Sulla’s Dream
831. Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Aemilius Buca. January 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and necklace, hair collected into a knot, falling in two locks down her neck; L • BuCA downwards behind / Sulla’s dream: in the foreground on left, Sulla reclining right against a rock, his left arm supporting his head; on right is seen Luna Lucifera, wearing crescent on head, descending left from a mountain, her veil floating above her head and holding lighted torch in right hand; Victory with spread wings standing facing in background, holding palm frond in raised right hand. Crawford 480/1; Alföldi Type I, 28-37 (A6/R6); CRI 164; Sydenham 1064; Kestner 3684; BMCRR Rome 4160-1; Aemilia 12. EF, lightly toned, die break on neck. Extremely rare. Struck on a large flan. ($10,000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Varesi 51 (23 April 2008), lot 98; Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 400.
832. Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Clodius C.f. Vestalis. 43 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bust of Flora right, slight drapery, wearing floral wreath and cruciform earring; lily at her shoulder behind; C • CLODiuÍ downwards before, C • F • upwards behind / Veiled female (Vestal virgin, Claudia Quinta) seated left, holding a cymbium (two-handled bowl) in her right hand; ueÍTALi[Í]. Crawford 512/2; CRI 317; Sydenham 1135; Kestner 3786; BMCRR Rome 4196-7; Claudia 13. EF, darkly toned, shallow graffito behind top of head beneath tone, reverse struck slightly off center. Struck on a broad flan. ($750) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 296.
833. Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Marcus Arrius Secundus. 43 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.62 g, 12h). Rome mint. Young, bare, male head (Octavian? or Quintus Arrius?) right, wearing slight beard; Â • ArriuÍ upwards behind, ÍeCuNDuÍ downwards before / Hasta pura (vertical spear) between wreath on left and rectangular phalera (military decoration) on right. Crawford 513/2; CRI 319; Sydenham 1084; Kestner 3787; BMCRR Rome 4210; Arria 2. Near VF, toned, some porosity, banker’s mark on obverse, scrapes and scratches. Rare. ($2000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 49 (9 February 2009), lot 182; Blaser-Frey 13 (18 September 1964), lot 47.
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