| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients C. Vibius Varus (42 BC). AV aureus (21mm, 8.04 gm, 7h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry. Laureate head of Apollo right, with hair and rolled into chignon at back of head, two loose curls falling behind / C VIBIVS / VARVS, Venus Callipyge standing right, seen from behind, nude but for drapery falling around knees, looking at herself with mirror in left hand, drapery in right; column to left. Calicò 33. Crawford 494/34. Sydenham 1137. A well-loved piece with high lustrous and silky surfaces. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121 (6 October 2022), lot 750; Künker, Auction 365 (4 April 2022), lot 5190; Birger Bentsen Collection (Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021), lot 59; Kurt Haintz Collection (Hess-Divo, Auction 336, 27 May 2019), lot 61; Künker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6471; Peus, FPL 18 (October 1970), lot 81. The reverse image of Venus is likely modeled after the marble Roman statue - Aphrodite Kallipygos (Callipygian Venus) - from the late 1st century BC, in turn thought to be a copy of an older Greek statue, and literally means "Venus (Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks." The Venus depicted on this issue humanizes her as she playfully looks at herself in the mirror. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-c-vibius-varus-42-bc-av-aureus-21mm-804-gm-7h-ngc-choice-fine-5-5-2-5-ex-jewelry/a/3115-32215.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
