| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 4265 Price realized: 600 CHF (Approx. 682 USD / 633 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Divus Victorinus, died 271. Antoninianus (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.54 g, 5 h), Cologne, struck under Tetricus I, spring 271. DIVO VICTORINO PIO Radiate head of Divus Victorinus to right. Rev. CONSACRATIO Eagle standing right on globe, head to left with wreath in beak. AGK (corr.) 1a. Cohen 24 corr. Cunetio 2633. Elmer 785 ('Treveri'). An attractive and unusually complete example of this difficult issue. Struck from a somewhat worn reverse die as usual, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2360 Price realized: 200 CHF (Approx. 227 USD / 210 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Divus Constantius I, died 306. Follis (Bronze, 24 mm, 6.00 g, 6 h), Treveri, struck under Constantine I, 307-308. DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO Laureate, veiled and draped bust of Divus Constantius I to right. Rev. MEMORIA FELIX / PTR Lighted and garlanded altar; on either side, eagle standing to left and right respectively, wings spread and head turned back. RIC 789. Minor roughness, otherwise, about extremely 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 |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 4769 Price realized: 180 CHF (Approx. 205 USD / 190 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Divus Galerius, died 311. Follis (Bronze, 25 mm, 6.04 g, 6 h), Siscia, struck under Licinius I, late 311. DIVO GAL VAL MAXIMIANO Veiled head of Divus Galerius to right. Rev. FORTI FOR-TVNAE / SIS Fortuna standing front, head to left, holding rudder set on globe with her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; at feet to right, wheel; in field to right, B. RIC 221. Slightly smoothed , otherwise, very fine. From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2304 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 272 USD / 252 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marius, Romano-Gallic usurper, 269. Antoninianus (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.53 g, 1 h), Cologne, spring 269. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust of Marius to right. Rev. VICTORIA AVG Victory standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. AGK (corr.) 8a. Cunetio 2511. Elmer 639 ('Treveri'). RIC V.4 494/2. Struck from a somewhat worn reverse die, otherwise, very fine. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica H, 30 April 1998, 2171. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 4321 Price realized: 400 CHF (Approx. 455 USD / 422 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Divus Constantius I, died 306. Half Follis (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.31 g, 12 h), Treveri, struck under Constantine I, 307-308. DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO Laureate, veiled and draped bust of Divus Constantius I to right. Rev. MEMORIA FELIX / PTR Lighted and garlanded altar; on either side, eagle standing to left and right respectively, wings spread and head turned back. RIC 790. Rare. A lovely example with a beautiful glossy patina. Slightly smoothed and with a minor spot of corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2103 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 272 USD / 252 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Divus Marcus Aurelius, died 180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 29 mm, 20.69 g, 6 h), Rome, struck under Commodus, 180. DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS Bare head of Divus Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. CONSECRATIO / S - C Divus Marcus Aurelius, raising his right hand in salute and holding scepter in his left, seated to left on the back of an eagle flying to right, holding thunderbolt in its talons. BMC 395. Cohen 94. RIC 660. Scratch on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, acquired from Aes Rude Titano in the 1990s. There are several types employed for Consecration issues, from funeral pyres to altars, eagles, and peacocks. While eagles were reserved for deified emperors, peacocks are usually found on the reverses of consecration issues of empresses, as the peacock was the bird sacred to Juno, the queen of the gods. Here, we have the deified Marcus Aurelius, seated upon the back of an eagle, the bird sacred to Jupiter, the king of the gods. It appears that it is just about to begin its flight to bring the soul of the emperor to Mount Olympus, where he can join in the feasting and celebration with the other gods, both the original Graeco-Roman pantheon as well as his imperial predecessors, who had been deified before him. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
