| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3011 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Mn. Aquillius Mn.f. Mn.n, 65 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.91 g, 6 h), Rome. VIRTVS III•VIR Draped bust of Virtus to right, wearing crested helmet decorated with a plume. Rev. MN AQVIL MN•F•MF•N / SICIL Warrior standing front, head to right, holding shield in his left hand and lifting up fallen figure with his right. Babelon (Aquillia) 2. Crawford 401/1. RBW 1443. Sydenham 798. Minor marks, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2456, 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 |  |
