| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22300 Price realized: 500 USD (Approx. 463 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC) with C. Clovius, as Praefectus. AE dupondius(?) (27mm, 14.26 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, scuff. Rome, ca. late 46-45 BC. CAESAR•DIC•TER, draped bust of Victory right, seen from front, wearing earring, hair rolled and pulled into top knot / C•CLOV-PRAEF, Minerva advancing left, transverse trophy in right hand over shoulder, spear and shield in left; erect serpent left at feet. Crawford 476/1a (uncertain, 45 BC). CRI 62. Sydenham 1025. RPC I 601. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-49-44-bc-with-c-clovius-as-praefectus-ae-dupondius-27mm-1426-gm-12h-/a/61395-22300.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22348 Price realized: 480 USD (Approx. 445 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus, Assassin of Caesar, as Proconsul (44-42 BC), with L. Sestius, as Proquaestor. AR denarius (17mm, 3.55 gm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 3/5, punch mark. Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius in southwestern Asia Minor, ca. 42 BC. L•SESTI•PRO•-Q, veiled, draped bust of Libertas right, seen from front, wearing necklace / Q•CAEPIO•BRVTVS•PRO C-OS, tripod lebes with leonine feet; securis left on left, culullus right on right. Crawford 502/2 (43-42 BC). Sydenham 1290. Junia 37 and Sestia 2. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-q-servilius-caepio-m-junius-brutus-assassin-of-caesar-as-proconsul-44-42-bc-with-l-sestius-as-pro/a/61395-22348.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61373 | Auction date: 5 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 22097 Price realized: 380 USD (Approx. 356 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68). AE dupondius (27mm, 14.50 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Rome, ca. AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head of Nero left / PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, three-quarter view of temple of Janus with latticed window on right, front doors closed on right, garland draped across arched entrance; S-C across fields. RIC I 290. Nero, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in 37 AD, ascended to the Roman imperial throne in 54 AD, initiating a tumultuous reign that both captivated and horrified contemporaries. Initially perceived as a youthful and promising ruler, Nero's early years were marked by relative stability. However, his later years were characterized by a series of erratic and tyrannical acts. Nero's infatuation with the arts and his lavish spending on grandiose construction projects, such as the Domus Aurea, strained the Roman treasury. His ruthless suppression of the Pisonian conspiracy and persecution of Christians tarnished his legacy further. The Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, though often attributed to Nero, remains a subject of historical debate. Ultimately, Nero's reign culminated in a revolt by the Roman Senate, leading to his suicide in 68 AD, marking the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and leaving a complex legacy as both a patron of the arts and a symbol of tyranny in Roman history. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-nero-as-augustus-ad-54-68-ae-dupondius-27mm-1450-gm-7h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-2-5-smoothing/a/61373-22097.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61373-05052024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 31089 Price realized: 4,200 USD (Approx. 3,907 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Commodus, as Augustus (AD 177-192). AE sestertius (32mm, 29.39 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, AD 190-191. M COMMOD ANT P FE-LIX AVG BRIT P P, laureate head of Commodus right / HERC COMMODIANO P M T-R P XVI COS VI, Hercules standing facing, head left, nude to waist, cradling cornucopia in left arm, patera in outstretched right hand over lit garlanded altar at feet to left; transverse club leaning on right side of altar, tree to left draped with lion skin. RIC III 581. A handsome piece bearing a very typical theme of Commodus to resonate very strongly with Hercules. This coin was struck from artistically rendered dies with great care spent to his portrait and the reverse details like the lion skin. The sole reign of Commodus, AD 180-192, is often viewed as the tipping point where the Roman Empire's long decline began. Commodus has thus been featured in novels, plays, and feature films as a villain, most recently in the cinema epics "Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) and "Gladiator" (2001). Son of the greatly revered "Philosopher Emperor" Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Commodus was the first emperor born "in the purple" in AD 161. Marcus made him co-Augustus in AD 177. He accompanied Marcus on a military campaign against the Germans in AD 178; worn out by his exertions, Marcus died on 17 March AD 180. Freed of his dutiful father's control, Commodus immediately cut a deal with the Germans and abandoned all further plans of military conquest. Returning to Rome, he plunged into sensual pursuits and left governing to a succession of favorites who plundered the public purse and aggrandized themselves. While Commodus continued and worsened the debasement of Roman silver coinage begun by his father, the gold coinage remained of high purity, weight, and artistry. This beautiful aureus, struck early in his sole reign, depicts him as a young man very much in the image of his father. The historians Dio and Herodian both describe him as exceptionally handsome, a picture borne out by his coin portraits and sculpture. The reverse evokes the "Security of the Public" in an uncertain age. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-commodus-as-augustus-ad-177-192-ae-sestertius-32mm-2939-gm-12h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-3-5/a/3115-31089.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 8000-10000 USD |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22298 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 788 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.70 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, bankers mark, edge cut. Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain, ca. late 46-early 45 BC. Bust of Venus right, wearing stephane, pendant earring, and pendant necklace, with hair rolled and pulled into chignon at back of head; Cupid at shoulder / CAESAR, trophy of Gallic arms; captives seated at base, dejected female to left, bound male to right looking up at trophy. Crawford 468/1. Sydenham 1014. Julius Caesar was made Proconsul over Further Spain, and the following nine years he spent in and out of Gaul, embarking on a prolonged Gallic war, which he recorded his personal account in Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentary of the Gallic War). Initially benefitting from the disjointed tribes of Gaul, which he could deal with individually, however, the tide turned upon facing Vercingetorix, the chief of the Arverni tribe, who had assembled a confederation against him. In 52 BC, Caesar triumphed over Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia despite fierce resistance. Taking advantage of the unstable conditions in Gaul, he successfully broadened Rome's dominion through conquest, vastly increased his wealth through war spoils, and also dangerously heightened his popularity among the populace. This coin type showcases his purported lineage in the founding myth of Rome from Iulus, then Aeneas, and finally to Venus on the obverse. At the same time, the reverse promotes his victories in Gaul through the trophy adorned with Gallic military arms and bound captives, a powerful message to the Romans and the world at the time. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-49-44-bc-ar-denarius-19mm-370-gm-6h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-2-5-bankers-mar/a/61395-22298.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22273 Price realized: 1,100 USD (Approx. 1,019 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (17mm, 3.75 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa, ca. 48-46 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane and necklace, with hair rolled and pulled into chignon at back of head, some loose curls behind / CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, head facing, palladium left in outstretched right hand, carrying Anchises on his left shoulder. Crawford 458/1. Sydenham 1013. Julia 10. A brilliant specimen. In the myth of the founding of Rome, Aeneas was the child of Venus and Anchises. With the fall of Troy, Aeneas, a Trojan warrior, was ordered by the gods to flee with a group of people including his father and son, Iulus. After Aeneas' own "Odyssey" through the Mediterranean, he landed in Italia, and his legacy would become the founding of Rome and his descendants would be Romulus and Remus. With this coins imagery, Julius Caesar refers to the mythical founding of Rome and was used to link Julius Caesar's lineage to Iulus, then Aeneas, and finally to Venus. Caesar also used the obverse of this coin to lay claim to the goddess Venus over his opponent of the time, Pompey the Great. The reverse refers to the moment Aeneas fled Troy, carrying his father to safety with him. This story was later immortalized in Virgil's Aenead, under the auspices of Augustus, who used this story to link himself by extension of his adoption by Julius Caesar to the founding of Rome. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-49-44-bc-ar-denarius-17mm-375-gm-5h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-4-5/a/61395-22273.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
