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Lot 3010 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 M. Aburius M.f. Geminus. Silver Denarius (3.9 g), 132 BC. Rome. GEM behind, head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin's head; below chin, denomination. Reverse M (AB)(VR)I below, ROMA in exergue, Sol, holding whip and reins, driving galloping quadriga right. Crawford 250/1; Sydenham 487; Aburia 6. Lustrous and well centered. Mint State. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex Gorny & Mosch 190 (11 October 2010), 422. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3030 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. Silver Denarius (3.68 g), 81 BC. Mobile military mint with Sulla's army in northern Italy. Diademed head of Pietas right; to right, stork standing right. Reverse IMPER, jug and lituus within laurel wreath. Crawford 374/2; Sydenham 750; Caecilia 44. Well struck, well centered and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius came from one of the most important and wealthiest families of Rome. Beginning in the 3rd century BC, his family held numerous consulships, tribunates, censorships and military commands. His father, Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, was the chief commander in the Jugurthine War in Numidia until Marius displaced him, and was later censor until driven into exile by Marius. The obverse of this coin portrays the goddess Pietas and alludes to the moneyer's cognomen, Pius. The moneyer acquired the honorable title from the people of Rome, whom he had beseeched in order to secure the restoration from exile of his father. The reverse probably refers to an unattested augurate of the moneyer's father, but may also allude to Sulla's holding of the augurate in ca. 82 BC (cf. Crawford p. 374). Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), 219. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3050 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 L. Cassius Longinus. Silver Denarius (3.89 g), 60 BC. Rome. Veiled and draped bust of Vesta left; below chin, S; behind, kylix. Reverse LONGIN III V, male figure standing left, dropping tablet inscribed V (Uti rogas) into cista. Crawford 413/1; Sydenham 935; Cassia 10. Well struck on a nice broad flan, well centered and lustrous, all lightly toned. Nearly Mint State. This coin is interesting in that it appears to lack the personal and family names of the moneyer. However, appearances can be deceiving. On the obverse below the chin of Vesta is a control letter, and the only letters employed on this issue are C, A, S, I and L. If one collects enough coins of this moneyer, he can then spell the moneyer's name in full. But why might a moneyer do this? In the case of L. Cassius Longinus it appears to relate to the recent exposure and suppression of the Catiline conspiracy. One of the most notorious members of the conspiracy whose task it was to burn down the city of Rome was one L. Cassius Longinus, but not the same person as our moneyer! Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex CNG 79 (17 September 2008), 939. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3065 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. Silver Denarius (3.92 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. Crawford 445/1b; HCRI 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a. Rare. Well struck with delicate iridescent toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Identical to the previous lot, but lacking the harpa on the reverse. The harpa was a form of denticulated sickle and is usually associated with the god Saturn, who used it to mutilate his father, Uranus. Perseus also used a harpa to cut off the head of Medusa. On the coins of this issue where it does appear it signifies the aerarium, Rome's treasury, which was located in the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum, but may also allude to the gruesome desire to cut off Caesar's head. If the common man drew such an association, it is perhaps for this reason - which would of course not fit with the honorable idealism of the Pompeians - that it was removed from the design. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. Ex Heritage 3011/Gemini VIII (14 April 2011), 225; Numismatica Genevensis 3 (29-30 November 2004), 100. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3005 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 Q. Marcius Libo. Silver Denarius (4.06 g), 148 BC. Rome. LIBO behind, head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin's head; below chin, X (denomination). Reverse Q (MA)RC below, ROMA in relief in linear frame in exergue, the Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear. Crawford 215/1; Sydenham 395; Marcia 1. Boldly struck on a large flan, well centered and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Roma II (2 October 2011), 398. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3023 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 L. Julius Bursio. Silver Denarius (3.9 g), 85 BC. Rome. Draped bust of Apollo Vejovis right, wearing winged laurel wreath; behind, trident and tanner's knife. Reverse L IVLI BVRSIO in exergue, Victory, holding wreath and reins, driving galloping quadriga right; above, XXXXV. Crawford 352/1c; De Ruyter dies 153/XXXV; Sydenham 728b; Julia 5a. Lustrous and lightly toned. Mint State. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Tkalec (7 May 2009), 92. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3043 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. Silver Denarius (3.85 g), 64 BC. Rome. GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Reverse C HOSIDI C F, the wild board of Calydon charging right, side pierced by arrow, harried by hound below. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Hosidia 1. Boldly struck in high relief with attractive iridescent toning. Superb Extremely Fine. The classical myth of the Calydonian boar served to illustrate the need for paying proper respect to the gods and the consequences for not doing so. King Oeneus of Aetolia had forgotten to accord proper rites to the goddess Diana (Artemis), and for this sacrilege she sent a chthonic beast, the wild boar of Calydon, to ravage the Aetolian hinterland. The boar was the bane of the people, destroying vineyards and crops and forcing everyone to take shelter behind their city walls. With starvation ensuing, a hunt was organized, and most of the illustrious heroes of Greece's heroic age took part (with the exception of Hercules who fought his own chthonic beast, the Erymanthean boar). Amongst all these male heroes was one female, the heroine Atalanta, and she won the signal honor of being the first to wound the boar, having pierced its side with an arrow. For this she was awarded its hide. Although the precise meaning is lost to us, it can be assumed that Hosidius employed the type of the Caledonian boar to illustrate a claimed descent from one of the heroes involved in the hunt, perhaps from Atalanta herself. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. Ex Meister & Sonntag 6 (1 October 2008), 201. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3016 - denarii collection - roman republic - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 L. Scipio Asiagenus. Silver Denarius (3.89 g), 106 BC. Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter left; in left field below chin, T. Reverse L SCIP ASIAG in exergue, Jupiter, holding scepter and reins, and hurling thunderbolt, driving galloping quadriga right. Crawford 311/1b; Sydenham 576a; Cornelia 24c. Well struck and finely detailed. Lustrous surfaces and lightly toned. A superb example thus quite scarce. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $600 - 700. Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), 56. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
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. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
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. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80 denarii collection - roman republic	In order to view Prices please Login or Join