Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3019

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


L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.83 g, 8 h), Rome. BON•EVENT LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. Struck somewhat off center, otherwise, good very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3020

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 4.00 g, 6 h), Rome. BON•EVENT LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. Fresh and attractive. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1635

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


L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.94 g, 5 h), Rome. BON•EVENT - LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL - SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1b. RBW 1501. Sydenham 928. Beautiful iridescent toning. Old scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

The Scribonianum wellhead was located on the Forum in Rome at a spot that had been struck by lightning, according to both Horace and Cicero. Its ostensible purpose was to protect life by preventing people from falling into the well; however, as it was located adjacent to the praetor's tribunal, it mainly became a place where litigants congregated. It was depicted on the coinage of the Scribonii Libones as it had been dedicated or restored by one of its members, perhaps either the praetor of 204 or the tribune of the plebs in 149.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1634

Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 204 USD / 189 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.88 g, 5 h), Rome. BON EVENT / LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL / SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; at base, hammer. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. A lovely example with beautiful iridescent toning. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex UBS 67, 6-8 September 2006, 5541 and Schweizerischer Bankverein 28, 17 September 1991, 344.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15Auction date: 1 June 2024
Lot number: 202

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.89 g, 6 h), Rome. BON EVENT / LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL / SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; at base, hammer. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. A lovely example with beautiful iridescent toning. Extremely fine.

Estimate: 350 CHF

Match 5:
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