| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 939 Price realized: 150 GBP (Approx. 190 USD / 175 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ As of Sabratha, Syrtica. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. Head of Serapis to right, wearing calathus; 'SBRTN'N' in Neo-Punic script behind, 'ZY•MṢ' below neck / Bare head to right; CAESAR downwards behind, lituus before. RPC I 815; MAA 43b; SNG Copenhagen 40. 9.01g, 25mm, 8h. About Good Very Fine. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 53; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 3, 25 October 2018, lot 454. Estimate: 200 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 940 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ As of Sabratha, Syrtica. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. Head of Serapis to right, wearing calathus; 'SBRTN'N' in Neo-Punic script behind, 'ZY•MṢ' below neck / Bare head to right; CAESAR downwards behind, lituus before. RPC I 815; MAA 43b; SNG Copenhagen 41. 9.53g, 25mm, 7h. Very Fine. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 52; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 1, 25 July 2018, lot 372 (hammer: £460). Estimate: 150 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1083 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ As of Sabratha, Syrtica. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. Head of Serapis to right, wearing calathus; 'SBRTN'N' in Neo-Punic script behind, 'ZY•MṢ' below neck / Bare head to right; CAESAR downwards behind, lituus before. RPC I 815; MAA 43b; SNG Copenhagen 41. 9.53g, 25mm, 7h. Very Fine. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 52; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 1, 25 July 2018, lot 372 (hammer: £460). Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1082 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ As of Sabratha, Syrtica. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. Head of Serapis to right, wearing calathus; 'SBRT'N' in Neo-Punic script behind, 'ZY MṢ' below neck / Bare head to right; CAESAR downwards behind, lituus before. RPC I 815; MAA 43b; SNG Copenhagen 40-1. 9.83g, 24mm, 8h. Very Fine. Rare. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 569 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 530 USD / 490 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ Dupondius of Sabratha, Syrtica. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. Laureate head of Baal-Melqart to right; 'SBRTN'N' in Neo-Punic script behind / Bare head to right; CAESAR downwards behind, lituus before; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 812-3; MAA 42-a. 14.82g, 28mm, 9h. Good Very Fine; featuring an attractive brown patina and a wonderfully detailed portrait of Augustus. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 50; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 45, 5 May 2018, lot 395 (hammer: 600 GBP). Estimate: 400 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 567 Price realized: 180 GBP (Approx. 227 USD / 210 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus and Agrippa Æ As of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 10 BC-AD 10. Back to back laureate and rostral crowned head of Agrippa to left and head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Crocodile to right, chained to palm tree behind, wreath above; COL-NE[M] across fields. RPC I 524; RIC I 158; AMC 425. 9.50g, 25mm, 3h. Very Fine. From the Mark Davis Collection, collector's ticket included; Ex Vitangelo Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1104, collector's ticket included. This artistically fascinating and typologically unique issue refers directly to the victory of Octavian (as was) and Agrippa at Actium over the forces of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, and to the settlement of veterans in Nemausus. The crocodile, collared around the neck and chained to a palm on the reverse of this coin is a clear reference to the subjugation of Egypt, thus obliquely referring also to Antony and Cleopatra; the wreath above with ties fluttering in the breeze is a reminder that the war was both just and necessary, with the victory having brought about the deliverance and salvation of the Roman people and the state. It is noteworthy also that the portraits of Agrippa and Augustus on the obverse are presented on the same level and back to back, at once recalling the ancient Janiform types once so prevalent on the Roman coinage, and also presenting princeps and general as inseparable and heroic partners - the one adorned with a wreath of laurel, the other with a rostral wreath in recognition for his naval victories. Estimate: 60 GBP |  |
