| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.01 g, 1h). Rome mint. Bare head of C. Coelius Caldus right; to left, L • D (Libero : Damno) inscribed on tablet / Radiate head of Sol right; to left, S above oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; round shield below chin. Crawford 437/1b; Sydenham 892; Coelia 5; RBW 1550 (this coin illustrated). Deeply toned. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 January 2020. Ex Gemini XII (11 January 2015), lot 307; RBW Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 63, 17 May 2012), lot 326, purchased from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, September 1976. The obverse of this type refers to past events, such as the moneyer's grandfather, consul in 94 BC, as well as the Lex Coelia Tabellaria, which passed while he was tribunus plebis in 107 BC. Conversely, the reverse most likely refers to contemporaneous victories in the East, as symbolized by the bust of Sol and a Macedonian shield Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
