DAVISSONS AUCTION 41 ROMAN COINAGE

Today we move on to the Roman section–55 carefully selected lots.

 

Our sale opens on several pieces of Roman gold: Vespasian with a rare triumphal Pax-Nemesis reverse and a handsome high grade Gordian III. Several choice gold pieces from our small Byzantine section deserve mention as well, particularly the fine style mint state Philippicus (Bardanes) solidus.

 

The Roman Republic opens on two less commonly seen early litrae, before a short selection of scarce and notably attractive denarii–a severed barbarian head, a desultor who will shortly leap from one galloping horse to another, a kneeling Nabatean king, and a goat whose days are numbered–the diversity of Republican coinage has always made it a personal favorite.

 

The Roman Imperatorial section is brief but choice–the beautiful bust of Sibyl Herophile and the unusual yet as struck posthumous portrait of Julius Caesar are both uncommonly fine, and the old collection toning on the P. Accoleius Lariscolus denarius well matches its century old pedigree.

 

 

The Roman Imperial section is highlighted by several beautiful pieces–the Domitian with Pegasus is among the most beautiful denarii we have ever handled, and it is well accompanied by choice issues of Trajan, Antoninus Pius, and Septimius Severus at Emesa. The section closes with a few particularly nice bronzes, including one pedigreed directly to its hoard's discovery in 2007.

 

The Roman Provincial offering (included chronologically with the Imperial) is no slouch either–featuring a concise selection of attractive and unusual silver and bronze issues from Spain to Syria, of particular appeal are several high grade larger module Æ of Caracalla, Geta, and Elagabalus.

The lots shown here are a good overview, but there is always more to see! Perhaps a coin not included here will be exactly what your collection has been missing, why not take a look?

And stay tuned as we move on to the rest of the sale, with a few more highlights between now and the close–British coinage and tokens, select World, and some remarkable U.S. offerings are still to come.

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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
DAVISSONS AUCTION 41 GREEK, JUDAIC SELECTIONS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n09a27.html)
DAVISSONS AUCTION 41 ELECTROTYPES (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n10a26.html)

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