Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Lot of 2 Roman Æ Coins and 1 Paduan. Includes:
1) Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. London, AD 320-321. CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX written in three lines; three stars above, P-A across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 214; C&T 9.04.021. 3.56g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; just one example cited by OCRE and a further four found on CoinArchives.
Ex Richard Stirk Collection.
2) Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 = AD 148/9. [ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing to right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; [L ΔѠΔ Є]K[AT OV] (date) around. Köln 1603-8 var. (rev. legend arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 2677; K&G 35.434; RPC IV.4 Online 13640; Emmett 1592.12. 22.93g, 33mm, 12h.
Good Fine; harshly cleaned. Rare.
3) Didius Julianus Cast Æ Paduan Medallion. After Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), circa 1600-1900. IMP CAESAR M DID SEVERVS IVLIAN AVG P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Galloping quadriga driven to left by charioteer, who is crowned by Victory flying to right above; COS II SC in two lines in exergue. HMB I.74; Johnson & Martini 1788-1799. 43.82g, 38mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
Acquired from Roma Numismatics Ltd.
1) Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. London, AD 320-321. CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX written in three lines; three stars above, P-A across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 214; C&T 9.04.021. 3.56g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; just one example cited by OCRE and a further four found on CoinArchives.
Ex Richard Stirk Collection.
2) Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 = AD 148/9. [ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing to right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; [L ΔѠΔ Є]K[AT OV] (date) around. Köln 1603-8 var. (rev. legend arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 2677; K&G 35.434; RPC IV.4 Online 13640; Emmett 1592.12. 22.93g, 33mm, 12h.
Good Fine; harshly cleaned. Rare.
3) Didius Julianus Cast Æ Paduan Medallion. After Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), circa 1600-1900. IMP CAESAR M DID SEVERVS IVLIAN AVG P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Galloping quadriga driven to left by charioteer, who is crowned by Victory flying to right above; COS II SC in two lines in exergue. HMB I.74; Johnson & Martini 1788-1799. 43.82g, 38mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
Acquired from Roma Numismatics Ltd.