. Bust of Turms right, wearing winged petasos; crescent to left / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna' between two caducei; X/ between. EC I, 139.1-7 (O1/R1); HN Italy 190; SNG ANS 96. 11.51g, 27mm, 1h. Good Very Fine; light sage-green patina and uncommonly attractive for this issue. From the collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, and outside of Italy prior to December 1992.
Los 613
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 46 BC. Head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS•TERT downwards behind, DICT•ITER upwards before / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; M to right, AVGVR above, PONT•MAX below. Crawford 467/1b; RSC 4; CRI 57a. 3.98g, 19mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence. Ex Triton XII, 6 January 2009, lot 503.
Los 560
Q. Pomponius Musa AR Denarius. Rome, 66 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right; Q•POMPONI downwards behind, MVSA upwards before / Hercules standing right, wearing lion skin headdress and playing lyre, with club at his side; HERCVLES downwards to right, MVSARVM downwards to left. Crawford 410/1; RSC Pomponia 8. 3.94g, 18mm, 6h. Mint State; light golden iridescence. Known in Greece as Hercules Musagetes, or leader of the choir of Muses, and appropriately shown here playing a lyre, his worship was often associated with that paid to the nine virgin goddesses of poetry and civilisation. It is difficult to account for this seeming abandonment of Apollo's maiden companions by the God of Song himself to the protection of another and inferior divinity, however such were the contradictions and inconsistencies of the superstitious patchwork which formed the Greco-Roman system of deification. The subject before us has been reasonably supposed to indicate, by an allegory, that the cultivation of intellectual pursuits rests secure under the guardianship of strength and courage, and that the heroic genius of Hercules can be worthily proclaimed only through the influence of the Muses.
![Lucius Verus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / [TR P V]III IMP V COS III, Aequitas](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc72347d-a915-4657-ba47-a95300b1d467/7bff819e-987e-420e-8cc7-48e0951fe442/468x382.jpg)
Los 753
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / [TR P V]III IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated left on throne, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 595; BMCRE 481; RSC 318. 3.20g, 18mm, 6h. Mint State; pleasant light cabinet tone. From a private British collection; Ex A. Tkalec, 9 May 2005, lot 291.
![Etruria, Lucca(?) AR 5 Units. Circa 325-300 BC. Bearded and laureate head left, [? behind] / Blank. Cf. EC I, 3; HN Italy 96;](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc72347d-a915-4657-ba47-a95300b1d467/78a2bc80-2695-492c-f814-f0ce2ff1c4a5/468x382.jpg)
Los 3
Etruria, Lucca(?) AR 5 Units. Circa 325-300 BC. Bearded and laureate head left, [? behind] / Blank. Cf. EC I, 3; HN Italy 96; SNG France 84 (Ateliers incertains). 9.80g, 21mm. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, from a previously unrecorded die. From the collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, and outside of Italy prior to December 1992. This issue conforms stylistically with EC I, 3 which is attributed to Lucca on the basis of 2.1 and 3.3-4 having been found ‘sopra i monti lucchesi’ as reported by Ciampi in 1813. Though by weight it would be the lightest of the six known examples at 9.8g (as compared to a range of 10.96-11.37g, averaging at 11.19g), the condition of the metal is such that a higher original weight seems probable. Given that only five other specimens of EC I, 3 are known (of which four are in Museum collections - London [2], Milan and Paris) an unrecorded die is unsurprising. Following on from the highly successful sale of the VCV Collection in Auction X, Roma Numismatics Ltd. is proud to present herein the Collection of a Swiss Etruscologist. Formed slowly over the past three decades, like the VCV Collection many of the constituent coins were purchased privately - necessarily so, since few Etruscan coins have traditionally been offered at auction. Some of the coins have been purchased from the ADM collection (sold in Numismatica Ars Classica sales 7 in 1994 and 13 in 1998), and the aforementioned VCV collection, which it joins along with ‘An Important Etruscan Collection’ sold in Spink sale 81, 27 March 1991, as an important reference for Etruscan coinage. In terms of its size and scope it is comparable not only to these collections, but also those of major museums. Indeed few collections (public or private) can boast a single running-Metus didrachm of Vulci, let alone two. Of course, what is most exciting about cataloguing such a collection in a field that is still relatively not well understood and of which many if not most types remain very rare is not limited to the chance to hold and appreciate certain classic rarities, such as the iconic octopus-amphora 20 units and boar tridrachm of Populonia and the running-Metus didrachm of Vulci. It is also the number of previously unrecorded examples of very scarce types, previously unrecorded dies, and even entirely unrecorded types that come to light, having never been included in a scholarly census but which may now be rightly added to the corpus of Etruscan numismatics to enhance our understanding and that of collectors, scholars and art historians yet to come. Among these significant nova are two unique and unpublished coins worthy of note: an amphora silver ‘unit’ of Populonia (lot 9) and a diobol bearing a facing Silenus (lot 19); the addition of new specimens of known types to the existing corpus is no less important, particularly when considering such an extreme raritiy as the aforementioned Vulci didrachm (lot 87), or the lion-scalp diobol (lot 13). Despite the great age and grandeur of Etruscan civilisation, its coinage is mainly late and has been thoroughly reappraised by Italo Vecchi in Italian Cast Coinage, A descriptive catalogue of the cast coinage of Rome and Italy, 2013, and in his monumental study: Etruscan Coinage Part 1, A corpus of the struck coinage of the Rasna, 2012, in which a good many of these coins are published. We gratefully thank Italo Vecchi for his invaluable assistance in cataloguing this collection and presenting it herein for sale. It is the hope of the collector, whose patience over long years of careful collecting has yielded such an important assemblage, that by the publication and dispersal of these coins into the numismatic collecting community some new sparks may be struck that will continue in years to come the appreciation of these fragments of an ancient culture of whom so much has been irretrievably lost, and of whom despite the ongoing hard work of dedicated Etruscologists we still know so little.
Los 242
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Mid 4th century BC. Sokrates(?), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / ???OKPATH?, upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, all within shallow incuse square. E. Paunov, ‘ The Tetradrachm Coinage of Apollonia Pontica’, in Ex nummis lux - Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honour of Dimitar Draganov, Sofia 2017, pp. 59-87, Issue 26, 76 (O11/ R37). 16.75g, 24mm, 5h. Good Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone. Extremely Rare. From a central European collection.
Los 724
Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 125-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear. RIC 161; BMCRE 361-2; RSC 349. 3.45g, 19mm, 7h. Good Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone. From a private British collection; Ex collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1089; Ex Numismatik Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 422.
Los 663
Augustus AR Denarius. Samos, 21-20 BC. CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, bull standing right. RIC 475; C. 28; BMCRE 663; Sutherland, "L'attribution des deniers augustéens aux types du temple, de la couronne et du jeune taureau" in RN 1974, 61f; BN 941. 2.94g, 20mm, 1h. About Good Extremely Fine; beautiful light cabinet tone with hints of iridescence. Ex Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 March 2002, lot 209. Among the first coins to be struck bearing the new title Augustus, this denarius is of exceptional style and engraved with beautiful craftsmanship. Struck in Pergamum, the reverse type remains an enigma with scholarship as yet unable to settle on a definitive meaning, though various suggestions have been posed. Firstly, perhaps the bull is based on Myron's bronze heifer, a statue much admired in antiquity and of which Augustus must have been aware: he is known to have restored Myron's Apollo, which Marc Antony had taken, to Ephesus. However, an alternative statue has been proposed by Sutherland in RIC to be the basis for this reverse type. He links this issue with Augustus' visit to Samos in winter 21/20 BC, where he would likely have seen a statue of Poseidon Taureos in the sanctuary, an event he later commemorated on the coinage. More personal to Augustus himself is the theory that what we see here is a reference to the famous 'butting bull' type seen on the coinage of Thurium. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus in celebration of his father's victory in battle against a Spartacist army, which took place outside the town, this reverse type would be a personal allegory to Augustus and the high regard in which his family was held by the townspeople of Thurium.
Los 756
Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. 'Antioch', AD 193-194. IM P CAES C PESCFN NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / MAPTI VICTORI, Mars standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and reversed spear in left. RIC 55 var. (legends); RSC 51 var. (same); BMCRE 308 var. (same). 3.73g, 18mm, 1h. Mint State. Exceptional metal quality and preservation for a denarius of Pescennius Niger. Ex Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1149. The coinage of Pescennius Niger is scarce, and it is quite probable that following his death his coins were recalled and melted by Septimius Severus in so far as was practicable. Originally, scholars assigned all coinage of Pescennius Niger to a single mint: Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC IV, pp. 19) state that “Pescennius Niger’s coins are all of one general style, probably all of one mint”, naming Antioch as this mint largely due to the fact that Niger was governor of Syria and his territory while emperor was largely restricted to the East. However, some light has since been shed on the coinage of Pescennius Niger in the last eighty years. Buttrey’s “The President’s Address” (The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 152,1992) summarises how uncertainty and ambiguity had previously hampered the study of this emperor’s coinage but that it is in fact apparent that he also struck coins at Alexandria, Caesarea in Cappadocia and Caesarea Germanice in Bithynia. Particular attention to coins minted at Antioch by Bartosz Awianowicz has suggested that the great number of misspelt and often erroneous legends, as exemplified by this coin, indicates an unfamiliarity with Latin on the part of the die engravers, meaning it is highly probable that they were produced by local workers previously responsible only for Greek legends with little intervention by literate Roman die engravers (see Peculiarities and Errors in the Legends Attributed to Antioch Denarii of Pescennius Niger and of Septimius Severus, Notae Numismaticae 2013).
Los 703
Titus, as Caesar, AV Aureus. Rome, AD 73. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS, laureate head right / VESTA, tetrastyle circular Temple of Vesta, a statue of Vesta standing within, holding sceptre, two statues flanking outside. RIC 530 (Vespasian, Rome); BMCRE pg. 18, note † (Vespasian, Rome) & 411 (Vespasian, Lugdunum); Calicó 796 (same obv. die); C. 349. 7.37g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; only two other examples on CoinArchives. Ex E. Bourgey, 10-12 March 1976, lot E. It is impossible to ignore the importance of the Temple of Vesta to the Roman state. Containing not a statue of Vesta but her sacred fire, the ancient sources tell us that its fate was entwined with the city so closely that if the fire were to be extinguished it would be interpreted as “an omen that portends the destruction of the city” (Dionysius of Halicarnassus 2.67). The Vestal Virgins thus devoted their lives to completing the rituals required to ensure the protection of the flame, and so the city. Their purity and dedication was seen to guard the city from danger, and as a consequence if ever they disregarded their duties or were proven to no longer be virgins, severe punishment was dispensed. Alongside the flame, the Vestal Virgins protected important state documents such as the emperor’s will and items of legendary fame, reportedly including the Palladium, brought from Troy by Aeneas. Although commonly called a temple today this building was not in fact a temple in the Roman sense of the word, being that it was not a space consecrated by augurs that could be used for meetings of Roman officials (and indeed, entry to the temple was restricted to the Vestals and the pontifex maximus). However, the sacred site had been in use since the seventh century BC, although the temple itself was destroyed and rebuilt many times over the centuries. One such occasion was after the fire of AD 64, which saw only four of the fourteen districts of Rome escape damage and the Temple of Vesta burnt to the ground. The final destruction occurred during the reign of Commodus in AD 191 after which it was rebuilt by Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. The version seen on this coin therefore is the Neronian structure, also featured on coins of that emperor (see RIC I, 61). Architecturally, the numismatic imagery corroborates the descriptions given in the ancient literature concerning this temple. Firstly, no matter how many times it was destroyed the temple was always reconstructed in circular form, just like the huts of the early settlers of Rome and a fitting form for the shrine of the goddess of the hearth, home and family as a symbolic representation of Vesta in her guise as Mother Earth. That this was her position in the Roman consciousness is attested by Dionysius of Halicarnassus who stated that the Romans regarded " the fire as consecrated to Vesta, because that goddess, being the Earth and occupying the central position in the universe, kindles the celestial fires from herself " (2.66.3), while Ovid noted that "Vesta is the same as the earth, both have the perennial fire: the Earth and the sacred Fire are both symbolic of home." (Fasti, 6.269-70). The distinctive domed roof of the temple, clearly visible in the present depiction, featured an open oculus. This was perhaps designed in part to vent smoke from the sacred fire while allowing light into the cella, for the ancient sources tell us that in contrast to other temples the cella was fully enclosed to protect the sacred flame from wind and rain. These walls, which hid the sacred fire from the eyes of all except those permitted to enter, and the lack of a statue of the goddess in the temple is noted by the ancient sources such as Ovid: “there is no image of Vesta or of fire” (Fasti, 6.297). This therefore present us with a problem, as the temple seen in this reverse type clearly contains and is flanked by three statues. Philip Hill (The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types, Seaby, London, 1989) argues convincingly that what we are in fact being shown is the Aedicula Vestae on the Palatine Hill (pg. 32), which was constructed in 12 BC after Augustus gave part of his private house to the Vestals as public property and incorporated a new shrine of Vesta within it.
Los 101
Lucania, Sybaris AR Stater. Circa 530-510 BC. Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-44. 8.24g, 28mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin; light cabinet tone. In remarkable state of preservation - very rare thus. From a private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992.
Los 102
Lucania, Sybaris AR Stater. Circa 530-510 BC. Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-44. 8.18g, 28mm, 11h. Mint State; lustrous metal with a light cabinet tone. From a private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992.
Los 807
Maximinus II, as Caesar, AR Argenteus. Serdica, AD 305-307. MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, three-turreted camp gate; no doors; •SM•SDA• in exergue. RIC 22; RSC 206. 3.18g, 20mm, 6h. Near Mint State; light cabinet tone. Very Rare. Ex H. D. Rauch 99, 8 December 2015, lot 293; Ex Numismatik Lanz 144, 24 November 2008, lot 680.
Los 687
Galba AV Aureus. Tarraco, April-late AD 68. IMP GALBA, laureate head right, with globe at point of bust / DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia standing left, draped, holding patera and leaning on sceptre. C -, cf. 43 (denarius); BMCRE -, cf. 167 (denarius); RIC -, cf. 14 (denarius); BN -, cf. 8 (denarius); Calicó 470 = Biaggi 252 = Hess-Divo 320, 326 (hammer CHF 14,000). 7.61g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine; faint hairline in rev. field. Extremely Rare - apparently only the third known example. This type was known only in silver until as late as 1953, when part I of the Rashleigh collection (14-16 January, lot 19) was put up for auction. The type remained known only by that single example, which passed into the Biaggi collection, until 2009 when a further specimen came to light at NAC 52 (7 October, lot 357). The type remains an extremely rare example of Galba's early coinage produced in the capital of his province and power base, Hispania Tarraconensis. The reverse advertises Galba's association with the early Julio-Claudians, and Livia in particular - Galba had been a close personal friend of the imperial family, and Livia had made him her principal heir in her will, though Tiberius largely cancelled the generous bequests therein.
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Los 565
L. Manlius Torquatus AR Denarius. Rome, 65 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of Sybil right; [SIBYLLA below neck truncation]; all within laurel wreath / Tripod, on which stands amphora flanked by two stars; L•TORQVAT downwards to left, III•VIR upwards to right, all within torque. Crawford 411/1a; RSC Manlia 11. 3.97g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Beautiful light tone with golden iridescent highlights. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 567
L. Roscius Fabatus AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 64 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; shield behind, [L•ROSCI below] / Female standing right facing serpent; spear in left field, pellet in central field, FABATI in exergue. Crawford 412/1; RSC Roscia 3. 3.86g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; beautiful light cabinet tone. Very rare symbols. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 562
Q. Pomponius Musa AR Denarius. Rome, 66 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; sandal behind / Thalia, the Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry, standing left, holding comic mask and resting elbow on column; Q•POMPONI downwards to right, MVSA downwards to left. Crawford 410/9b; RSC Pomponia 19. 3.66g, 17mm, 1h. Near Mint State; attractive light tone with hints of golden iridescence. Ex private Spanish collection. Thalia, like all the Muses, is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne and the eighth child born of the nine, her name meaning 'the joyous', or 'the flourishing'.
Los 813
Constantine I AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 324-325. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / ADVENTVS AVGVSTI N, Constantine on horseback to left, cloak flying, raising right hand and holding spear in left; SMAN* in exergue. RIC 48 (this coin cited); C. 11; Alföldi 5; Depeyrot 41/1. 4.42g, 20mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine; light marks on reverse. Extremely Rare. This coin cited in H. Mattingly, et al, The Roman Imperial Coinage Vol. VII (1966); Ex Leu 91, 10 May 2004, lot 689; Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12 May 1970, lot 645; Ex Hess-Leu 24, 16 April 1964, lot 356; Ex Münzen & Medaillen 13, 17-19 June 1954, lot 762. The tetrarchy that had effectively governed the affairs of the empire since the reign of Diocletian broke down irretrievably in its third generation and culminated in the civil war between Licinius in the East and Constantine in the West. With Constantine victorious following the Battle of Chrysopolis on 18 September 324, he became the first sole emperor to rule over the Roman territories since the institution of the tetrarchy in AD 293. This coin commemorates the planned adventus (arrival) of the emperor Constantine I into the Eastern city of Antioch - formerly under the dominion of Licinius - an event for which the mint of Antioch clearly made preparations, but which was cancelled by Constantine who blamed the controversy between the bishop of Alexandria and Arius regarding the nature of Christ’s personhood as the reason for his decision not to go East as planned. This coin therefore stands as an unusual record of a celebration that never took place, which may perhaps explain its extreme rarity - the issue having either been prematurely aborted, or recalled. The adventus coin type with an emperor on horseback was first introduced by Trajan, although precursors can be found in earlier coinage. This coin follows the traditional adventus design, showing the emperor mounted and riding forward with his cloak billowing and his arm raised in a gesture of greeting with the reverse legend explicitly highlighting “the arrival of our emperor”. The adventus of an emperor was marked with great ceremony by the inhabitants of a city and normally involved processions, honours, speeches and gifts in addition to possible benefits to the city itself such as when Constantine I gave tax relief to the city of Augustodunum (modern day Autun).
Los 711
Nerva AR Denarius. Rome, AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands before aquila resting on prow. RIC 3; BMCRE 8; RSC 25. 3.13g, 18mm, 6h. Near Mint State; extraordinarily lustrous with light tone. Ex Áureo & Calicó, 9 November 2017, lot 47.
Los 541
C. Annius T. f. T. n. and L. Fabius L. f. Hispaniensis AR Denarius. Mint in north Italy or Spain, 82-81 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Anna Perenna right; C•ANNI•T•F•T•N•V•PRO•COS•EX•S•C• around, scales before, winged caduceus behind, symbol (wing?) below / Victory driving galloping quadriga right, holding reins and palm-branch; Q• above, L•FABI•L•F•HIS[P] in exergue. Crawford 366/1a; RSC Annia 2a. 3.89g, 19mm, 8h. Extremely Fine. Beautiful light tone with iridescent highlights. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 554
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 69 BC. Male head right, with flowing hair; control mark behind / Winged caduceus; M•PLAETORI downwards to right, CEST•EX•S•C downwards to left. Crawford 405/5; RSC Plaetoria 5. 3.53g, 19mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine; lustrous metal with light cabinet tone. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 569
L. Roscius Fabatus AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 64 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; control mark behind, [L•ROSCI below] / Female standing right facing serpent; control mark in left field, pellet in central field, FABATI in exergue. Crawford 412/1; RSC Roscia 3. 3.90g, 19mm, 8h. Mint State. Light cabinet tone with hints of violet and golden iridescence. Ex private Spanish collection.
Los 135
North Africa, Carthage AR Shekel. Time of Hannibal. Carthago Nova, circa 218-206 BC. Bare male head (Hannibal?) left / Horse right, palm tree behind. MHC 142; ACIP 603; SNG BM Spain 104-5. 7.33g, 22mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; light scuff on edge. Very Rare. This coin is conventionally believed to carry the portrait of Hannibal on the obverse. In 237 BC Hamilcar Barca, after having lost the First Punic War against Rome, but having won the Mercenary War against the Libyans, disembarked at Gadir with a Carthaginian expedition with the purpose of "re-establishing Carthaginian authority in Iberia" (Polybios, Histories, 2.1.6), and within 9 years he had expanded the territory of Carthage well into the Iberian peninsula, securing control of the southern mining district of Baetica and Sierra Morena, before dying in battle in 228. Hamilcar was succeeded by his son-in-law Hasdrubal the Fair who expanded the new province by skilful diplomacy and consolidated it with the foundation of Akra Leuka, Mahon and finally in 227, Qart Hadasht (Latin: Carthago Nova) as his capital. After his untimely death in 221 he was succeeded by Hannibal (247-182), oldest son of Hamilcar Barca, and Hamilcar's second son Hasdrubal (245-207 BC). The Barcids now wielded control over much of the mineral rich Mediterranean side of the peninsula until 219 when Hannibal made the fateful move of taking and sacking Saguntum, a well established Roman ally. The wholesale slaughter of this Roman ally's population, and the arrogance with which the Roman ambassadors sent to Carthage to seek redress were met, led directly to the Second Punic War: the great statesman Quintus Fabius, speaking to the Carthaginian senate, gathered a fold of his toga to his chest and held it out, saying "Here, we bring you peace and war. Take which you will." The Carthaginians replied "Whichever you please - we do not care." Fabius let the fold drop and proclaimed "We give you war."
Los 798
Maximian AV Aureus. Carthage, AD 296-305. MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / HERCVLI COMITI AVGG ET CAESS NN, Hercules standing to right, nude, resting right hand on grounded club, holding a large apple of the Hesperides in left hand with lion skin draped over forearm; PK in exergue. RIC 3; Calicó 4648. 5.32g, 18mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; a couple of minor marks. Extremely Rare; one of as few as perhaps two or three known specimens (Calicó could not find an example to photograph). From a private British collection; Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 280, 26 September 2016, lot 847. Given the title 'Herculius' by Diocletian, Maximianus' role was always that of the military might to Diocletian's strategic planning, hence the rich and varied series of depictions of Hercules that we see on his coinage. This reverse depicts Hercules after the completion of his eleventh labour - to steal the apples of the Hesperides. The garden of the Hesperides, nymphs of the evening and golden light of sunset, is Hera's garden in the west, where an apple tree grows which produces golden apples conferring immortality when eaten. Planted from the fruited branches that Gaia gave to Hera as a wedding gift when she wed Zeus, the garden and tree were tended by the Hesperides. After Hercules had completed his ten labours, Eurystheus gave him two more, claiming that neither the Hydra counted (because Iolaus helped him) nor the Augean stables either (because he received payment for the job or because the rivers did the work). Thus the first of these two additional labours was to steal the apples from the garden of the Hesperides. During this labour, Hercules had to take the vault of the heavens on his shoulders to relieve Atlas, who was the father of the Hesperides and could therefore persuade them to give up the apples. Having obtained the apples Atlas, relieved of his burden, was unwilling to take it back and offered to deliver the apples in Hercules' stead. Hercules however tricked him by agreeing to take his place on condition that Atlas relieve him temporarily so that he could make his cloak more comfortable. Hercules was thus able to complete the task; as for the apples, as property of the gods, they had to be returned to the garden from which they had been removed, a task that Athena completed on Hercules' behalf. In later years it was thought that the 'golden apples' might have actually been oranges, a fruit unknown to Europe and the Mediterranean before the Middle Ages. Under this assumption, the Greek botanical name chosen for all citrus species was Hesperidoeide ('hesperidoids') and even today the Greek word for the orange fruit is 'Portokali' after the country of Portugal in Iberia near where the Garden of the Hesperides was thought to grow.
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