Crawford 423/1, C.SERVEIL C.F(C. Servilius C.f.), Denarius, 54 BC

C.SERVEIL C.F(C. Servilius C.f.), Denarius

Rome 54 BC

Obverse:  FLORA•PRIMVS Head of goddess Flora, bedecked with jewels, hair pulled into a knot, wearing floral-wreath and crossed shaped earings; behind, lituus.

Reverse: C•SERVEIL / C•F Two soldiers standing confronted, each holding a shield on their left arms and an upright short sword in their right hands. Crawford 423/1var, RRSC D215b (shield with orb instead star, R1)

Crawford 423/1, RRSC D215b, Sear 380, Albert 1344

3,85 Gramm

Die estimation by Crawford: Obverse: 99 Reverse: 110

Ex collection of German Art Historian Dr. Tjark Hausmann (*28.11.24 - 12.11.17) and previous ex Lanz 62, 26.11.1992, Lot 477 (sold for 985,- Deutsche Mark).

The Dr. Tjark Hausmann Collection – Art History, Curiosity, and the Spirit of Collecting

The Dr. Tjark Hausmann Collection – Art History, Curiosity, and the Spirit of Collecting

For decades, Dr. Tjark Hausmann was a central figure at Berlin’s Museum of Decorative Arts, where he served as Chief Curator with a focus on Renaissance ceramics, scientific instruments, and finely crafted historical objects. Trained in art history, archaeology, philosophy, and German philology, his academic path led him through Kassel, Berlin, and Freiburg. His publications and scholarly work reflect a broad intellectual spectrum - ranging from antique timepieces and Italian majolica to graphic art, Asian artefacts, and mineralogy.
His coin collection, featured in 118 lots in Web Auction 34, fits seamlessly into this wide-ranging universe of interests. Rather than collecting for rarity or completeness, Hausmann approached ancient coinage as cultural documents - objects in which political messaging, mythology, nature, craftsmanship, and economic history are all tightly interwoven.
For Hausmann, numismatics was never a field apart but rather a crossroads where his many passions converged: Roman history, Renaissance ceramics, classical iconography, and beyond. His deep expertise in Italian majolica led him to trace visual and thematic connections between antiquity and the Renaissance - insights he carried over into the study of coins.

As his son reflects:
“His love of beauty, craftsmanship, permanence, the layering of political statement and symbolism, the reach of trade beyond Europe, the mythological and natural world reflected in design, the shifting role of religion - these were the aspects that drew his attention. And for him, they required no further justification.”