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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3818259, member: 90666&quot;]series: C.VIBIVS PANSA, ALBINVS BRVTI, A.POSTVMIVS, CAESAR, L.PLAVTIVS PLANCVS, C.ANTIVS, A.ALLIENVS, SCIPIO IMP, EPPIVS, CRASS.IVN, M.CATO, M.CORDIVS RVFVS</p><p><br /></p><p>This tray covers the later period of the Pompeian supporters in north Africa as well as the Caesarian issues in their pursuit and in Rome; the Romans recommenced the issue of fractional quinarii and sestertii most of which are rare and found in abysmal condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>some notable coins:</p><p>- RRC 451/1, Pan/hands, is a scarce type, this coin being ex Knobloch collection </p><p>- RRC 452/2 Caesar&#039;s 52 year old issue is ex Karl Kress in 1961. Kress took over Otto Helbing (being a Jewish owned business) in the late 1930s but kept its name until 1944 and then continued its numeration, from Helbing 85 to Kress 86 in 1944. I also have the very rare quinarius from this issue which has slightly different types to the denarius.</p><p>- RRC 457/1 Julius Caesar with Allienus usually comes flat struck but I am not seeking a replacement as this coin is ex Sotheby&#039;s (4 Nov 1982) lot 422 ex Alnwick Castle Duke of Northumberland Collection, Rear Admiral Henry Smyth 1856 table I/32</p><p>- RRC 458/1, Caesar with Aeneas and Anchises, is ex Arthur Bally Herzog coll. (1849-1912) purchased from L. Hamburger, Frankfurt August 9, 1907</p><p>- RRC 460/3, a very rare type of Metellus Scipio in north Africa is a plate coin in Alfoeldi: &quot;Sulla, Ruler by the Grace of God&quot;, Chiron 6, 1976, pp.142-158, pls.7-10, this coin cited and illustrated. This article was republished in English in a third green volume to accompany the famous Julius Caesar die study (vol.2). The coin is ex Münzen Medaillen 17 (1957) and Karl Kress 92 (1952); the photo in the Alfoeldi article is clearly better than either auction photo which makes me wonder whether Alfoeldi had access to the coin in 1976 perhaps via a collector.</p><p>- RRC 460/4 is the even rarer type with Sekhmet - I bought this from an English seller in St.Albans north of London who usually has detectorist finds, in 1990, long before the world wide web was available for coin surfing let alone the Portable Antiquities Scheme to record detectorist finds! I&#039;ve owned this coin nearly 30 years.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016916[/ATTACH] </p><p>- RRC 463/2 Cordius Rufus with Aegis and Medusa head, despite its bright surfaces, comes from a 1932 Spink Numismatic Circular where £1-10/ or one and a half sovereigns (England was on the gold standard). That&#039;s relatively expensive!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1016913[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Details of the coin types and their provenances are listed below the Flickr image here:</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48986585416/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48986585416/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48986585416/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford arrangement of my coins, here:</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/collections/72157651148771015/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/collections/72157651148771015/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/collections/72157651148771015/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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