| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3212 Price realized: 95 CHF (Approx. 108 USD / 100 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Quinarius (Silver, 15 mm, 1.58 g, 6 h), Lugdunum, early 42 BC. III•VIR•R•P•C Winged bust of Victory to right, with the likeness of Fulvia. Rev. ANTONI / IMP Lion standing right between A - XLI. Babelon (Antonia) 32. Crawford 489/6. RBW 1713. Sydenham 1163. Scrape on the reverse and with a graffitto of SA[...]V, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 3970, privately acquired from Classical Numismatic Group in November 2019, inventory no. 507561. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3213 Price realized: 70 CHF (Approx. 80 USD / 74 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Quinarius (Silver, 13 mm, 1.74 g, 1 h), Lugdunum, early 42 BC. [III•VIR]•R•P•C Winged bust of Victory to right, with the likeness of Fulvia. Rev. ANTONI / IMP Lion standing right between A - XLI. Babelon (Antonia) 32. Crawford 489/6. RBW 1713. Sydenham 1163. Darkly toned. Light scratches, otherwise, good fine. From the collection of Dr. Kurt Conzen (1925-1997). Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3238 Price realized: 600 CHF (Approx. 682 USD / 633 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.86 g, 6 h), with M. Junius Silanus, quaestor pro consule, Military mint moving with Antony, probably Athens, summer 32. ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES•III•III•V•R•P•C Bare head of Mark Antony to right; behind his ear, small P (engraver's signature). Rev. M•SILANVS•AVG / Q•PRO•COS in two lines. Babelon (Antonia) 97 and (Junia) 172. Crawford 542/1. RBW 1830. Sydenham 1208. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 4002, Leu Web Auction 25, 11-14 March 2023, 2008 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. One may call M. Junius Silanus one of the worst flip-floppers of the civil wars of 44-30 BC, but his career illustrates the challenges subordinate Roman politicians faced in the 40s and 30s BC. Individuals like him closely followed the course of the wars, while siding with none of the imperatorial figures, as to do so could be a life or death decision in a time of no neutrality. Loyal supporters of fallen generals risked facing capital punishment, while early defectors were usually pardoned and allowed to continue their careers. Silanus first served under Lepidus before supporting Mark Antony in 43 in the Battle of Mutina. Later he sided with Sextus Pompey, was pardoned in 39, then served as quaestor pro consule of Antony in 33-32, before defecting to Octavian on the eve of the Battle of Actium in 31 and becoming consul in 25. Silanus was still alive in 11 BC, when he and his brother Lucius last appear as augurs in the fasti sacerdoti. Our coin was struck in Athens in the summer of 32, when the forces of Mark Antony were gathering in Greece for the final clash against Octavian. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 266 Price realized: 400 CHF (Approx. 455 USD / 422 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.59 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT AVG - III VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG III Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 106. Crawford 544/15. CRI 350. RBW 1839. Sydenham 1217. Lightly toned and very well centered. A few small scratches on obverse, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Aureo & Calicó 258, 20 March 2014, 1118. Two legions are referenced as one on the reverse of this coin, namely Legio III Gallica, created by Caesar in 49-48 BC, which is known to have served with Mark Antony, and Legio III Cyrenaica, raised by Antony himself. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1765 Price realized: 170 CHF (Approx. 193 USD / 178 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.99 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT AVG - III VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG III Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 106. Crawford 544/15. CRI 350. RBW 1839. Sydenham 1217. Areas of weakness and with die breaks on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Two legions are referenced as one on the reverse of this coin, namely Legio III Gallica, created by Caesar in 49-48 BC, which is known to have served with Mark Antony, and Legio III Cyrenaica, raised by Antony himself. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 272 Price realized: 900 CHF (Approx. 1,023 USD / 950 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.82 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XX Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 135. Crawford 544/36. CRI 380. RBW 1848. Sydenham 1243. A beautiful example, lightly toned and attractive. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Jesús Vico 133, 15 November 2012, 2136. Remnants of Antony's otherwise unattested Legio XX were likely incorporated into Octavian's Legio XX Valeria Victrix in 30 BC. This new unit fought in the Cantabrian Wars in Iberia in 29-19 BC, and was then moved to the Rhine frontier following Varus' disaster in 9 AD. Later, it relocated to Britain, where it helped suppressing Boudica's revolt, and was still stationed there under Carausius and Allectus in the late 3rd century. Starting price: 200 CHF |  |
