| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 291 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 72 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PHRYGIA, Eumeneia (as Fulvia). Fulvia, third wife of Marc Antony. Circa 41-40 BC. Æ (21mm, 8.36 g, 12h). Zmertorix, son of Philonides, magistrate. Draped bust of Fulvia (as Victory) right; c/ms: {ZMEPTO} and {ΦIΛΩ} in circular incuse / Athena advancing left, holding shield and spear. RPC I 3139; BMC 20-1; SNG Copenhagen –. For c/ms: Howgego –. Black patina with light earthen highlights, obverse flan flaw. For coin: Near VF; c/ms: VF. Fulvia was first married to P. Clodius, the Roman firebrand. After his violent death in 52 BC, she married C. Scribonius Curio, who likewise met an untimely end in Africa. She married Mark Antony in 44 BC, and became an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he campaigned in the east (and enjoyed the attentions of Cleopatra). The city of Eumenia was re-named Fulviana in her honor by Antony's partisans. By 40 BC, Fulvia's strident attacks on Octavian had provoked a reaction, and she had to flee first to southern Italy and then to Greece. She met Antony at Athens, where he upbraided her for antagonizing Octavian when he was trying to maintain a semblance of cordial relations. Fulvia died at Sicyon shortly thereafter. Some examples of these coins show that the ethnic was removed from the die and two countermarks were applied, one that was the monogram of old Eumeneia, and the other probably of the magistrate Zmertorix, possibly proclaiming that he did not think such a renaming of the city was a good idea in the first place. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 1 | Auction date: 16 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 236 Price realized: 90 EUR (Approx. 98 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Provincial PHRYGIA, Eumeneia (as Fulvia). Fulvia, first wife of Marc Antony, ca. 41-40 BC. AE (19,5 mm, 8,58 g.) magistrate Zmertorix, son of Philonidas. Draped bust of Fulvia as Nike with wing behind to right. Rev. [Φ]OVΛOVIANΩΝ / ZMEPTΟΡΙΓΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ Athena advancing to left, holding spear with her right hand and shield in her left. BMC 20. RPC 3139. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 100 EUR Starting price: 80 EUR |  |
Match 2:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3619 Price realized: 320 AUD (Approx. 210 USD / 192 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Phrygia, Eumeneia (as Fulvia), Fulvia, third wife of Mark Antony, (c.41-40 B.C.), AE 18, (6.96 g), Zmertorix, son of Philonides, magistrate, obv. draped bust of Fulvia (as Victory) to right, rev. Athena advancing left, holding shield and spear, around [FOU]LOYIANWN [ZM]ERTOPOS [F]ILANWN, (S.5141, RPC I 3139, BMC 20-1, SNG Copenhagen -). Attractive brown toning, very fine and rare. Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Previously Helios Numismatik, Auktion 6, 2011, lot 679. Estimate: 300 AUD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 330 Price realized: 10,000 USD (Approx. 9,159 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID EMPIRE. Molon. Usurper, 222-220 BC. Æ (21mm, 8.01 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 221-220 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ MOLΩNOΣ, Apollo Kitharodeos, draped, standing right, holding plektron in lowered right hand and cradling kithara in left arm; monogram to outer right. SC 949.2; ESM 227; HGC 9, 430; Babelon, Rois 457. Dark brown patina, light deposits. VF. Extremely rare, one in SCO (in the BN), and no coins of Molon (of any issue) in CoinArchives. Molon was a Seleukid noble who was elevated to satrap of Media by Antiochos III, shortly after his acclamation as king. After Antiochos departed Babylonia to receive his crown in Antioch, Molon and his brother, Alexander, who was satrap of Persis, revolted. Molon defeated two armies sent against him, and entered Seleukeia on the Tigris in 221 BC, at which time the present issue was struck. Eventually, Antiochos, who has been campaigning against the Ptolemies, was forced to turn his attention to the revolt. Molon was compelled to move his army east, towards Media, as Antiochos approached from the west, but the Seleukid king was able to confront and defeat Molon's forces near Apollonia (Sittake). Although Molon and his brother survived the confrontation, they committed suicide upon realizing the futility of their position. Coins of Molon are among the rarest of the Seleukid series. Not only are there no issues of his present in CoinArchives, the last sales record we were able to find was an example of the present issue that appeared as lot 191 in Sternberg XVIII in 1986. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 31046 Price realized: 95,000 USD (Approx. 86,602 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Marc Antony as Triumvir (43-31 BC), with Lucius Antonius, as Consul, and M. Cocceius Nerva, as Proquaestor Pro Praetore. AV aureus (22mm, 8.13 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, wavy flan. Military mint traveling with Antony in Greece or Asia Minor, 41 BC. M•ANT•IMP•AVG VIR•R•P C•M•NERVA PRO Q•P (MP, AV, and NE ligate), bare head of Marc Antony right / L•ANTONIVS-COS, bare head of Lucius Antonius right. Calicó 121. Crawford 517/4b. Sydenham 1184 var. (III VIR). The clear portraiture demonstrates subtle familial resemblance on the warm, sunny fields. An extremely rare variety of an already exceptionally rare type. Ex Long Valley River Collection (Roma Numismatics Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 466; Roma Numismatics, Auction IX (22 March 2015), lot 572. Younger brother of Marc Antony, Lucius Antonius "Pietas" naturally backed his brother's leadership of the Caesarian party and his attempt to seize control of the state, but both ambitions were complicated by the arrival of Caesar's adoptive son Octavian. Relations between the brothers and Octavian cooled markedly after the final defeat of Caesar's assassins in 42 BC. The cold war escalated when Lucius Antony became consul in 41 BC and took a notably hostile stance toward Octavian. He was joined in this propaganda war by Marc Antony's wife, the fiery Fulvia, and the two began rousing Italian cities against Octavian's plan to settle 100,000 of his veterans on land confiscated from Italian citizens. Octavian reacted quickly and recalled his friend Agrippa from Spain at the head of several veteran legions, which besieged Lucius Antony and Fulvia in the town of Perusia. When Lucius and Fulvia surrendered in February, 40 BC, Marc Antony washed his hands of the fiasco and hung his wife and brother out to dry. Octavian spared Lucius and appointed him governor of Spain, whereas Fulvia and her children were exiled to Sicyon. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-marc-antony-as-triumvir-43-31-bc-with-lucius-antonius-as-consul-and-m-cocceius-nerva-as-proquaestor-p/a/3113-31046.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 100000-150000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61351 | Auction date: 11 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 24073 Price realized: 220 USD (Approx. 204 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Claudius I (AD 41-54). AE as (28mm, 10.51 gm, 7h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, ca. AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR•P•IMP, bare head of Claudius I left / Minerva advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand, shield on left arm, S-C across field. RIC I 100. Son of the great general Drusus, and Antonia, niece of the emperor Augustus, Tiberius Claudius Drusus seemed well-positioned when he was born in 10 BC. But a serious childhood illness left him with a limp, a stammer, and other qualities that made him the black sheep of the family. While these problems barred him from a political career, such exclusion also granted him immunity from the family's murderous intrigues. Upon Caligula's assassination in January, AD 41, Claudius was the sole surviving Julio-Claudian male and, when members of the Praetorian Guard found him cowering behind a curtain in the palace, they immediately acclaimed him as Emperor. Claudius astutely awarded the Praetorians a substantial bonus, and with 10,000 heavily armed soldiers backing him, he easily forced the Senate to accept him as the next princeps. Once installed, Claudius surprised everyone by ruling with intelligence and moderation. In AD 43, he ordered the invasion and annexation of Britain, the first major addition of territory to the Empire since the days of Augustus. He exercised discernment in his selection of provincial governors and exhibited adept diplomacy in handling foreign relations. However, his notable shortcomings lay in his excessive attention to minutiae, dependence on freedmen and close associates, and his questionable choices in romantic partners. His third wife, Messalina, known for her promiscuity, wielded significant influence as Empress and became embroiled in a scandalous conspiracy in AD 48, which posed a threat to his rule. Subsequently, his next wife, Agrippina the Younger, skillfully utilized her influence to consolidate her own power and advance the position of her son, Nero, from a previous marriage, within the succession plans. This done, she fed Claudius a dish of poisoned mushrooms in October AD 54, and brought his 13-year reign to an end. Despite many missteps and his unsavory demise, Claudius had been a fairly successful ruler and his regime set a pattern for the Flavians and the reigns that followed. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-claudius-i-ad-41-54-ae-as-28mm-1051-gm-7h-ngc-choice-fine-5-5-3-5/a/61351-24073.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61351-12112023 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
