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June 26 & 27, 2013 - LONDON2828 (x1.5)2928 L. Sempronius Pitio (148 BC), Denarius, Rome, helmeted head of Roma right, X belowchin, rev. the Dioscuri on galloping horses right, holding lances (Crawford 216/1;Syd. 402), lovely iridescent toning, extremely fine £180-220x29Roman Republic, an obverse brockage of a Denarius of Man. Aemilius Lepidus(c. 114-13 BC), laureate and diademed head of Roma right, star behind, ROMA before,rev. similar, incuse and retrograde (RSC Aemilia 7; Crawford 291/1; Syd. 554), poroussurfaces some time cleaned, nearly very fine £80-1003030 (x1.5)x30Pompey the Great, Denarius, issue of his son Sextus Pompey, Sicily, 42-40 BC, barehead of Pompey the Great right, between capis and lituus, MAG PIVS IMP ITER, rev. PRAEFCLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C, Neptune standing left, foot on prow, holding aplustre,between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directionsand each carrying a parent on their shoulders (Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344;C. 17), unusually well-centred and complete, with all legend showing, about extremely fine,reverse good very fine £900-1,100PROVENANCE:CNG, 13 October 2010, lot 16131 Denarii (5), Julius Caesar (3), elephant trampling serpent, rev. priestly implements,49-48 BC (Crawford 443/1), Head of Venus, rev. Aeneas carrying his father Anchises,c.46-45 BC (Cr. 458/1), and head of Venus, Cupid at shoulder, rev. captives seatedeither side of trophy, c.46-45 BC (Cr. 468/1), Mark Antony, galley, rev. LEG - XX,legionary eagle between two standards, 32-31 BC (Cr. 544/36), Augustus, rev. DIVVSIVL[VS], comet, c.19-18 BC (RIC 38b), Quinarius, M. Porcius Cato, young head right,wearing ivy-wreath, rev. Victory seated right, 89 BC (Cr. 343/2b), fair to good fine (6) £200-25032x32Mark Antony, Denarius, Antioch, or military mint moving with Canidius Crassus inArmenia, 37 BC, bare head of Antony right, rev. IMP TERTIO III VIR RPC, Armenian tiara,bow and arrow in saltire in background (Crawford 539/1; Syd. 1205; C. 19), fine, rare £400-50011