Carausius Posted May 24, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) Ok, I'm here. Let's get this party started! I'll start with a rarity I overpaid for at CNG recently. I had discovered some undisclosed information about the coin before the auction which fueled my excessive bidding. It is Sear plate coin and has a 1909 provenance! Rome, The Imperators. Manius Cordius Rufus. 46 BCE AR Sestertius (0.73g; 11mm; 6h). Rome mint, 46 BCE. Obverse: MN CORD; Diademed head of Venus, facing right. Reverse: RVFI; Cupid advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. References: Crawford 463/5b; Sear, HCRI 67 (this coin illustrated); Sydenham 980a (R5); BMCRR 4045-48; Cordia 7; RBW 1609 (this coin illustrated). Provenance: Ex J. de Wilde Collection [CNG 120 (12 May 2022) Lot 727]; RBW Collection [NAC 63 (17 May 2012), Lot 384]; Numismatic Fine Arts XXIV (18 Oct 1990) Lot 1348; Consul E.F. Weber Collection [Hirsch XXIV (10 May 1909) Lot 322]. Edited May 24, 2022 by Carausius 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2022 NICE @Carausius! Cool sleuthing too! mine is another issue, and a hot mess at that! CORDIUS RUFUSRR Cordius Rufus 46 BCE AR Den Jugate Dioscuri Venus scales S 440 Cr 463-1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 24, 2022 · Patron Share Posted May 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Carausius said: Ok, I'm here. Let's get this party started! I'll start with a rarity I overpaid for at CNG recently. I had discovered some undisclosed information about the coin before the auction which fueled my excessive bidding. It is Sear plate coin and has a 1909 provenance! Rome, The Imperators. Manius Cordius Rufus. 46 BCE AR Sestertius (0.73g; 11mm; 6h). Rome mint, 46 BCE. Obverse: MN CORD; Diademed head of Venus, facing right. Reverse: RVFI; Cupid advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. References: Crawford 463/5b; Sear, HCRI 67 (this coin illustrated); Sydenham 980a (R5); BMCRR 4045-48; Cordia 7; RBW 1609 (this coin illustrated). Provenance: Ex J. de Wilde Collection [CNG 120 (12 May 2022) Lot 727]; RBW Collection [NAC 63 (17 May 2012), Lot 384]; Numismatic Fine Arts XXIV (18 Oct 1990) Lot 1348; Consul E.F. Weber Collection [Hirsch XXIV (10 May 1909) Lot 322]. Welcome, Carausius! What a cool little coin! And neat provenance, too! A question, though. You have a winged figure with a wreath and a palm on a tiny, tiny, flan. What makes the experts so sure this is "Cupid" and not just a poorly-rendered Victoria? Cupid who happens to have Victoria's accoutrements? Hmmm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carausius Posted May 24, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Agree, the attributes are Victory. Suspect Cupid has been generally named to be consistent with the obverse Venus. That doesn't mean the experts are correct! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stolt Posted May 24, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 24, 2022 50 minutes ago, Carausius said: Agree, the attributes are Victory. Suspect Cupid has been generally named to be consistent with the obverse Venus. That doesn't mean the experts are correct! Congrats, these imperatorial sestertii are very interesting. I would agree the reverse most likely represents Victory, the Piso quinarii a few decades earlier have Victory on them with the exact same pose as the reverse here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carthago Posted May 24, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 24, 2022 Very nice for the type, Carausius, and provenance is the deal closer. Hard to tell these little guys from old cast plates so well found. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted May 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2022 Wow, that is hard to beat for a late Republican sestertius! Is anyone here trying to get all the silver sestertius types? Would be quite a challenge... I only have this rather miserable example of the early issue: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted May 24, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Severus Alexander said: Wow, that is hard to beat for a late Republican sestertius! Is anyone here trying to get all the silver sestertius types? Would be quite a challenge... I only have this rather miserable example of the early issue: It's almost impossible to get a complete group of all the late fractions, in any grade, for any price. (I have precisely none of the late quinarii or sestertii. Many types may not even exist in a condition that would fit my collection.) To me, the most astonishing part of the RBW collection was how many RICK DID manage to obtain, but his group still wasn't exhaustive. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, Severus Alexander said: Is anyone here trying to get all the silver sestertius types? Would be quite a challenge... I wouldn't even think of it ! At some point I considered building a quinarii series, and immediately after I have bought Kathy King's book I knew I wouldn't even try. And I have the impression quinarii are easy in comparison to sestertii My only sestertius : Roma seems in a hurry, almost gone when the pic was shot 😄 Republic, Sestertius - Rome mint, ca 211-208 BC Head of Roma right, IIS behind Dioscuri riding right, two stars above, ROMA at exergue 1.06 gr, 13 mm Ref : RCV # 46, RSC # 4 Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) I have 36 different Quinarii, and have really slowed down. For some reason, I just latched onto that Denomination. I have Cathy King's book too, but have not sat down and really read through it. Couple of AR Sestertii RR AR Sestertius After 211 BCE 12mm 1.0g Rome mint Roma r IIS - Dioscuri riding stars in ex ROMA Sear 46 Craw 44-7 RSC 4 RR Anon AR Sestertius 211-208 BC Roma Dioscuri S 46 Cr 44-7 AND, an Etrurian Sestertius! Etruria Populonia 2-1-2 as 3rd C BC AR Radiate Fem Hd Menrva CII Blank EC 104 HN Italy 179 RARE 2 exist From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli. Edited May 24, 2022 by Alegandron 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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