Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2925

Price realized: 74 CHF   (Approx. 84 USD / 78 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus, 96 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.87 g, 7 h), Rome. L•METEL - A•ALB•S•F Laureate head of Apollo to right; below, star (mark of value). Rev. C•MAL / ROMA Roma seated left on shields, holding scepter in her right hand and parazonium with her left, being crowned by Victory standing behind her. Babelon (Poblicia) 3, (Postumia) 3 and (Caecilia) 46. Crawford 335/1b. RBW 1201. Sydenham 611a. Banker's mark and small flan flaw on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2924

Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 125 USD / 116 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus, 96 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.81 g, 9 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, star; before, X (mark of value); below, R. Rev. A•ALBINVS•S•F The Dioscuri watering horses at fountain of Juturna; above, crescent. Babelon (Postumia) 6. Sydenham 612c. RBW -. Crawford 335/10b. Nicely toned. Scratches on cheek, otherwise, nearly very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1591

Price realized: 120 CHF   (Approx. 136 USD / 126 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus, 96 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.75 g, 1 h), Rome. Helmeted head of Mars to right; above, mallet to right; below chin, star (mark of values). Rev. CM / A / Π (sideways) Warrior, nude but for cloak, standing front, head to left, holding spear in his right hand and placing his right foot on cuirass set on the ground; in field to left, trophy; in field to right, tabella divided into two compartments. Babelon (Poblicia) 8. Crawford 335/3f. RBW 1205. Sydenham 615b. Lightly toned. Struck slightly off center and with a graffito of KΛЄ on the obverse, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2926

Price realized: 460 CHF   (Approx. 523 USD / 486 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus, 96 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.84 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, star; before, X; below, uncertain control letter. Rev. A•ALBINVS•S•F The Dioscuri watering horses at fountain of Juturna; above, crescent. Babelon (Postumia) 6. Sydenham 612c. RBW -. Crawford 335/10b. A very attractive example with beautiful old collection toning. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of the renowned Swiss architect Max Vogt (1925-2019), formed since the 1980s.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553Auction date: 3 January 2024
Lot number: 438

Price realized: 150 USD   (Approx. 136 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus. 96 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.00 g, 3h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star below / Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding spear and parazonium, being crowned by Victory to right, standing left. Crawford 335/1b; Sydenham 611a; Caecilia 45; RBW 1201. Toned, reverse slightly off center. Good VF.

Ex Heritage 231727 (6 July 2017), lot 61068.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 250

Price realized: 550 CHF   (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


A. Plautius, 55 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.83 g, 7 h), Rome. A•PLAVTIVS / AED•CVR•S•C Head of Cybele to right, wearing turreted crown and pendant earring. Rev. BACCHIVS - IVDAEVS Bacchius Judaeus (Aristobulus II, High Priest and King of Judaea) kneeling right, holding olive branch in his right hand and reins of camel standing beside him in his left. Babelon (Plautia) 13. Crawford 431/1. RBW 1540. Sydenham 932. Lightly toned and with a particularly attractive reverse. Some scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Baldwin's 100, 27 September 2016, 514.

Starting price: 100 CHF