| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 270 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.51 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG - III VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XV Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 125. Crawford 544/30. CRI 371. Sydenham 1235. Nicely toned. Light scratches, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Vilmar Numismatics on 15 July 2013 and ex Lanz 155, 10 December 2012, 418. The original Legio XV was raised by Julius Caesar in Gaul in 53 BC to fight Vercingetorix and was destroyed during Caesar' African campaign against the Pompeians in 49-48 BC. Its namesake, the Legio XV mentioned on this coin, was recruited shortly before Philippi and was either destroyed or disbanded after Actium. Quite remarkably, at the same battle, Octavian had his own unit of the same number, the Legio XV Apollinaris. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
