Some Bits of a Roman Republican Coin Collection

Series: staff and wing, ME, TAMP, L.PL.H, owl, crescent, bird and TOD, eagle and wreath, shield and MAE, Victory and LPF, AVTR, CN.DO, Q.MARI, Ulysses L.MAMILI, M.TITINI, S.FV, SX.Q

Some notable coins:
- extremely rare staff and wing denarius
- Baebia TAMP(hilus) denarius: Stack's 14th Jun.1971 lot 88 with ticket ($60) ex Cahn-Hess (17 Jul.1933) lot 346 Haeberlin coll. = Banti Baebia 1/3 (this coin) = Cohen 1857 pl.VII Baebia 1 (this coin) = Babelon 1885 p.250 Baebia 1 (this coin)
- wren and TOD(us) As: extremely rare, see Roberto Russo in Essays Hersh 1998; this coin better than the Essays Hersh or Paris example.
- Victory and spearhead quadrans: Overstrike with understrike details before face, clearly a different coin type with a pendant necklace
- AVTR(onia) denarius: ex Glendining, 9 December 1950 lot 46 Lawrence coll. ex Hamburger 96 (25 Oct.1932) lot 388 (est.50 RM) ex Seaby 50 (Feb.1928) lot 505 (£7/10/-) = Banti Avtronia 1/5 (this coin)
- CN.DO. as, unique type not in Crawford cf. usual CN.DOM type; this coin Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 986 Goodman coll. = RBW655 (not in NAC61)
- Ulysses and L.MAMILI(us) as - extremely rare
- S.FV(urius) triens - extremely rare

Crawford 131/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, staff before head Rev: Dioscuri r, wing below horses. Provenance: NAC R (17 May 2007) lot 1271
Crawford 132/3 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, ME. Provenance: Hirsch 156 (25 Nov.1987) lot 324 (360 DM) ex Münzzentrum Albrecht XXX (21 Nov.1977) lot 177 = Banti Caecilia 3/2 (this coin)
Crawford 133-02b Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, TAMP above / ROMA. Cahn Hess Haeberlin 1933 lot 346. Provenance: Southern California S.C. collection ex Stack's 14th Jun.1971 lot 88 with ticket ($60) ex Cahn-Hess (17 Jul.1933) lot 346 Haeberlin coll. = Banti Baebia 1/3 (this coin) = Cohen 1857 pl.VII Baebia 1 (this coin) = Babelon 1885 p.250 Baebia 1 (this coin)
Crawford 133/8 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury Rev: prow r, TAMP. Provenance: Varesi 28 (10 Nov.1998) lot 80
Crawford 134/5 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, L PL H / oo / ROMA.
Crawford 135/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, owl. Provenance: CNG43 (24 Sep.1997) lot 1416 Goodman coll.
Crawford 137/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, crescent / ROMA. Provenance: Artemide XXXIX (30 Nov.2013) lot 114 ex Centauro 2 (18 May 2007) lot 43
Crawford 137/4 Triens Obv: hd Minerva Rev: prow r, crescent above, oooo before. Provenance: Astarte XXII (15 May 2010) lot 94
Crawford 141/2b var. As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, small bird (wren) on TOD. See Roberto Russo in Essays Hersh 1998; this coin better than the Essays Hersh or Paris example. Provenance: Artemide 19.2E (21 Oct.2012) lot 2178
Crawford 141/5a Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ooo, eagle wreath. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 621 RBW coll. = RBW627 ex NAC7 (1 Mar.1994) lot 491
Crawford 143/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, shield, MAE. Provenance: Astarte XXII (15 May 2010) lot 96
Crawford 145/4 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules, ooo. Understrike details before face, clearly a different coin type with a pendant necklace Rev: prow r, victory, spearhead / ooo / ROMA. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 643 RBW coll. = RBW649 purchased Tom Cederlind Apr.1994
Crawford 146/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, AVTR. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Victor England Feb.1982 ex Glendining, 9 December 1950 lot 46 Lawrence coll. ex Hamburger 96 (25 Oct.1932) lot 388 (est.50 RM) ex Seaby 50 (Feb.1928) lot 505 (£7/10/-) = Banti Avtronia 1/5 (this coin)
Crawford 147/2 variety As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, CN DO. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 986 Goodman coll. = RBW655 (not in NAC61)
Crawford 148/5 Sextans Obv: Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, Q MARI / oo / ROMA. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 667 Gibboni coll. ex CNG54 (14 June 2000) lot 1250
Crawford 149/1a As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, Ulysees walking with staff / I / ROMA / L.MAMILI below.
Crawford 150/1 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r / M TITINI / I / ROMA. Provenance: Naville 21 (20 Mar.2016) lot 449
Crawford 150/1 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r / oo Rev: prow r / M TITINI / oo / ROMA. Provenance: Savoca 17 Blue (1 Mar. 2019) lot 1328
Crawford 151/1 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, S FV. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 993 Goodman coll. (ex Spanish coll. 1986)
Crawford 152/1b Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, curl of hair on left shoulder Rev: Dioscuri r, SX.Q. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Rob Freeman NFA retail (1 Feb.1991)

 

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Series: PVR, dolphin, TAL, MAT, helmet, GR, MA, C.SAX, PT, CINA, BAL, gryphon and hare, wolf and twins, butterfly and vine

Some notable coins:
- RRC 155 PVR monogram denarius - extremely rare
- RRC 168 helmet, RRC 169 and RRC 172 GR(acchus) and MA(?) denarii - all very rare
- RRC 184/1b butterfly (without vine leaf) as - very rare


Crawford 155/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, PVR monogram. Provenance: Spink retail Jan.1981
Crawford 160/4 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ooo, dolphin above. Provenance: NAC retail
Crawford 161/5 Quadrans Obv: head of Hercules r. wearing lion’s skin, behind three pellets Rev: prow r, before TAL ligate, above ROMA, below ooo. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 703 = RBW707 ex Frank Kovacs Aug.2001
Crawford 162/4 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r., S Rev: prow r, MAT / S / ROMA. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1575 English Amateur Scholar coll.
Crawford 162/7a Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, MAT / oo / ROMA. Provenance Roberto Russo coll. 1990
Crawford 168/2 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, helmet. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl.
Crawford 169/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r. / GR / ROMA. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1761 with export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.
Crawford 172/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, MA / ROMA. Provenance: Aes Rude Titano 56 (12 Feb.1994) lot 125 (£It.560,000) ex De Nicola Dec. 1969 FPL 3 lot 237
Crawford 173/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, C.SAX. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 729 RBW coll. = RBW734 ex Sternberg 26 (16 Nov.1992) lot 237 (CHF 500)
Crawford 173/4 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r Rev: prow r, C.SAX. Provenance: UBS59 (29 Jan.2004) lot 6126 (part) Wagner coll.
Crawford 177/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, PT / oooo / ROMA. Provenance: Vico 136 (7 Nov.2013) lot 267
Crawford 178/1 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, CINA / I / ROMA. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Dec.1996) lot 315 (£60) Fallani coll.
Crawford 178/2 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, CINA / S / ROMA. Provenance: Savoca 23 (17 June 2018) lot 344
Crawford 178/4 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, CINA. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 1011 Goodman coll.
Crawford 179/5 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, BAL. Provenance: CNG45 (18 Mar.1998) lot 1400 Goodman coll. ex MünzZentrum 72 (2 Dec.1991) lot 1241
Crawford 182/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, gryphon / ROMA. Provenance: NAC P (12 May 2005) lot 1681 ex NAC H (30 Apr.1998) lot 1555
Crawford 182/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, gryphon and hare. Provenance: Harlan J.Berk 30 Oct.1996 ($250)
Crawford 183/1 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, wolf twins above, I right. Provenance: Cederlind sale 120 (12 Sep.2000) lot 126
Crawford 184/1b As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, butterfly. Provenance: Triton 3 (30 Nov.1999) lot 887 ex NAC10 (9 Apr.1997) lot 457
Crawford 184/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, butterfly and vine. Provenance: Rauch 87 (8 Dec.2010) lot 235 ex ArsAntiqva London III (8 Nov.2002) lot 48

 

I'm perpetually being asked if, due to having sold off seemingly thousands of coins over last eight years or so, have I anything left? Yes I do. These photos were taken today. I'll be adding more over time. I have more than these (40) coins. Really.

 

Beautiful coins and Abafil tray. Spanish imitations of some of the coins in your collection have always fascinated me.

 

All are some really amazing coins, especially the bronzes. The excellent provenances make them all the better. What's your criteria these days for keeping versus not keeping coins you haven't otherwise upgraded?

You shared the Eid Mar denarius you regret selling in the thread the other day - are there any others?

 

Awe-inspiring collection, @Andrew McCabe !

 

Very nice! The last time I counted, I had 84 coins ex your collection, though not as nice as the ones you still have!

 

Series: rostrum tridens, trident, rudder and bird, helmet, thunderbolt, knife, sow, dog, ram or heifer, meta, VAR, female head, shield and carnyx, staff and feather

Some notable coins:
- RRC 114 rostrum tridens semis, missing the symbol = McCabe group J1 (this coin illustrated in Essays Russo)
- trident denarius ex R. Ratto November 1933 FPL VIII
- rudder denarius ex Leu 17 Nicolas collection and Peter Hoefer collection
- thunderbolt triens note the exceptional flan
- sow denarius ex Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection loaned to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator's report "we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period"
- heifer or ram denarius - extremely rare; the identity of the animal is long debated. Charles Hersh believes it a heifer, Michael Crawford a ram; having viewed the as of this series in the Vatican museum, am inclined to agree with Crawford. The coin is broken and repaired and was gifted to me by Arturo and Giuliano Russo - long story behind that break, for another time!
- shield and carnyx denarius ex Naville Ars Classica 8 (25 June 1924) lot 152 Clarence S. Bement Philadelphia coll. ex Adolph Hess, Count Tolstoi coll. (11 mar.1912) lot 586 (66 marks) = Cohen 1857 pl.XVI Decia (this coin)
- staff and feather denarius ex Leu 17 Nicolas collection


Crawford 114/3 var. Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r (missing rostrum tridens) / S / ROMA. Provenance: E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll. (†2001)
Crawford 114/4 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, rostrum tridens.
Crawford 115/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, trident / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (26 May 2014) lot 544 ex Astarte XIX (6 May 2006) lot 850 ex Ratto FPL VIII (Nov.1933) lot 135
Crawford 117/A1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, rudder. Provenance: Sternberg XI (20 Nov.1981) lot 439 ex Peter Hoefer coll. (dated publication February 1980) ex Leu 17 (3 May 1977) lot 66 Nicolas coll.
Crawford 117/B1 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, bird and rudder. Provenance: Artemide XXXVI (11 Jul.2012) lot 114
Crawford 118/5 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r ROMA / helmet / oo. Provenance: NAC72 (16 May 2013) lot 1055 JD coll. ex NAC R (17 May 2007) lot 1268 ex NAC7 (1 Mar.1994) lot 487
Crawford 119/5 Triens Obv: helmeted head of Minerva r.; above, four pellets Rev: prow r, above ROMA, before thunderbolt, below four pellets. Struck on a very large and heavy flan, exceptional thus. Provenance: NAC61, 5th Oct.2011 lot 538 RBW coll. = RBW543
Crawford 120/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory and trophy, knife between, ROMA below. Provenance: RBW coll. dupl. ex Charles Hersh (Jan.1991)
Crawford 121/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, sow. Provenance: Tom Cederlind 2001
Crawford 121/2 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, sow below. Provenance: Malter XXX (7 Jun.1985) lot 1478 Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection on loan to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator's report "we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period"
Crawford 121/5 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, sow above.
Crawford 122-01 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, dog. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Charles Hersh Jan 1991
Crawford 122/2 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, dog. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Charles Hersh 11 Dec.1987
Crawford 122/7 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, dog above, oo right. Provenance: Vecchi 1 (1 Feb.1996) lot 531
Crawford 123/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, heifer below (described in RRC as a ram). Provenance: gift of Arturo and Giuliano Russo, RBW coll. dupls, ex Spink April 1981
Crawford 124/3 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, meta / I / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1649 JD coll. ex Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 973 Goodman coll. ex Numismatique Burgan, Paris bourse Nov.1990
Crawford 126/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, VAR. Provenance: Triton VIII (11 Jan.2005) lot 980 (part) Claude coll. ex Oscar Rinaldi FPL 1972,3 (summer) lot 150, list included in Italia Numismatica (info from RWS RDP)
Crawford 127/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r / female head / ROMA. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1570 English Amateur Scholar coll., purchased 1998
Crawford 128/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, shield carnyx. Provenance: Naville Ars Classica 8 (25 June 1924) lot 152 Clarence S. Bement Philadelphia coll. ex Adolph Hess, Count Tolstoi coll. (11 mar.1912) lot 586 (66 marks) = Cohen 1857 pl.XVI Decia (this coin)
Crawford 130/1a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, staff before Rev: Dioscuri r, feather below. Provenance: NAC72 (16 May 2013) lot 437 JD coll. ex Leu 17 (3 May 1977) lot 72 Nicolas coll.

 

Series: staff and club, Etrurian anon., C caduceus, falcata or curved knife, wreath, staff 2nd series, star, rostrum tridens

Some notable coins:
- RRC 106/4a Etruria staff and club as, possibly largest known at over 50 grams and more evidence that there was probably a slightly heavier than sextantal bronze series concurrent with the first denarius issues. The coin comes from the collection of the historian H.H. Scullard (1903-1983); my vendor bought it from the Scullard estate in 1983
- RRC 106/9 staff uncia, noted as being unique in Crawford RRC which it isn't!
- the semis and quadrans that follow the staff and club bronzes are from a related Etruscan anonymous series, McCabe Essays Russo group E. They always have concave reverses
- caduceus denarius comes from the E.H. Schwing collection, Mario Ratto Dec.1932
- curved knife or falcata denarius comes in an especially wild style, noted as possibly being a separate series in the write up to NAC 61.
- rostrum tridens semis is ex Elivira Clain-Steffanelli coll.


Crawford 106/3b Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, narrow head long hair Rev: Dioscuri r staff. Provenance: Leu LHS FPL Spring 2009 lot 82 (CHF 300)
Crawford 106/4a As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, staff above, I, ROMA. Provenance: Ed Waddell at ANA 2018 purchased 1983 ex H.H. Scullard coll. (1903-1983). "The coin comes from an old collection and was part of the collection of H H Scullard that was purchased by me many years ago."
Crawford 106/6a Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, staff above. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 477 RBW coll. = RBW483 ex NAC8 (3 Apr.1995) lot 684
Crawford 106/7a Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ROMA, staff // ooo . Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1636 JD coll. ex Knopek (Cologne) 7 Apr.1978 lot 302.
Crawford 106/8b Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo, club behind Rev: prow r, oo, staff. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 483 RBW coll. = RBW488 ex CNG45 (18 Mar.1998) lot 1268 Goodman coll. ex Empire Coins FPL 35 (Q4 1986) lot 105.
Crawford 106/9 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, ROMA staff above. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 612 Gibboni coll.
Crawford 106/B2 Semis Obv: hd Saturn bug eyed Rev: prow r, S, ROMA. Provenance: Astarte XXII (15 May 2010) lot 72
Crawford 106/B4 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules bug eyed r, ooo Rev: prow r, ooo. Provenance: Artemide XXIX (26 June 2010) lot 156
Crawford 107/1b Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, C. Provenance: Emporium Hamburg 39 (28 May 1998) lot 183 (DM 280)
Crawford 108/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, caduceus / ROMA. Provenance: Künker 262 (13 Mar.2015) lot 8426 (part) ex Inasta 20 (19 May 2007) lot 18, Denarius Collection "composed of specimens collected by the collector during the 50s and 60s and purchased from the major merchants of the time" ex Mario Ratto (1 Dec.1932) lot 137 coll. E.H. Schwing
Crawford 109/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, curved knife. Provenance: Ed Waddell ex collection formed in 1980s and 1990s
Crawford 110/1a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, wreath // ROMA. Provenance: Nomisma 35 (17 Oct.2007) lot 48 ex Titano San Marino 9 (23 Sep.2001) lot 117
Crawford 110/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, wreath I above, ROMA below. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl.
Crawford 112/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter, staff before head Rev: Victory and trophy. Provenance: Nascia Ars et Nummus - Kunst & Münzen Lugano FPL 62 (June 1988) lot 226.
Crawford 112/2a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, staff before Rev: Dioscuri r. Provenance: Aes Rude Titano 42 (29 Sep.1990) lot 87
Crawford 112/6 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo, staff before head Rev: prow r, ROMA above, ooo below. Provenance: Richard Schaefer before 1997
Crawford 113/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, star below. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Charles Hersh (Jun.1985)
Crawford 114/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, rostrum tridens below. Provenance: Laurens Schulman 25 (23 Apr.2001) lot 3380
Crawford 114/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, rostrum tridens. Provenance: Frank Kovacs (4 Nov.1993).
Crawford 114/3 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, rostrum tridens / S / ROMA. Provenance: Naville 23 (12 Jun.2016) lot 289 E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll. (†2001)

 

..great group of coins..i've been looking hard at republic Dioscuri twins denari as of late to add to my collection

 

Beautiful coins, Andrew. I'm curious as to how you take your full tray images? Do you have a camera with a large enough lens to not cause distortion at the periphery or is there some other photography strategy of which I'm not aware? Every time I've tried something similar, it's not ended well.

 

Sony NEX with E-Mount macro: the dedicated macro seems to reduce edge distortion greatly compared with my prior multi-purpose lens; I leave 1/2 inch all round then crop. There is still a teeny bit of pin-cushioning. If you still have troubles then a larger edge margin may help, so long as you have enough pixels to place the tray in the centre of a larger area.

 

Later coins of Luceria, near Herdonia and Canusium, from c.210BC to c.206BC. This and my next post (earlier coins of Luceria and Herdonia) is probably the most coherent group of Luceria-type coins assembled. A good group of coins makes the division into mints etc much more apparent. This is why it is good to form collections, to study. I did have more variants, sold, and now regretted.

Some notable coins:
- First three coins: Luceria. Next six coins: mint near Herdonia. Final 10 coins with P and CA mintmarks: Canusium (cf. McCabe, proc. International Numismatic Congress 2015, for derivation of mint locations)
- RRC 97/22a L mintmarked is much rarer with reverse mintmark than obverse. Many with obverse mintmark in crude style were struck in Canusium
- RRC 97/17 semis is overstruck on post-semilibral triens, not listed by Crawford or Hersh
- The two 97/19 quadrans varieties, one with reverse mintmark, one without (not in Crawford) are struck from same obverse dies
- The 97/20 sextans on huge flan is likely struck over 97/7a uncia. It is from the Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli collection
- note Dextans and Quincunx denominations P mintmark. All P mintmark coins were struck in Canusium (not per RRC)



Crawford 97/13a Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo under Rev: prow r, ROMA above, L r, ooo below. Provenance: NAC R 17 May 2007 lot 1265
Crawford 97/14 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, ROMA // oLo. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 382 JD coll. ex NAC7 (1 Mar.1994) lot 480
Crawford 97/15 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, ROMA above, Lo below. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 596 Gibboni coll.
Crawford 97/22 As Obv: hd Janus, -- Rev: prow r, L. Provenance: Rauch 87 (8 Dec.2010) lot 216 ex Inasta 32 (28 Nov.2009) lot 62
Crawford 97/17 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S behind, L below Rev: Prow r, S above, ROMA below. Overstruck on a light 15 gram RRC 41 Triens, McCabe group A1, Semis/PSL Triens is not listed in RRC table XVIII, not in Hersh coll. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl.
Crawford 97/18 Triens Obv: helmeted head of Minerva r.; above, four pellets and below, L Rev: prow r. before [L], below four pellets, above ROMA. traces of overstriking. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 419 RBW coll. = RBW422
Crawford 97/19 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules Rev: prow r, L before, ROMA above, ooo. Provenance: NAC8 (3 Apr.1995) lot 679
Crawford 97/19 variant Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules / club Rev: prow r. ROMA // ooo. No mintmark.. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1562 English Amateur Scholar coll.
Crawford 97/20a Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r., L Rev: prow r. ROMA // oo. Overstrike on a large thin Roman flan, possibly 41/10 more likely 97/7a. Provenance: Naville 23 (12 Jun.2016) lot 286 E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll. (†2001)
Crawford 99/1 As Obv: hd Janus, P Rev: prow r, I above, P before. Provenance: A&B Roma FPL 1997/3 lot 127 (ITL 2,000,000)
Crawford 99/2 Dextans Obv: hd Ceres l, P behind Rev: Victory in quadriga r, ROMA below, Soooo in exergue. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl. ex Frank Kovacs 17 Sep.1991
Crawford 99/4 Quincunx Obv: hd Apollo r, P behind Rev: Dioscuri right, ROMA, ooooo. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl. ex Henry Clay Lindgren Dec.1986
Crawford 99/6 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, oo, P Rev: prow r, ooo below, P before. Provenance: UBS59 (29 Jan.2004) lot 6125 (part) Wagner coll. = RBW442 (not in NAC61)
Crawford 99/7 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo, P Rev: prow r, oPo below. Provenance: UBS59 (29 Jan.2004) lot 6125 (part) Wagner coll.
Crawford 100/1 As Obv: hd Janus, CA Rev: prow r, CA. Provenance: Herakles FPL Aug.2004
Crawford 100/2 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S above, CA right, ROMA below.
Crawford 100/4b Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r / ooo / CA under chin Rev: prow r, ROMA / CA / ooo.
Crawford 100/5 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury, oo / CA Rev: prow r, ROMA / CA / oo. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1632 JD coll.
Crawford 100/6 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o, CA below Rev: prow r, o, CA below.

 

Thanks! I definitely need to upgrade my camera capabilities. Your tray shots are wonderful.

 

Early coins of Luceria, and of a mint near Herdonia, from 214 BC to 211 BC

Some notable coins:
- first nine coins from Luceria itself, with an early (214-213 BC) and slightly later (213-211BC) bronze series, an arrangement that differs from Crawford
- next six coins from a parallel mint, likely somewhere near Herdonia, in same period, with early (214-213 BC) likely the coins with L-T mintmarks and slightly later (213-211BC) likely with L mintmark only
- final two coins, dextans and quincunx, belong to Luceria itself, now of lighter series (for remaining coins of this series see my prior tray posted)
- note uncia and semuncia on first row have same reverse die (for a semuncia) matched with a large uncia die or smaller semuncia die! several examples are known of both denominations from these die combinations so seems to have been a deliberate use of an unmarked prow die on both denominations
- second row triens is overstruck on a semilibral sextans
- RRC 98 sestertius third row is extremely rare. Tho the style seems crude, it exactly matches the engraving style of the related bronzes, see the adjacent triens
- two extremely rare coins with L-T mintmarks end of third row, sextans type having Dioscuri type reverse
- Mercury head quadrantes from the "near Herdonia" mint, fourth coin on third row (with L-T mintmark) and first coin on fourth row (with L mintmark), latter being a plate coin in Hersh 1987 overstrikes article
- Dextans and Quincunx (latter extremely rare) end of fourth row are linked by engraving style of obverses to the main Luceria mint rather than the subsidiary (L-T) mint


Crawford 97/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, L / ROMA. Provenance: Leu Numismatik 1 (25 Oct.2017) lot 137 (CHF 500) Yves Gunzenreiner coll. ex Swiss private collection banked at Lugano since early 1980s.
Crawford 97/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, L. Provenance: Hirsch 179, 21st Sep.1993 lot 737
Crawford 43/4 Sextans Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r / ROMA // oLo. Provenance: Tkalec Bombarda coll. (29 Feb.2008) lot 348.
Crawford 43/5 variant Uncia Obv: hd Roma r / o Rev: prow r, style of RRC 43 Luceria without mintmark, earliest issue. CF BMCRR 168 = Ghey-Leins-Crawford 43.6.3 (where noted as variety lacking exergue mark) same reverse die. Provenance: Spink ex Negrini 5 (17 Apr.1997) lot 133
Crawford 43/6 variant Semuncia Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, style of RRC 43 Luceria without mintmark, earliest issue. CF BMCRR 168 = Ghey-Leins-Crawford 43.6.3 (where noted as variety lacking exergue mark).
Crawford 43/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, L behind, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, ROMA. Overstruck on a semlibral sextans Cr.38/5. Provenance: Southern California Collection before 1980
Crawford 97/5 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo below Rev: prow r, ROMA above, ooo below, L before.
Crawford 97/6 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, ROMA above, oLo below. Provenance: NAC7 (1 Mar.1994) lot 478
Crawford 43/5 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, o, L. Provenance: Vecchi 17 (15 Dec.1999) lot 644 ex Baldwin's 7 (2 May 1996) lot 243
Crawford 98/A1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r, L under Rev: Victory + trophy, T between. Provenance: Nicolas coll. Leu 17 (3 May 1977) lot 52
Crawford 43/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, L before below chin, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, ROMA.
Crawford 98/A5 Quadrans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo-o around wing, L below Rev: prow r, Luceria style with mariners within fighting platform, ROMA / T / ooo.
Crawford 98/A6 Sextans Obv: hd Minerva r, oo below, L before Rev: Dioscuri r, T, ROMA. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 598 Gibboni coll. ex Herakles FPL Dec.2003 (RWS)
Crawford 98/A3 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r with Phrygian helmet, L below. Note distinctive toothed visor. Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Provenance: H.J.Berk 15 May 1994
Crawford 98/A4 Sestertius Obv: hd Roma r with Phrygian helmet, L below. Note distinctive toothed visor. Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Unlike any other known sestertius, style akin to bronzes of Luceria. Key hidden design fingerprints eg toothed visor, show this is a regular issue but by different die-cutter.
Crawford 97/13d Quadrans Obv: hd Mercury r o-oo value mark. Overstruck on semilibral uncia with Roma helmet crest visible. Rev: prow r, ooo, typical die break through superstructure. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 936 Goodman coll. ex Crédit Suisse SKA Bern FPL 45 (April 1985) lot 95 = Hersh ANSMN 32 (1987) Overstrikes 27b (this coin).
Crawford 97-6a Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo, L below head Rev: prow r, ROMA above, oo below.
Crawford 97/7b Uncia Obv: hd Roma Phrygian helmet, L under Rev: prow r, ROMA // o.
Crawford 97/16 Dextans Obv: hd Ceres r, corn wreathed Rev: Victory + quad r, L above ROMA below, Soooo exergue. Provenance: Tkalec Bombarda coll. (29 Feb.2008) lot 368 (CHF 3300)
Crawford 97/11 Quincunx Obv: hd Apollo r, L Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA, ooooo. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1626 JD coll. ex Münzzentrum Albrecht XXX (21 Nov.1977)

 

There was a time when the main advantage of macro lenses was freedom from distortion and color fringing. I worked with a 20x24 copy camera (took cut film that size or smaller) that belonged to my employer. The best lenses were termed apochromats and were color corrected for three colors rather than the usual two. These had very flat fields. They were not any sharper in the center but flat field is good.

Today, those who shoot with 'real' cameras in RAW mode have the option of software correction of camera distortions that still expect a good lens to start with for good results (no zooms, no super speed lenses, no tiny sensors). I have not played with the idea since I rarely use the corners of my images where there is anything to be gained. Coins have a great advantage over stamps when it comes to photography with regular lenses (sharper in the center and weak in the corners). We don't use the corners for our round subjects. Digital also allows easy assemblage of a fake 'tray' image with each coin individually corrected and full resolution. You could make a high resolution 'tray' image the size of your wall with cut and paste. I suspect the only real market now for super corrected glass is for binoculars and telescopes since the cost of these lenses is harder to justify in digital photography where software can fix problems. The easy answer now is to start with too many pixels and crop out the bad ones in the corners.

 

From a complete layman to RR coins, you have a beautiful collection of coins there.

I hope to add a small selection of RR quadrantes to my collection in the coming years as a side collection, and you certainly have some examples to aspire to.

 

Series: club, CROT, MP, Nola, VB, incuse Spanish, KOPK AΓ, Q, MT, B, and anonymous

Some notable coins:
- RRC 89/3 club as has an amazing provenance: NFA Garrett coll. Part I (16-18 May 1984) lot 653 ex Spink 10 Jun.1928 ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 229 (120 RM) Niklovitch coll. = Sear RCTV (2000) vol.1 p.192,632 (this coin)
- RRC 89/6 variant club quadrans without club but evidently in same - very elegant - engraving style
- RRC 90/2 victoriatus in a very distinctive style: several coins of this style have realised very high hammers in recent years; this however is not from the same group but has a 1990s provenance
- RRC 94 retrograde N (Nola) victoriatus is an especially complete example compared with most
- RRC 96 victoriatus, a rare Spanish issue with a fully incuse legend
- Unique RRC 102 denarius type with a fully incuse legend first engraved relief and then made incuse, whose obverse and reverse style closely matches Cr.102/2d quinarius, from a Luigi de Nicola FPL Sep.1963 lot 177. Compare the quinarius style adjacent to it
- RRC 101 Corcyra quinarius this being the first Roman coin type to have a mint name spelled out in full; the next instances don't occur until the Imperatorial issues of Fulvia (Lugdunum) and Domitius Calvinus (Osca)
- RRC 104 B denarius, extremely rare (as are most coins in this tray!)


Crawford 89/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory and trophy / club / ROMA. Provenance: Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel coll. ex Kress 154 (1972) lot 635
Crawford 89/3 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, club. The club is incomplete, the engraver puched the dots but did not punhc or engrave the line to connect the dots of the club.. Provenance: NFA Garrett coll. Part I (16-18 May 1984) lot 653 ($180) ex Spink 10 Jun.1928 (perhaps Num.Circ.6/1928?) ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 229 (120 RM) Niklovitch coll. via RBW coll.dupl. ex Victor England 10 Dec.1988 = Sear RCTV (2000) vol.1 p.192,632 (this coin)
Crawford 89/6 variety Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo, fine style Rev: prow r, ooo, thick base prowstem, elevated fighting platform, as club series but lacking club, ROMA, McCabe group C1. Provenance: UBS59 (29 Jan.2004) lot 6125 (part) Wagner coll.
Crawford 90/2 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory & trophy. Provenance: Vecchi 13 (4 Sep.1998) lot 632
Crawford 92/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, CROT. Provenance: M&M FPL 516, Nov.1988 lot 299
Crawford 93/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, MP. Provenance: NAC83 (20 May 2015) lot 256 Student Mentor coll. ex Lanz 44 (16 May 1988) lot 330 (est.DM 350) ex Mario Ratto FPL Apr.1968 lot 160
Crawford 94/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r, N retrograde Rev: Victory + trophy. Provenance: retail purchase M&M (M.Weder) Apr.1989
Crawford 95/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, VB / ROMA. Provenance: Triton 2 (1 Dec.1998) lot 689 ex NAC10 (9 Apr.1997) lot 442 lot 689
Crawford 95/2 Half Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, VB, S for semis indicating half victoriatus. Provenance: Künker 262 (13 Mar.2015) lot 7395 ex Nomisma 34 (28 Apr.2007) lot 97 ex Astarte V (28 Oct.1999) lot 416 (misidentified)
Crawford 96/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory & trophy. ROMA incuse. Provenance: Harlan J Berk BoB 155 (31 Jul.2007) lot 142 ex Vecchi 7 (6 Oct.1997) lot 556
Crawford 101/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, KOR, AG monograms. Provenance: Vico (9 Jun.1992) lot 66
Crawford 102/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, Q. Provenance: Crédit Suisse Bern 7 (27 Apr.1987) lot 682
Crawford 102/2a Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, Attic helmet Rev: Dioscuri r, Q.
Crawford 102/2b Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, Phrygian helmet Rev: Dioscuri r, turning as in conversation. Provenance: Harlan J. Berk (15 May 1994)
Crawford 102- var. Denarius Obv: hd Roma, elongated head style matches Cr.102/2d quinarius Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA fully incuse, engraved in relief then made incuse. Provenance: Richard Schaefer (1998) ex Aes Rude Titano 58 (24 Sep.1994) lot 120 ex Luigi de Nicola FPL Sep.1963 lot 177
Crawford 102/2d Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, Attic helmet Rev: Dioscuri riding right. Provenance: Antiqua Steve Rubinger FPL 4 (Mar.1997)
Crawford 103/1c Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter Rev: Victory and trophy, MT right, ROMA under. Provenance: Titano 2nd series 10 (24 Feb.2002) lot 109 ex Aes Rude Titano 47 (30 Nov.1991) lot 78
Crawford 103/2c Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r / V Rev: Dioscuri r / MT / ROMA, ligature bar on left side of MT. Provenance: CNG 93 (22 May 2013) lot 1072
Crawford 104/1a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, hair curled around under visor Rev: Dioscuri r B below, ROMA in exergue.

 

Series: ROMA, H, Anchor Q, H-Q Anonymous, V, spearhead (Apulia and Sardinia)

Some notable coins:
- ROMA monogram, extremely rare denarius and sestertius, and very rare quinarius
- anchor and Q as - extremely rare
- triens, quadrans and sextans from an anonymous series related to H and Q and L, published in McCabe, Essays Russo, group F1 (plate coins)
- V uncia, not in Crawford, type published by Russo in Essays Hersh, second known example
- Russo in 1998 divided the spearhead series into three groups, two 2nd Punic war and one later; McCabe in 2015 assigned the first two groups to Apulia and Sardinia. Here we see an as and uncia from Apulia, and an as from Sardinia, all extremely rare
- spearhead denarius is ex Brunacci collection, Santamaria 1958

Crawford 84/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA monogram. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Leu Jun.2006
Crawford 84/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, V Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA monogram. Provenance: Lanz 80 (26 May 1997) lot 230 (est.Dm 600)
Crawford 84/3 Sestertius Obv: hd Roma r, IIS Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA monogram. Provenance: Gorny Mosch - Giessener Münzhandlung 204 (5 Mar.2012) lot 1900 (EUR 1700) ex Dix Noonan Webb Coinex 2007 (27 Sep.2007) lot 2420
Crawford 84/6 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, Roma monogram. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Jonathan Kern (30 Mar.1998)
Crawford 85/1b Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, H behind horses. Provenance: Malter XXXVII 17 Apr.1988 lot 73
Crawford 85/3 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r Rev: prow r, H before. Provenance: Aes Rude Titano 72 (1 Mar.1998) lot 103
Crawford 85/7 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, H before. Provenance: Tkalec retail 2008 ex Bombarda coll.
Crawford 86/B1 As Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S, Q above, anchor. Provenance: RBW coll. ex NAC 14 Sep.1996
Crawford 86/B2 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S, Q above, anchor.
Crawford 86/A2 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, Q. Provenance: UBS59 (29 Jan.2004) lot 6125 (part) Wagner coll.
Crawford 86/A3 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ROMA above, Q before. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 574 Gibboni coll.
Crawford 86 variety Triens Obv: head of Minerva r. / oooo Rev: prow r, staff through corvus / ROMA / / oooo. In NAC61 this series is attributed to the staff series on account of the line through the corvus. The style is more akin to Apulia specially Q series, and this obverse is sometimes paired with a Luceria style reverse. Provenance: Lanz 163 (7 Dec.2016) lot 160 ex NAC 9 (16 Apr.1996) lot 572
Crawford 86 variety Quadrans Obv: head of Hercules r. wearing lion’s skin, behind three pellets Rev: prow r, staff through corvus. RBW. See notes for triens above. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 481 RBW coll. = RBW493
Crawford 86 variety Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo, this obverse also shared with normal Rome mint reverse prow types Rev: prow r, oo, ROMA, prow has fighting platform with club of style Luceria. Provenance: Nomisma 41 (8 May 2010) lot 63 ex Titano second series 5 (4 June 2000) lot 81
Crawford 87/5 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, oo, V. Provenance: NAC G (10 Apr.1997) lot 1246
Crawford 87 Uncia (not in RRC) Obv: hd Roma r, ooo Rev: prow r, V, published by Roberto Russo in essays Hersh 1998, not in Crawford, second published example after the Essays Hersh = NAC 7 example . Provenance: gift of Roberto Russo
Crawford 88/2b Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, spearhead r. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Spink 30 Nov.1985 ex Santamaria (24 Feb.1958) lot 59 Brunacci coll.
Crawford 88/3a As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, spearhead right above, I above. Provenance: CNG85 (15 Sep.2010) lot 768
Crawford 88/3b As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, spearhead up before, I above. Provenance: CNG79 (17 Sep.2008) lot 805 V.C. coll. ex NAC P (1 May 2005) lot 1661
Crawford 88/8 Uncia Obv: hd Roma, o behind Rev: prow r, before spearhead upright, below pellets, above ROMA. Roberto Russo, Essays Hersh, 48. Russo splits the coinage into two main issues, probably from Sardinia and Apulia (this type), and one later issue.. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Sep.1996) lot 211 Fallani collection

 

Series: corn-ear, dolabella, C.VAR, palm branch, crooked staff, staff, wheel, dolphin, spearhead

Some notable coins:
- bull, snake and corn-ear quadrans is ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 455 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Glendining 2 (15 Jul.1929) lot 531 and ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 203 Niklovitch coll. It's also struck on a massive flan with large dies and is not an overstrike, hence an early issue
- corn-ear as, RRC 72/11, is a second century issue, misplaced here by Crawford, see Russo in Essays Hersh
- the pick-axe / dolabella denarius is ex coll. Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection on loan to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator's report "we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period". The denarius and quinarius are extremely rare
- RRC 78/1 staff denarius is a plate coin in Stannard NC 1988 The Hub from Ancient Spain Reconsidered pl.12 who shows the ledge is a result of a collared die, possibly due a repair. My coll. has a second different die 78/1 with same effect showing this to be a technique special to this series (only)
- corn-ear and crooked staff denarius is extremely rare; the crooked staff may relate to Ulysses and thus to a Mamilius who was a Sicilian quaestor in 207 BC
- dolabella (2nd series) triens is part of the CN.CO(rnelius dolabella) RRC 81 series whose location nexus confirms to be from Spain, where this coin comes from
- spearhead up denarius is extremely rare; I've shown (proc.INC.2015) that the quinarius along with some RRC 88 bronzes is an issue of Sardinia and not Sicily.



Crawford 42/2 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r Rev: bull prancing r, corn-ear, large flan variety, undoubtedly early issue. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Sept. 1996) lot 78 Fallani coll. ex Spink ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 455 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Glendining 2 (15 Jul.1929) lot 531 ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 203 Niklovitch coll. via RBW coll.dupl.
Crawford 42/3 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, ROMA corn-ear above. Provenance: Sternberg XI (20 Nov.1981) lot 431
Crawford 42/4 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, corn ear ROMA // o.
Crawford 42/5 Semuncia Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, corn-ear. Provenance: R.M. Smythe (David Vagi) Dec.2002
Crawford 72/11 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, corn-ear above I before. This is a later second century issue, see Russo in Essays Hersh
Crawford 73/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, pick-axe or dolabella. Provenance: Malter XXX (7th Jun.1985) lot 1469 Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection on loan to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator's report "we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period"
Crawford 73/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, pick-axe or dolabella.
Crawford 74/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, C.VAR / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1619 JD coll. ex Hirsch 101 (8 Oct.1976) lot 3095
Crawford 76/1d Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, palm branch Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Provenance: CNG43 (24 Sep.1997) lot 1346 Goodman coll. ex Sternberg XXXII (28 Oct.1996) lot 86
Crawford 76/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, palm branch above. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Sep.1996) lot 191
Crawford 76/6 Sextans Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, palm branch above. Provenance: NAC72 (17 May 2013) lot 1007 JD coll. ex Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 530 Gibboni coll.
Crawford 77/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, cornear, drill. Provenance: Ritter FPL 83 Dec.2008 lot 676
Crawford 78/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r. Rev: Dioscuri r, staff. Provenance: Stannard NC 1988 The Hub from Ancient Spain Reconsidered pl.12 (this coin ill.), showing ledge a result of a collared die
Crawford 79/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, wheel / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1922 ex Nomisma 34 (28 Apr.2007) lot 102
Crawford 80/1a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, dolphin. Provenance: CNG43 (24 Sep.1997) lot 1350 Goodman coll. ex Nascia Kunst und Münzen Lugano 27 (18 Apr.1989) lot 1368
Crawford 80/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, dolphin. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 336 RBW coll. = RBW330
Crawford 81 variety Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo above Rev: prow r, oooo below, dolabella before, first published by Roberto Russo in Essays Hersh. Provenance: Soler y Llach 6 July 2010 lot 2344
Crawford 83/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, spearhead. Provenance: Hirsch 167, 26th Sep.1990 lot 657
Crawford 83/2 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, spearhead up. Provenance: Ritter FPL 83 Dec.2008 lot 679
Crawford 83/3 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, V Rev: Dioscuri r, spearhead up. Provenance: NAC83 (20 May 2015) lot 252 Student Mentor coll. ex Sternberg sale XV (11 Apr.1985) lot 223