ROMAN REPUBLICAN BRONZE

Italy, Apulia, Luceria
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Italy, Apulia, Luceria

AE Cast Quatrunx, 30.88g. 30mm.  c.217-212 B.C.  Thunderbolt.  Rev. Club, L, and four pellets.  Vecchi 346. T.V 282. Haeberlin pl. 71. HN Italy 677b.  Wonderful olive patina and of exceptional quality

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auciton 46, 2008, lot 321.

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $5,000.
Rome, Cast Semis, Libral Series
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Rome, Cast Semis, Libral Series

AE Semis, 114.11g. 53 mm. c.225-217 B.C. Laureate head of Saturn to left; S below. Rev. Prow of ship to right; S above; faint inked collector's number under the prow.  T/V 52. Vecchi 76. CR 35/2. Green and brown patina.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Classical Numismatic Auctions(CNA),  Pennsylvania, Auction 16, August 16, 1991, lot 338. 

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Very Fine $3,500.
Italy, Apulia, Luceria, pedigreed to 2000
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Italy, Apulia, Luceria, pedigreed to 2000

AE Quincunx, 37.98g. 33mm. c.217-212 B.C. Four wheel spokes. Rv. Four wheel spokes; five pellets and L within quadrants. Vecchi 345. T/V 281. Light greenish-blue patina and exceptional quality for the issue

Provenance/Pedigrees
Ex: CNG, Lancaster, Auction 53, March 15, 2000, Lot 1263.

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good Very Fine $1,500.
Anonymous Struck Uncia, Luceria mint
Anonymous Struck Uncia, Luceria mint
AE Uncia, Luceria mint, 4.00g. 18mm.  c.214-212 B.C. Helmeted head of Roma to left; pellet behind.  Rev. ROMA. Prow of ship to right; pellet and L below.   CR 97/15.  Syd. 129.  RBW 410. Dark green and brown patina.
 
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction, February 29, 2008, lot 367.
Ex: RBW collection, CNG, Auction 364, 2015, lot 51.

 

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good Very Fine $800.
Struck As, D. Iunius Silanus, 91 B.C.
Struck As, D. Iunius Silanus, 91 B.C.
AE As, 10.65g. 27mm. Janus head.  Rev. D SILANVS.  Prow of ship to right.  CR 337/5.  Syd. 649. RBW 1235.  Green patina.
 
Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XXVI, 1992, lot 240.
Ex: EJW, Ltd. private purchase, June 11, 1993 with old ticket
Ex: RBW collection, CNG, Auction 326, 2014, lot 394.
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Very Fine $1,200.
C. Marcius Censorinus, 88 B.C. ex: Hamburger 1932
C. Marcius Censorinus, 88 B.C. ex: Hamburger 1932
AE As, 13.56g. 26.5mm.   NVMA POMPILI ANCVS MARCI.  Jugate heads of Numa Pompilius, bearded, and Ancus Marcius, beardless, to right; both wearing diadems.  Rev. C CENSO ROMA. Ship sheds at Ostia depicted as two arches; one  containing a spiral column with Victory holding a wreath and one with a ship’s prow.   CR 346/3.  Syd. 716. BMC RR 2419.  Banti, Marcia 72/1(this coin).  Brown and green patina.  Scarce with an impressive pedigree and among the finest known examples. 
 
The obverse portrays the founder of the Marcia family Ancus Marcius and his purported grandfather Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome.  The reverse with its depiction of ship enclosures is the earliest numismatic reference to the port of Ostia. It relates to the mythical founding of the port by Ancus Marcius, a claimed ancestor of the moneyer. 
 
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, Auction 95, 1932, lot 179.
Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 2, 1972, lot 332.
Ex: Goodman collection, Trition, NY, Auction 1, 1997, lot 1157.

 

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good Very Fine $7,500.
 

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