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Lot # 10137 - ROMAN. C. Cassius Longinus. The Republicans. Spring 42 BC. Silver Denarius (3.65g). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legatus. Veiled, diademed and draped bust of Libertas right / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/5; CRI 223; Sydenham 1305; RSC 6; RBW 1764. aEF. An incredible pedigree. Crawford estimated that fewer than thirty obverse dies were employed for this rare and historically important issue. C. Cassius Longinus, one of the principal assassins of Julius Caesar, withdrew to the East after the Ides of March and rapidly rebuilt his power there. Drawing on his earlier successes against the Parthians as governor of Syria, he raised nearly twelve legions by 43 BC, defeated Antony's general Dolabella, secured Syria as his base, and even prepared for a projected invasion of Egypt. The formation of the triumvirate between Antony, Octavian and Lepidus, however, forced a change of plan. Cassius abandoned the Egyptian venture and marched west to join Brutus at Smyrna, where the two regicides coordinated their campaign by striking at the triumvirs' allies in Asia. The following year they advanced into Thrace and took up a defensive position near Philippi to await the armies of Antony and Octavian. In the ensuing battle, Brutus won a striking success against Octavian, capturing his camp, but Cassius' forces were routed by Antony. Not knowing of Brutus' victory, Cassius believed the entire cause was lost and ordered his freedman Pindarus to kill him, bringing his career to a tragic close. From the David Allan Collection, acquired from Noble Numismatics in November 1999; formerly a British Museum duplicate, donated in 1872 and subsequently deaccessioned; earlier ex Eton College Collection, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1976, lot 417; and ex W. Woolmer, Sydney, November 1982, by exchange. (P)Estimate: AUD 1000
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Lot # 10139 - ROMAN. Brutus. Spring to early summer 42 BC. Silver Denarius (3.73g, 12h). Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius in the East. L. Sestius, proquaestor. Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right; L SESTI PRO Q around / Tripod; securis to left, simpulum to right, Q CAEPIOBRVTVS PRO COS around. Crawford 502/2; CRI 201; RSC 11; Sydenham 1290; Kestner 3772; BMCRR East 41-5; RBW 1768. Sharply struck, nicely toned and very well preserved, a very attractive example overall and certainly one of the finest known for the type. EF. This usually rough and hasty coinage was struck for the army of L. Sestius Quirinalis, the son of a Pompeian officer who later cast his lot with the assassins of Caesar. After the defeat of Brutus, Sestius managed the delicate task of securing Octavian's pardon and, remarkably, rose high enough to serve as consul in 23 BC. He is not just a name on a coin, as he also lives on in literature as the man to whom Horace addressed one of his odes, giving this issue a direct link to both the battlefield and the world of Augustan poetry. The other protagonist behind this type, Marcus Junius Brutus, followed a career that in many respects paralleled that of his fellow conspirator Cassius. A pardoned Pompeian, he enjoyed special favour from Caesar, who appointed him governor of Cisalpine Gaul in 46 BC and urban praetor two years later. Despite these honours, Brutus became one of the ringleaders in Caesar's assassination and, after the deed, fled Rome. Rejecting the province legally assigned to him, he instead seized control of Greece, where he assembled troops and raised money until the Senate retroactively legalised his actions in February 43 BC by granting him the command of Illyria, Macedonia and Achaea. Although allied with Cassius, he campaigned separately in order to maximise revenues for the Republican cause until the two finally combined forces in the summer of 42 BC for the fatal confrontation with Antony and Octavian at Philippi, where defeat drove Brutus to take his own life. This denarius, which employs his adoptive name Q. Caepio Brutus and styles him proconsul, thus encapsulates the complex alliance between Brutus and Sestius and serves as a direct contemporary witness to the desperate last phase of the Republican resistance. For the most comparable example in both type and condition to the present coin, see Triton XX, lot 559, hammered USD 7,000. From the Titan Collection; previously from the David Allan Collection, acquired from Noble Numismatics Sale 48 (11-13 Jul 1995), lot 2998. (P)Estimate: AUD 2500
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Lot # 10159 - ROMAN. Mark Antony. Autumn 32 to spring 31 BC. Silver Denarius (3.71g). Patrae (?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Three signa decorated with wreaths and rostra; CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM around above. Crawford 544/12; CRI 386; Sydenham 1214; RSC 6; RBW 1837. gVF. Toned. Rare. An amazing piece. Serving as scouts, couriers and intelligence gatherers, the speculatores, sometimes referred to collectively as a cohors speculatorum, functioned as a legion's eyes and ears, moving ahead of the main force, carrying messages and quietly collecting information in the field. They are often described in the sources as a small detachment attached to each legion, commonly counted at around ten men and chosen for reliability and speed. Mark Antony is said to have expanded this idea by maintaining a dedicated body of speculatores around his own headquarters, men who operated directly under his personal authority, delivered sensitive orders, handled discreet missions and helped safeguard his person, in effect a rudimentary 'secret service' built on military discipline and loyalty. Under Augustus and the early emperors, this kind of personal intelligence and protective role was refined and more clearly tied to the imperial court, with specialised agents and guard elements increasingly serving the security and communications needs of the princeps. Acquired from CNG Auction 468 (20 May 2020), lot 346, realised US$1,100; from the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection; ex CNG Auction 100 (7 Oct 2015), lot 1827. (P)Estimate: AUD 1500
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