Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich

Auction 152  –  18 May 2025

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Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich, Auction 152

The McCabe Lambeth Bridge Collection - Roman Republican Coins

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Description

Denarius circa 194-190, AR 20 mm, 3.64 g. Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X. Rev. The Dioscuri galloping r.; above horses, TAMP ligate and below, ROMA in partial tablet. C 1857, pl. VII Baebia 1 = Babelon Baebia 1 (this coin). Sydenham 334. RBW 592. Crawford 133/2b.
Rare. Superb old cabinet tone and about extremely fine

Ex Cahn-Hess, 17 July 1933, E.J. Haeberlin (1847-1925), 346 (purchased by Spink for 11 RM) and Stack's 14 June 1971, 88 sales. Privately purchased from Barry Murphy and from the Haeberlin and Southern California S.C. collections.
This coin is described in Henry Cohen, Description générale des monnaies de la République romaine: Médailles Consulaires, 1857, pl. VII Baebia 1, and Ernest Babelon, description historique et chrononlogique des monnaies de la République romaine: Monnaies Consulaires 1885, p. 250 Baebia 1.

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