| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2787 Price realized: 800 CHF (Approx. 909 USD / 845 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Anonymous, circa 225-214 BC. Quadrigatus - Didrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 6.58 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Janus. Rev. ROMA (incuse on raised tablet) Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with his right hand and holding scepter in his left, in fast quadriga to right driven by Victory standing beside him. Crawford 28/3. RBW 63. Sydenham 64a. Well struck on an exceptionally broad and medallic flan. Minor traces of corrosion on the edge and with light marks and a thin flan crack, otherwise, good very fine. From an American collection and from the collection of Prof. W., Kricheldorf 49, 20 February 2017, 190, ex Hirsch 194, 19 February 1997, 363. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2971 Price realized: 85 CHF (Approx. 97 USD / 90 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.88 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; to left, S•C. Rev. L•PROCILI / F Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield adorned with thunderbolt with her left; to right, serpent coiled to right. Babelon (Procilia) 1. Crawford 379/1. RBW 1406. Sydenham 771. Struck from a somewhat corroded obverse die and with a light scratch on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2385, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2972 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; to left, S•C. Rev. L•PROCILI / F Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield adorned with thunderbolt with her left; to right, serpent coiled to right. Babelon (Procilia) 1. Crawford 379/1. RBW 1406. Sydenham 771. Slightly brushed, otherwise, nearly very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2384, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2954 Price realized: 85 CHF (Approx. 97 USD / 90 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Pub. Crepusius, 82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.60 g, 11 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, scepter and D; before, poppy head with stalk. Rev. P•CREPVSI / CLVIII Horseman galloping right, hurling spear. Babelon (Crepusia) 1. Crawford 361/1c. RBW 1369 var. (differing controls). Sydenham 738a. The reverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2352, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2973 Price realized: 100 CHF (Approx. 114 USD / 106 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.87 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. Rev. L•PROCILI / F Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield adorned with thunderbolt with her left; to right, serpent coiled to right. Babelon (Procilia) 1. Crawford 379/1. RBW 1406. Sydenham 771. Beautifully toned. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 624 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 150 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: P. Crepusius, 82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.97 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right, with scepter on his far shoulder; behind, I·; below chin, stern(?). Rev. P · CREPVSI Horseman to right, brandishing spear with his right hand; in left field, CTXXXXIII. Babelon, (Crepusia) 1. Crawford 361/1c. Sydenham 738a. Toned. Good very fine. Ex Obolos 16, 11 October 2020, 1103. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 574 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,061 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Anonymous. Circa 225-212 BC. AR Didrachm – Quadrigatus (21mm, 6.62 g, 9h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus, no annulets at top of head, curved truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand and holding scepter in left, in galloping quadriga driven right by Victory, holding reins in both hands; ROMA incuse on raised tablet in exergue. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64a; HN Italy 334; RSC 23; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 87; Kestner 88, 92–3, and 95; RBW 65. Lightly toned and lustrous, minor metal flaw. EF. Elegant rendering of Janus. This type, the first truly extensive Roman coinage in silver, began shortly before the outbreak of the Second Punic War and continued until it was superseded by the denarius reform of circa 211 BC. Some early Roman imperial texts refer to a coin called a "quadrigatus" that was used to make payments during the war against Hannibal; this is clearly the type that commenced circa 225 BC, bearing a youthful, laureate janiform head on the obverse and a quadriga carrying Jupiter and Victory on the reverse. The issue was quite large and included a number of variant subtypes, indicating several mints were involved in the production. Later issues were struck on smaller flans in debased silver, no doubt due to wartime shortages. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
