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Lot 3064 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3064 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. Silver Denarius (4.00 g), 49 BC. Military mint traveling in the East. Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center and ear of grain between each leg. Reverse [L]E(NT) (MAR) COS, Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; in right field, harpa. Crawford 445/1a; HCRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Cornelia 64. Rare. Well struck with lustrous surfaces and delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine.

Struck under the exiled consuls, Lentulus and Marcellus, the types reference both family history and Roman power. The issue has traditionally been assigned to a mint operating in Sicily, but the hurried nature of the Pompeian withdrawal from Brundisium to Greece suggests it was struck somewhere in the East. The obverse recalls that it was M. Claudius Marcellus, the ancestor of the current consul, who conquered Syracuse in 211 BC. The reverse depicts Jupiter, the chief deity of the Roman pantheon and thus a symbol of unity, and may copy the famous statue of Zeus Eleutherius by Myron. Jupiter appears on all the joint issues of the Lentulus and Marcellus.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
Ex Elsen 97 (13 September 2008), 201; Crédit Suisse 3 (19 April 1985), 419.

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Lot 3047 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3047 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo. Silver Denarius (4.84 g), 62 BC. Rome. PAVLLVS LEPIDVS behind and above, CONCORD before, diademed and veiled head of Concordia right. Reverse PVTEAL SCRIBON above, LIBO in exergue, garlanded well-head decorated with two lyres and hammer. Crawford 417/1a; Sydenham 927; Aemilia 11. Boldly struck, lustrous and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
Ex Tkalec (27 October 2011), 152.

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Lot 3020 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3020 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

L. Julius L.f. Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.97 g), 103 BC. Rome. CAESAR behind, head of Mars left, wearing crested helmet ornamented with plume on side; above, pellet and N (retrograde). Reverse L IVLI L F in exergue, Venus Genetrix, holding scepter and reins, driving biga of Cupids left; before, lyre; above, pellet and N (retrograde). Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593a; Julia 4a. Well centered and delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine.

Similar to the control for the denarius of C. Coelius Caldus above, the controls found on the denarii of L. Julius L.f. Caesar are the letters of the Latin alphabet (only through S) either alone or found accompanied by one or two pellets. The same control mark that is found on the obverse invariably appears on the reverse also, and no pair of controls has more than one pair of dies.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
Ex NAC 73 (18 November 2013), 83; Sternberg XXII (20 November 1989), 190.

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