Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3001

Price realized: 200 CHF   (Approx. 227 USD / 211 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


L. Lucretius Trio, 74 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.84 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Neptune to right; behind head, trident and II. Rev. L•LVCRETI / TRIO Winged Genius riding dolphin to right. Babelon (Lucretia) 3. Crawford 390/2. RBW 1425 var. (different control mark). Sydenham 784. Somewhat brushed, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2435, 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