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Auction: 8006 - The Strathtay Collection of Historical Medals. The Prof Colin Rochester Collection of Engish Medieval Groats.
Lot: 965

Republic, AR Denarii (3), C. Fonteius, (c.114-113 BC), janiform head, mark of value at neck right and letter o in field, rev. galley with pilot, c.font above (Cr. 290/1; Syd.555), overall, very fine; P.Laeca (c.110-109 BC), Roma head right, x below chin, p.laeca behind, rev. Roman warrior standing left placing hand on head of citizen, a lictor behind, provoco in ex (Cr. 301/1; Syd. 571), about very fine; Cn Cornelius Blasio (c.112-111 BC), helmeted male head right (Scipio Africanus?), cn. blasio.cn. before, rev. Jupiter standing between Juno and Minerva, roma in ex. (Cr. 296/1; Syd. 561a, b), about very fine (3) Estimate £ 150-200 provenance The first, Glendining 16 April 1975, lot 400 The second, Glendining, 12 July 1978, lot 72 The third, Glendining, 30 April 1980, lot 154 The first refers to the naval exploits of P. Fonteius Capito, who was Praetor in Sardinia in 169 B.C. The second alludes to the moneyer´´s ancester, P. Porcius Laeca, Praetor in 195 BC, who was instrumental in proposing and implementing the Lex Porcia de Provocatione. The third recalls that the Cornelia gens claimed descent from Scipio Africanus, whose statue was placed in the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol alongside those of the divinities depicted on the reverse.

Estimate
£150 to £200