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M. Furius L. f. Philus AR Denarius. Rome, 120 BC. Laureate head of Janus; M•FOVRI•L•F around / Roma standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, trophy of Gallic arms flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side; star above, ROMA to right, PHI(ligate)•L•I in exergue. Crawford 281/1; RSC Furia 18. 3.96g, 19mm, 9h. Good Extremely Fine; minor deposits. Struck on a broad flan. From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Caesar, 48-47 BC. Diademed female head right, wearing oak-wreath, cruciform earring, and pearl necklace; LII behind / Trophy of Gallic arms; axe surmounted by an animal's head to right; CAESAR below. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; RSC 18. 3.83g, 19mm, 7h. Virtually as struck. Ex Auctiones 17, 7 June 1988, lot 493; Ex Leu 30, 28 April 1982, lot 265. Since the numerals behind the obverse head have long been recognized to represent Caesar's age at the time, this denarius was struck shortly after the battle of Pharsalus, where Pompey met his ultimate defeat, and Caesar became master of Rome. The reverse deliberately references Caesar's Gallic victories, rather than his recent victory over fellow Romans, the celebration of which would have been distasteful; Caesar's conduct after the battle was similarly conciliatory - he forgave the large part of Pompey's officers and army. The depiction of this female portrait wearing the corona civica, or oak wreath, however, may be a subtle allusion to his Pompeian victory. This award was granted to any citizen who had personally saved the life of another citizen; in this case, Caesar had saved the citizen-body of Rome and the Republic from further civil war.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female seated left resting head in right hand, and bearded male seated right with hands tied behind back, looking left; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.85g, 19mm, 2h.Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, with light golden toning.From a central European collection.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, sceptre to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; RSC 14. 3.73g, 18mm, 10h. Near Mint State. An exceptionally sharply struck and well preserved example. From a central European collection.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, sceptre to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; RSC 14. 4.07g, 20mm, 10h. About Extremely Fine. Ex A. Tkalec, 17 May 2010, lot 141.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, sceptre to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; RSC 14. 3.61g, 19mm, 2h. Very Fine.
Marc Antony AR Quinarius. Late summer-autumn 43 BC. Military mint travelling with Antony and Lepidus in Transalpine Gaul. Lituus, capis, and raven standing left on ground line; M A(N)T IMP above / Victory standing right, holding palm frond, crowning trophy with wreath. Crawford 489/4; CRI 121; RSC 82; BMCRR Gaul 36; CNR II 133. 1.86g, 14mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Ex Chapdelaine Collection, Roma Numismatics XII, 29 September 2016, lot 576.
Octavian Fourrée Denarius. Octavian Fourrée Denarius. Uncertain mint, after autumn 42 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of young Mars right, spear over left shoulder; CAESAR III VIR•R•P•C around / Aquila between two signa, all set on ground line; above, trophy, holding oval shields; S-C flanking aquila. Cf. Crawford 497/3; CRI 138; RSC 248. 2.61g, 18mm, 8h. Good Very Fine; intact plating. Rare.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius in Western Asia Minor or Northern Greece, 43-42 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; COSTA LEG around / Trophy of arms; IMP BRVTVS around. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4. 3.71g, 19mm, 11h. Extremely Fine.
Septimius Severus AV Aureus. Possibly struck in India, circa AD 193-211. IMPER AEL SEPTI SEVER PERT III, laureate head of Septimius Severus to right / P M I PT II P VIII COS NI AV II, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand, trophy over left shoulder. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. preceding lot and NAC 102, 531 (same obverse die). 7.18g, 20mm, 5h. Fleur De Coin. Unique and unpublished. From a central European collection.
Caracalla AV Aureus. Rome, AD 198. IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P •, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MINER VICTRIX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory and inverted spear; shield at her side, trophy to right. RIC 25b; Calicó 2696 = Biaggi 1183 (same rev. die). 7.36g, 20mm, 12h. Near Mint State; superbly lustrous and undoubtedly one of the finest known examples of the type. Very Rare. From the property of B.R.S., United Kingdom. The reverse type of this coin had ancient roots; the evolution of the type can be traced back as far as the denarii of C. Vibius C. f. Pansa in 90 BC, which featured the figure of Minerva, holding a trophy over her shoulder, in a galloping quadriga (Crawford 342/5). Julius Caesar further popularised the Minerva Victrix type with his use of a standing design upon his bronze issue of 45 BC (Crawford 476/1), and in this standing form the type would be popularised under Domitian, who adopted Minerva as his patron deity; Domitian’s provincial coinage also features the first appearance of Minerva standing with a trophy behind her (RPC II 2304). Yet the type in its present form was instituted comparatively late on, in the reign of Commodus c. AD 188/9, when it was used on very rare aurei (CalicÏŒ 2290a) and bimetallic medallions (Gnecchi II, p. 57, 48), sestertii and denarii. It may seem strange that the Severans should wish to prominently re-use a type commisioned for Commodus, particularly given how fresh the excesses and outrages committed by that former emperor would still have been in the minds of Roman citizens everywhere. However, Caracalla’s father Septimius Severus was himself a usurper, albeit to an emperor who had shamefully bought the imperial throne at auction. Thus Septimius, in order to shore up his ambitions to forge an imperial dynasty, was required for appearances’ sake to legitimise his rule in the eyes of mob. This inevitably manifested itself, as with the Flavians a century before, in the form of piety towards the earlier ‘good’ emperors. In Septimius’ case, he owed his rank and position to advances gained under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, the latter of whom had himself appointed Septimius as governor of Pannonia Superior in AD 191. He therefore sought to apply a veneer of validity to his assumption of the helm of empire by force, which he did by styling himself the ‘son of Marcus’, and renaming his eldest son (who would be known to history by his nickname Caracalla) Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. In so doing, Septimius effectively adopted himself and his heir into the Antonine family. He furthermore made efforts to rehabilitate the memory of Commodus, and forced an unwilling Senate to deify the late emperor in 195. In 197, the year before this aureus was struck, Septimius was faced with a large-scale Parthian incursion into Roman Mesopotamia, only recently pacified after a campaign in 195 against rebellious local vassal states. Septimius’ military response began with the rapid subjugation of the Parthian-allied kingdom of Armenia, from where he marched to the relief of the strategically important city of Nisibis. Septimius then divided his army into three; the main force he led along the Euphrates to attack the dual metropolis of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris and Ctesiphon, while the second force would ravage eastern Mesopotamia, and the third would recross the Tigris into Adiabene. Babylon and Seleucia-on-the-Tigris were taken without resistance, and in January 198 the Parthian king Vologases chose to meet the Roman army in the field before the walls of the capital Ctesiphon. The battle resulted in a resounding defeat for the Parthians; the city itself was breached and thoroughly sacked - the male population was exterminated and ancient sources attest to 100,000 being enslaved. On January 28, the exact centenary of Trajan’s accession, Septimius proclaimed that he had conquered Parthia, and took the title that Trajan had first held, ‘Parthicus Maximus’. On the same day he conferred the rank of Augustus and status of co-emperor on his nine year old son Caracalla. This aureus, like many Severan issues struck in 198, makes reference to this victory over Rome’s old nemesis.
Julian II 'the Apostate' AV Solidus. Sirmium, AD 361-363. FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS EXERCITVS ROMANORVM, soldier standing to right, head left, holding trophy and dragging captive; *SIRM(wreath) in exergue. RIC 96; C. 78; Depeyrot 21/1. 4.21g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; traces of ancient jewellery mounting at 6 o'clock. Rare. From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
A late 19th/early 20th century Sheffield electroplated centrepiece with mould acanthus leaf, grapes and vines motifs to tapering circular base, on four paw feet, with clear cut crystal glass bowl, diameter 28cm, and an electroplated twin handled trophy bowl on ebonised stand with inscription dated 1913 (2).
A Regency Rosewood and beadwork hinged sewing stool and box, of tapered form with bun feet, one missing, the top decorated with a 'Fleur De Lys', 23 cm wide x 23 cm deep x 9 cm high, together with a 19th century brass door stop, with trophy pattern, a book rest and book trough and another item etc
Mixed Lot Of Collectable Metalware To Include A Bottle Opener In The Form Of A Fish, An Alpaca Candle Holder With Orange Cabouchons To Handle, A Small Trophy 'Gas Department Athletic & Social Club Talbot Replica Snooker Cup Winner T.Bamber 1937', A Tubular Vase, A Rayno Co. Lighter, Toffee Hammers, And A White Metal Place Card Holder In The Form Of A Spherical Bird
A pair of giltwood and composition wall mirrors, in George III style, late 19th century, after a design by Robert Adam, the oval plate within a ribbon twist decorated and beaded frame, the trophy motif and ribbon bow beneath, issuing laurel branches, surmounted overall by a rams mask mounted flowering urn flanked by swags and bellflowers, each 114cm high, 58cm wide For closely related designs of mirror by Matthias Lock, see Elizabeth White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors Club, 1990, page 344, plates 5 to 7, A New Book of Pier-Frames , dated 1769.
A Regency parcel gilt, cream painted and verre englomise wall mirror, circa 1815, the lapper decorated cornice above the triptych reverse painted glass frieze centred by a trophy motif within an oval reserve and draped with swags of floral branches, the triptych mirror plates flanked by lappet decorated reeded pilasters and surmounted by Doric pilasters, 160.5cm high, 133cm wide
dating: 19th Century provenance: Turkey, Fine, smooth-bore, iron, two-stage, 17 mm cal. barerl, octagonal in the first part, finely inlaid with gold rinceaux and marked 'LONDON', inlaid and marked, with two, crowned stamps, the second segment is round, with rings at the girdle and a thin, central rib, with flowers carved at the two ends and remains of gold inlays. Also tang is gold-inlaid with rinceaux. Iron flintlock, with plate gilded en suite and marked 'LONDON' in gold two times. Wooden, full stock richly inlaid in silver, three floral plates on the grip and thin inserts with spirals and foliage, remains of similar inlays also in the bottom part and alongside. In working order, but to be cleaned. Silver butt-plate stamped with Tughra and relieved trophy. Silver trigger-guard with floral chisels. Silver, engraved counter-plate. Typical false ramrod. length 47 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Central Italy, Composed of one officer's small-sword with partially finished blade and remains of gilded engravings, bronze, gilded hilt, finely decorated in bass-relief, shell-guard with crowned lily, placed on a trophy of arms; grip with ebony, checkered grip scales, the front one with monogram 'CL' (Carlo Ludovico of the Duchy of Lucca?), guard and cap decorated in relief. Another officer's small-sword with lenticular blade, with remains of engraved rinceaux, bronze, gilded hilt, shell-guard with three lilies, mother-of-pearl grip scales, the front one with shield with crowned monogram 'CL' (Carlo Ludovico of the Duchy of Lucca?), cap shaped as monster's head and guard with a snake. Together with two, officer's swords, Prussian type. One with blade finished for three quarters and gilded engravings, bronze hilt with remains of gilding, bent shell-guard, grip with metallic covering and scabbard. The last one with blade, finely engraved with floral motifs and trophies, marked 'SOLING'; bronze, gilded hilt with two shell-guard, one bent, grip to imitate the wire binding. length 91,5 - 97 cm.
dating: third quarter of the 18th Century provenance: France, Smooth, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrels; the first segment is round with flat sides, engraved with a trophy and frames; the second segment featuring foresight surrounded by engraved rays; rings at the girdle, nozzle with moulded muzzle. Iron tangs (one with pitting), locks with brass plate and pan, signed 'Cassaignard a Nantes'; the other parts are made of iron (some pitting). Wooden full stock. Brass mounts, counter-plates with inlays en suite with the barrel frames. Non-matching, brass ramrods. length 31,5 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Italy, Smooth, two-stage barrel, first part with a frame at the base, octagonal, then of sixteen facets with ring at the girdle and nozzle; tang engraved with floral and geometrical motifs; flintlock. Wooden, two-pieces stock, slightly embossed, with brass mounts, finely engraved with floral motifs, butt-plate with trophy, grip with a button to fold the butt. Iron belt hook. Iron-tipped wooden ramrod with iron cartridge extractor. length 80 cm.
dating: 1820 provenance: Caucasia, Curved, single-and false-edged blade with double grooves, the back one double after the first third, the base engraved on the right side with a crown on a trophy, inscription 'FRANCIA' above and another cartouche, on the other side effigy of a king with trophies and inscription 'STEPHAN - VSDCRREXP - OLDPRVS', again 'FRANCIA' and a cartouche above; hilt of typical shape, completely covered with silver foil, finely engraved, embossed and nielloed with floral motifs, divided by filigree bands. Wooden, leather-covered scabbard with silver mounts, decorated en suite. Back part with inscription (in Armenian, Georgian?) with date '14 II 1820'; two suspension rings and loop. length 93.5 cm.
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