| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2349 | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5194 Price realized: 1,250 DKK (Approx. 181 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Roman Republic Roman Republic, L. Scribonius Libo, Denarius, Rome, 62 BC, Cr. 416a/1, Syd. 928, Scribonia 8a, 3.87 g a very attractive specimen. The Puteal Scribonianum shown on the reverse was a walled enclosure erected in the Forum around the spot of a lightning strike. EF Ex. Niels Bro Rasmussen; ex. Jens Hermann (Museumsbygningen 2004, lot 288) Starting price: 750 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2349 | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5193 Price realized: 1,250 DKK (Approx. 181 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Roman Republic Roman Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, Denarius, Rome, 60 BC, Cr. 413/1, Syd. 935, Cassia 10, 3.99 g - nicely toned The interesting reverse shows a togate citizen depositing his ballot in a voting box. EF Ex. Niels Bro Rasmussen Starting price: 600 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2349 | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5196 Price realized: 1,850 DKK (Approx. 268 USD / 248 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Roman Republic Roman Republic, L. Marcius Philippus, Denarius, Rome, 56 BC, Cr. 425/1, Syd. 919, Marcia 28, Hill Monuments 116, 3.84 g - lovely toning. Excellent, realistic "portrait" of Ancus Marcius, the 4th legendary king of Rome (c. 640-616 BC), who among many other acomplishments let build the port of Ostia and the Aqua Marcia aqueduct seen on the reverse EF-VF Ex. Niels Bro Rasmussen; ex. Jens Hermann (Museumsbygningen 2004, lot 292); ex. P. Causse (HO 36, 1993, lot 357) Starting price: 1000 DKK |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551 | Auction date: 29 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 322 Price realized: 160 USD (Approx. 146 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo. 62 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.64 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Bonus Eventus right / Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with garland and two lyres; hammer at base. Crawford 416/1a; Sydenham 928; Scribonia 8a; RBW 1500. Scattered marks, small edge lamination, slightly off center. VF. Though a puteal is often described as a "wellhead," the Puteal Scribonianum depicted here was a walled enclosure erected around the spot of a lightning strike in the Roman Forum. The Romans believed such spots were marked by the gods, and hence worthy of veneration. Erected circa 204 BC by a member of the Libo clan, the Puteal became a popular meeting spot for money lenders and merchants. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Auction 920 | Auction date: 30 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 223 Price realized: 32,000 DKK (Approx. 4,596 USD / 4,290 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Roman Republic Julius Caesar, died 44 BC, Aureus, Rome, early 46 BC, praetor A. Hirtius, C CAESAR COS TER / A HIRTIUS PR, veiled female, emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis, Cr. 466/1, Syd. 1018, Calicó 36, 8.00 g, small traces of mounting. Appealing and detailed specimen with some luster on large flan. EF-VF Aulus Hirtius served Caesar as legate in Gaul from c. 54, as envoy to Pompey around 50 and during the Civil War 48-45. He was mintmaster in Rome from 46. After the death of Ceasar in 44, he became Consul in 43, but died fighting the same year, when his army defeated Marc Antony. He is also famous for editing Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars. Provenance: In a Massachusetts (USA) collection since 1906 or earlier. Starting price: 17500 DKK |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 387 Price realized: 26,000 CHF (Approx. 28,739 USD / 26,695 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius. Denarius, mint moving with Sextus Pompeius 44-43, AR 19 mm, 4.03 g. NEPTVNI Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus r.; below head, dolphin and in field r., trident. Rev. Galley sailing r.; in field l., star. Below, Q·NASIDIVS. Babelon Pompeia 28 and Nasidia 1. C 20. Sydenham 1350. Sear Imperators 235. RBW 1698. Crawford 483/2. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue among the finest specimens known. A portrait of superb style struck in high relief on an extremely large flan. Good extremely fine Ex NAC sale 33, 2006, 366. With his father and brother having been executed after battles with Julius Caesar, Sextus Pompey found himself at the helm of the Pompeian cause. In addition to his own military talents and some support in the senate, Sextus called upon another resource for survival – his family legacy. Perhaps the best evidence for his use of family ties to legitimise his own position can be found on coinage, for he was the first Roman to use dynastic imagery in that manner. This issue of denarii is one example. Sextus Pompey's coinage bearing the name of his naval commander Q. Nasidius is among the most attractive of the Imperatorial era. It consists of two major types: the first shows the right-facing head of the deceased Pompey Magnus and a galley; the second shows a left-facing head of Pompey and a scene of four galleys about to meet in battle. The first type is relatively plentiful, the second is a great rarity, and we may add to them an extremely rare hybrid issue, which pairs the obverse of the second with the reverse of the first. The portrait of Pompey Magnus is engraved with a near-perfect balance of realism and idealism, resulting in a powerful image that must have rallied support among the remaining Pompeian sympathisers. The inscription NEPTVNI, which seemingly abbreviates Neptuni filius ("the son of Neptune"), likely refers to the deceased Pompey, for Sextus apparently did not claim to be the son of the sea-god until after his second major naval victory over Octavian in 38 B.C. (at which Appian says Nasidius served as one of Sextus' admirals). The occasion for these coinages is not clear. Grueber and Sydenham both suggested they were struck in Sicily, whereas Crawford considers them to have been struck at a mint moving with Sextus Pompey while en route to Sicily. Sear proposes they were struck at Massalia during Sextus' visitation. Sydenham and Grueber assigned them to 38-36 B.C., Crawford and Sear place them in 44-43 B.C., and they often are assigned elsewhere to 42-38 B.C. Thus, there are three distinct ideas on dating which, collectively, cover the length of his independent career. One aspect to note is that the coinage does not bear the title 'Commander-in-chief of the Fleet and of the Sea Coasts' that he received from the senate in April of 43 B.C. The naval commander Nasidius had long been loyal to the Pompeians. In 49 B.C. he attempted to break the siege of Massalia by Julius Caesar's legate Decimus Brutus and afterward he held a command in the Pompeian fleet in North Africa. He then joined the forces that Pompey Junior had assembled in Spain after the Battle of Thapsus. As these coins clearly show, Nasidius sailed with Sextus Pompey afterward, though he eventually joined Marc Antony as an admiral in his eastern fleet. Nasidius took part in the disaster at Actium, after which nothing further is heard of his life or career Estimate: 18000 CHF |  |
