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Lot 3078 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.98 g), 49-48 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent. Reverse Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Well struck in high relief with pleasing old cabinet toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Perhaps the most ubiquitous of Caesar's denarii, this famous issue was struck at the time of his crossing of the Rubicon and the beginning of the long period of civil wars which resulted in the downfall of the Roman Republic. A few theories have been presented explaining the obverse type, the most established being that the elephant represents good, the serpent evil, thus a message of the righteousness of Caesar's cause. The reverse shows the symbols of Rome's high priest, the Pontifex Maximus, Caesar having been elected to the office in 63 BC. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3095 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Cn. Domitius Calvinus. Silver Denarius (3.86 g), 39 BC. Osca. Imperator in Spain, 39-36 BC. OSCA, bearded male head right. Reverse DOM COS ITER IMP, simpulum, aspergillum, axe and apex. Crawford 531/1; HCRI 342; Sydenham 1358; Burgos 1509. A magnificent example, well struck and well centered. Lovely old cabinet tone with a hint of iridescense. Nearly Mint State. Rare. Cn. Domitius Calvinus was stalwart Caesarean, having served as Caesar's Master of the Horse. He commanded the Caesarean center at Pharsalus and was present at Thapsus, and in 39 BC Octavian appointed him governor of Spain with instructions to put down a revolt of the Cerretani. The province, which had recently been ceded to Octavian after Sextus Pompey's defeat, was in a state of extreme turmoil following years of misrule and civil war. Calvinus was known as a strict disciplinarian, and was a good choice for the job as he quickly put down the revolt and restored order to the province. While in Spain he established his capital at Osca where he minted these denarii. The obverse directly copies the bearded male head found on Spanish denarii of the second and first centuries BC, and the reverse presents the symbols showing he was a member of the college of pontifices. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,000. Ex NAC 52 (7 October 2009), 299; Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), 339. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3090 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 C. Cassius Longinus. Silver Denarius (4.0 g), 42 BC. Military mint, probably at Smyrna. Conspirator, commited suicide in 42 BC. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. C CASSI IMP behind, LEIBERTAS before, diademed, veiled and draped bust of Libertas right. Reverse LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below, jug and lituus. Crawford 500/5; HCRI 223; Sydenham 1305; RSC 6. Boldly struck in high relief and well centered. Beautifully toned with hints of iridescense. Superb Extremely Fine. Libertas's portrait on this coin is quite lovely, showing a certain graciousness and competent ability not evident on the parallel issues with an unveiled Libertas where the goddess is depicted with a rather large jowl and chin more in line with a caricature portrait. In instances such as this, we must wonder if the engraver was simply more skilled or if perhaps he had a local beauty sit for him whose likeness he skillfully copied. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. Ex Triton XI (8-9 January 2008), 612; Freeman & Sear List 6 (Summer 2001), F87. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3085 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (4.10 g), 40 BC. Rome. Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. DIVI IVLI before, laureate head of Julius Caesar right; behind, lituus. Reverse Q VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue, bull-calf walking left. Crawford 526/2; HCRI 329; Sydenham 1132; RSC 46. Boldly struck and well centered on a full flan. An exceptional portrait of Caesar! Lovely toned surfaces with hints of iridescense. Nearly Mint State. With the exception of a short period during the principate of Augustus, it is with the coins of Q. Voconius Vitulus and his colleague, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, in 40 BC that the long tradition of a college of moneyers producing currency at the Capitoline mint ended. The year before with the outcome of the Perusine War between Octavian and Lepidus still to be decided, the moneyers hedged their bets by using purposefully ambiguous types on their coins: M. Arrius Secundus' denarii (Crawford 513/2 and 513/3) used an ancestor's portrait that resembled Octavian; C. Numonius Vaala's aurei (Crawford 514/1) employed the head of Victory, the portrait of which is clearly Fulvia, Mark Antony's wife; and L. Servius Rufus' denarii (Crawford 515/2) have an ancestor's portrait which is most obviously Brutus. In each case the choice of types could be argued to favor the winning side, whichever side that may be. By 40 BC, however, the Perusine War was safely behind Octavian who was now firmly in control of the West, and perhaps angered by these shenanigans at the mint he decided to bring it firmly under his own authority. Estimated Value $50,000-UP. Ex C. K. Collection (Triton XIV, 3 January 2011), 605. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3114 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Antonia Minor. Silver Denarius (3.85 g), Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Rome, under Claudius, ca. AD 41-45. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Antonia right, hair tied in short queue at back of neck, wreathed with grain ears. Reverse CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Antonia, as Constantia, standing facing, holding long torch and cornucopiae. RIC 66; BMC 111; RSC 2. An incredible example, boldly struck in high relief, on a full size flan and perfectly centered. Excellent metal and attractive old cabinet toning. Among the finest in existance. Superb Extremely Fine. Antonia was the younger daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia in 36 BC. In either 18 or 16 BC, she married Nero Claudius Drusus, to whom she bore three children: Germanicus, Livilla and Claudius. Although initially honored with the title of Augusta by her grandson, Caligula, she eventually fell out of favor with him, committing suicide in AD 37 possibly as a result. Her son Claudius reconfirmed the title on her posthumously in AD 41. RIC notes that the reverse of this type emphasizes Antonia "as the model for Claudius' Constantia and also as the priestess of Divus Augustus, from whom imperial auctoritas ultimately flowed." Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. Ex Tradart (12 December 1991), 251; Fred Baldwin Collection (Glendining, 20 November 1969), 35. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3079 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.87 g), 48-47 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right. Reverse CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises upon his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; HCRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12. Well struck on a nice broad flan with lustrous surfaces throughout. Superb Mint State. The Roman nobility was always at pains to claim descent from either the gods or from mythical heroes, or even more often from both. The Julia gens claimed mythical descent from Iulus, son of the Trojan hero Aeneas, who himself was the son of the goddess Venus and Anchises. Although not struck on as massive a scale as Caesar's well-known elephant type of 49-48 BC, this type is considerably more common than any other coin of Caesar, and was struck to pay for Caesar's protracted North African campaign against the Pompeians. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex NAC 40 (16 May 2007), 549. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3097 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Octavian. Silver Denarius (3.87 g), 31-30 BC. Uncertain Italian mint (Rome?). Bare head of Octavian left. Reverse CAESAR DIVI F, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. RIC 254b; HCRI 407; BMC 603; RSC 64. Very scarce and seldom seen like this. Boldly struck on an exceptionally broad flan with a fine sensitive portrait of the future Augustus. Lovely old cabinet tone with hints of iridescense. Superb Extremely Fine. Octavian's coinage of 31-30 BC is filled with the imagery of his recent victory over Mark Antony, such as on the reverse of this splendid coin. Here Victory is shown with her wreath and victory palm atop the celestial globe, signifying the end of the civil wars and world dominion. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. Ex UBS 78 (9-10 September 2008), 1226; Tinchant Collection. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3073 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Pompey the Great. Silver Denarius (3.9 g), 48 BC. Military mint traveling with Pompey in Greece. Terentius Varro, proquaestor. VARRO PRO Q, diademed bust of Jupiter right. Reverse MAGN PRO / COS in two lines in exergue, scepter between dolphin swimming right and eagle standing left. Crawford 447/1a; HCRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. Very rare. Well struck and well centered, lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Struck prior to the Battle of Pharsalus in which Pompey was defeated by Caesar, this coin advertises Pompey's most considerable past achievements. Jupiter Terminus (or Terminalis), the divine guardian of boundaries, refers to the grant of proconsular powers awarded to Pompey by the Senate so that he carry the fight to Caesar and save the Republic. The images of the dolphin and eagle represent Pompey's most famous achievements by sea and by land: his decisive defeat of the Cilician pirates in 66 BC, and his conquest over Mithradates VI of Pontus in 65 BC. Additionally, the design of the reverse is divided by a scepter, which here serves not only as an artistic device separating the motifs of the dolphin and eagle, but symbolizes his delegated authority as it was only carried by victorious generals who had been acclaimed imperator by their troops. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. Ex Dr. Busso Peuss 401/402 (3 November 2010), 447. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3091 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus. Silver Denarius (3.92 g), 41-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the region of the Adriatic or Ionian Sea. Imperator, died 31 BC. AHENOBAR, head of L. Ahenobarbus right. Reverse CN DOMITIVS IMP, trophy set on prow of galley right. Crawford 519/2; HCRI 339; Sydenham 1177; Domitia 21. Well struck on a sound planchet with delicate golden toning. An enchanting specimen with an excellent portrait of the Imperator. Extremely Fine. Originally a Pompeian loyalist, Ahenobarbus allied with Brutus and Cassius after the Ides of March. After Philippi he engaged the fleet of the triumvirs under the command of Domitius Calvinus, inflicting a resounding defeat for which he was hailed imperator by his troops, which the reverse of this coin commemorates. Subsequently, however, he joined Antony in opposing Octavian, but then deserted to Octavian before Actium, having become disgusted with Antony's alliance with Cleopatra. Aside from his involvement in the civil wars that racked Rome in the latter half of the first century BC, Ahenobarbus is also remember for being the paternal great-grandfather of the future emperor Nero. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. Ex Gemini V (6 January 2009), 778. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3086 - denarii collection - roman imperitorial - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Brutus. Silver Denarius (3.75 g), 42 BC. Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. BRVTVS below, simpulus between sacrificial axe and knife. Reverse LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below, jug and lituus. Crawford 500/7; HCRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. Boldly struck and well centered on a borad flan, all lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. The types chosen for this issue indicate both Brutus' membership in the college of pontifices and the legate's, P. Lentulus Spinther, membership in the augurate. The pontificate and augurate were Rome's foremost priestly colleges, the former supervising all of the other priestly colleges, and the later being responsible for reading the signs of the gods to determine whether or not an anticipated undertaking would be divinely supported or opposed. The priestly symbols on this issue, which was struck to pay the military expenses of the tyrannicides while preparing for the expected showdown with the Triumvirs, suggests divine support and the just nature of their cause. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman imperitorial	In order to view Prices please Login or Join

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