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Lot 415
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, January-February 44 BC. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar to right; star of eight rays behind, CAESAR•IMP downwards before / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and with left, resting on vertical sceptre set on star; P•SEPVLLIVS downwards to right, MACER upwards to left. Crawford 480/5b; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; BMCRR Rome 4165-6; RSC 41. 3.99g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. An exceptional portrait of Caesar, engraved in the finest style; centrally struck on a very broad flan. From the property of B.R.S., United Kingdom. In the years of his supremacy, Caesar had amassed unprecedented power by corrupting the institutions of the old Republic to his own requirements. First appointed Dictator in 49 BC by the Praetor (and future Triumvir) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, possibly in order to preside over elections, Caesar resigned his Dictatorship within eleven days but in 48 BC he was appointed Dictator again, only this time for an indefinite period, and was also given permanent tribunician powers making his person sacrosanct and allowing him to veto the Senate. In 46 BC he was appointed Dictator for ten years, and he gave himself quasi-censorial powers under the mantle of ‘Prefect of the Morals’, enabling him to fill the Senate with his partisans who duly voted him the titles of Pater Patriae and Imperator. He increased the number of magistrates who were elected each year, thus allowing him to reward his supporters, and in October 45 BC, having served in the unconstitutional role of Sole Consul for that year, Caesar resigned his consulship and facilitated the election of two successors for the remainder of the year - theoretically restoring the ordinary consulship, but in practice submitting the Consuls to the Dictatorial executive - a practice that later become common under the Empire. In February 44 BC, one month before his assassination, Caesar was appointed Dictator for life. More followed; he was given the unprecedented honour of having his own likeness placed upon the Roman coinage, his statue was placed next to those of the kings, he was granted a golden chair in the Senate, and was permitted to wear triumphal dress whenever he chose. Then, at the festival of the Lupercal, Marc Antony presented Caesar with a royal diadem, and attempted to place it on his head. Yet for all these hideous affronts to the ancient institutions of the Republic and the sensibilities of the Roman people, perhaps his most egregious reform was the law he passed in preparation for his planned campaign against the Parthian Empire. Realising that his absence from Rome would impede his ability to install his own men in positions of power and that therefore his back would be exposed while away from the city, Caesar decreed that he would have the right to appoint all magistrates in 43 BC, and all consuls and tribunes in 42 BC, thus at a stroke transforming the magistrates from being representatives of the people to being representatives of the dictator. The obverse of this coin presents a bold portrait of the dictator in the final months of his life, wearing the corona civica Caesar had won while serving in the army of M. Minucius Thermus at the Siege of Mytilene in 81 BC. The portrait is bold and engraved in fine style, and made all the more impressive for its being centrally struck on an exceptionally broad flan that features a complete border on both obverse and reverse.
Lot 521
Galba Æ Sestertius. Rome, August - September AD 68. IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas, wearing long dress, standing to left, holding sceptre and pileus; S-C across fields. RIC 309; C. 130; BMCRE 71. 27.30g, 36mm, 7h. Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Ex Leu 20, 25 April 1978, lot 252.
Lot 522
Galba Æ Sestertius. Rome, October AD 68. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas, wearing long dress, standing left, holding sceptre and pileus; S-C across fields. RIC 388; C. 112; BMCRE 70. 28.16g, 36mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare. Ex Credit Suisse 61, 1 March 1994, lot 116; Ex Credit Suisse 59, 1 March 1993, lot 116; Ex Credit Suisse 57, 1 May 1992, lot 7; Ex Credit Suisse List 54, September 1990, no. 134.
Lot 539
Julia Titi (daughter of Titus) Æ Dupondius. Struck under Domitian. Rome, AD 80-81. IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in a chignon at the back / Vesta, wearing long dress, seated left, holding sceptre and palladium; S-C across fields, VESTA in exergue. RIC 398; C. 18; BN 271. 11.38g, 28mm, 6h. Very Fine. From a central European collection.
Lot 557
Antoninus Pius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 139. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right / TR POT COS II, Pietas standing left, sprinkling incense over lighted altar with right hand, holding fold of her dress with left arm. RIC 53; C. 862; BMCRE 108; Calicó 1643. 7.19g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; scattered marks. Fine style. From a central European collection.
Lot 558
Antoninus Pius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 139. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / TR POT COS II, Pietas standing left, sprinkling incense over lighted altar with right hand, holding fold of her dress with left arm. RIC 53b; C. 862 var. (head bare); BMCRE 111; Calicó 1644. 6.65g, 19mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
Lot 642
Maximinus II, as Caesar, AV Aureus. Serdica, AD 305. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Maximinus in military dress, standing left, holding globe and reversed spear in left, two signa behind; retrograde Σ in left field, •SM•ST• (sic) in exergue. RIC 8b; Calicó 5028a (this coin). 5.16g, 19mm, 6h. About Very Fine. Probably ex-jewellery, reverse mintmark incorrectly repaired to read ST instead of SD. From the collection of Z.P., Austria; Ex Santamaria, 6 June 1956, lot 81.
Lot 646
Constantine I 'the Great' AV Solidus. Nicomedia, AD 335. Rosette-diademed head right, with uplifted gaze / VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory, wearing long dress, seated to right on cuirass inscribing VOT XXX on shield held by Genius; SMNC in exergue. RIC 175; Depeyrot 44/1; Bastien, Donativa, pg. 81, g. 4.37g, 22mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; some earthen adhesions. Rare.
Lot 648
Constantine II, as Caesar, AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 326-327. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laureate head right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Constantine II standing right, in military attire and with cloak spread, holding transverse spear in right hand and globe in left; TR in exergue. RIC 500; Alföldi 347; Depeyrot 31/1. 4.58g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Ex Ambrose Collection; Ex Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection, Heritage 3032, 10 April 2014, lot 23658; Ex Dreesmann Collection, Spink London, 13 April 2000, lot 150. With his defeat of Licinius in 324, Constantine I finally secured sole rule over the empire, thus conferring greater responsibilities onto the capable shoulders of his son and heir Crispus. The young Caesar had been appointed Commander of Gaul after his accession in 317, and had shown himself to be a highly capable military commander on both land and sea. His successful command at the naval engagement of the Hellespont and of part of the army at Chrysopolis contributed significantly to Constantine’s victory over Licinius. Crispus was honoured with statues, mosaics and cameos. Yet in 326 Constantine mysteriously ordered the execution of his beloved son, apparently at the instigation of his wife Fausta, motivated by jealousy and ambition, who falsely claimed Crispus had attempted to rape her. This led to the elevation of Constantine II as commander of Gaul in the same year, despite his being only ten at the time. Depicted here possessing the clear likeness of his father, the young Caesar is also portrayed on the reverse in his role as Prince of Youth, armed and garbed in military dress. An important part of the imperial propaganda, this coinage was intended to inspire public confidence in Constantine Caesar and to reassure the population of the empire that the line of succession remained secure.
Lot 650
Constantine II, as Caesar, AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 335. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, plain-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Constantine II, in military dress, standing to left, holding vexillum in his right hand and sceptre with his left; two standards behind; TSЄ in exergue. RIC 209; Depeyrot 16/3; Biaggi 2082. 4.49g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives. From the property of B.R.S., United Kingdom.
Lot 451
Ten items from a gentleman's wardrobe: very old suede jacket, showing plenty of moth holes to wool cuffs and waist, waistcoat with leather buttons, pique bib dress shirt from Hector Powe and pique waistcoat, navy scarf with beige stripe,silk, three silk ties in the same, scarf in maroon and navy stripe, silk tie in same, blazer badge of Royal Warwickshire, further blue silk tie (10)
Lot 498
Three 80's dresses. A full length black velvet fitted and flared evening dress from Frank Usher, high sequinned neck at the front and open back falling almost to the waist. Size 10. A multi boucle wool suit from Jean Patou with turquoise trim to front, pockets and skirt panel. Size 10/12. A patterned cotton dress with puffed sleeves and deep cuffs (needs repair on cuff seam) fitted bodice, full gathered skirt and sash to waist. Size 10 (3)
Lot 322
A late 19th century dress sword with pierced knuckle guard, ribbed grip and blade inscribed 'H.F. James, 55 New Bond St. London', and with engraved detail to the blade, in metal scabbard, length of blade 105cm. CONDITION REPORT: There is no evidence of sharpening, there is some general surface tarnishing and wear, some light pitting to the metalwork, a few dents and pitting to the scabbard.
Lot 326
An officer's dress sword for the King's 14th Hussars with listed campaigns including the Chillianwallah, Persia, Punjab etc with shaped guard and wirebound shagreen grip, length of blade approx 89cm, with metal scabbard. CONDITION REPORT: The full list of honours is: Peninsula, Punjaub, Chilean Wallah, Goojerat, Persia & Central India, Bouro, Fuentes D. Honor, Vittoria, Tallavera, Salamanca, Oaths.
Lot 343
A Royal Artillery officer's blue dress tunic, the red and gold collar with flaming grenade badges with gold cord edging, also two black coatees with velvet collars, the first with gold edging to collar and cuffs, both with gilt metal buttons (3). CONDITION REPORT: General wear commensurate with age, some fading to bullion work, some deterioration to lining, chest measurement is 48cm.
Lot 694
A mixed lot of ceramics including a Beswick model of a cocker spaniel 'Horseshoe Primula', a Beswick Beatrix Potter figure of Benjamin Bunny, a Russian figure of a girl in national dress, a small Limoges vase, various plates, a pair of glass candlesticks in the form of lovebirds and bird models.
Lot 85
A SILVER BOX maker T.F. & Co, London 1931, engine turned decoration, with concealed thumb piece, 8cm by 6.8cm; with a silver cigarette box; a silver mounted glass pepper pot; two Charles Horner silver dress studs; a Charles Horner silver thimble; a part manicure set with silver loaded handles in a leather wallet; and some other items; 148g (4.7 troy ozs) gross weighable
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