Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 25

Price realized: 150 USD   (Approx. 138 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ROMAN REPUBLIC: M. Volteius M.F. AR denarius (3.74g), Rome, 78 BC, Crawford-385/4, laureate, helmeted, and draped bust of Attis right, control mark behind // Cybele driving lion biga right, MZ above, M VOLTEI M F in exergue, small graffiti on reverse, VF.

Estimate: 200-250 USD

Starting price: 150 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561Auction date: 1 May 2024
Lot number: 545

Price realized: 130 USD   (Approx. 122 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Man. Aemilius Lepidus. 114-113 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.87 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Roma right; mark of value to left / Equestrian statue right on three arches. Crawford 291/1; Sydenham 554; Aemilia 7; RBW 1124. Lightly toned, minor marks and scratches, clashed die on reverse. VF.

The three arches on the reverse likely represent an aqueduct began by M. Aemilius Lepidus and his fellow Censor, M. Fulvius Nobilior in 179 BC. The aqueduct carried water across the Via Praenestina, from the Anio river, in the eastern part of Rome.

Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 439

Price realized: 300 USD   (Approx. 279 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Julius Bursio. 85 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate, winged, and draped bust of Apollo Vejovis right, trident over shoulder; control mark to left / Victory, holding wreath and reins, driving galloping quadriga right. Crawford 352/1a; De Ruyter dies 403; Sydenham 728; Julia 5; RBW –. Lightly toned, reverse slightly off center. Good VF.

Ex Triskeles 10 (19 December 2013), lot 152; Virginia Collection (Stack's, 6 September 1973), lot 623.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 461

Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 463 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 64 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Hosidia 1; RBW 1456. Toned, tiny spot of reverse die rust, minor weakness, light mark at edge. EF. A very heavy specimen. Attractive in hand.

From the D. K. Collection.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 4:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143Auction date: 7 May 2024
Lot number: 266

Price realized: 950 CHF   (Approx. 1,050 USD / 975 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic.
M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. Denarius 67, AR 17 mm, 3.88 g Head of Cybele r.; behind, forepart of lion and CESTIANVS; before, globe. Rev. Curule chair; in l. field, star on crescent, M PLAETORIVS AED CVR EX S C. Babelon Plaetoria 3. Sydenham 808. RBW –. Crawford 409/2.
Perfectly centred and with a light iridescent tone. Light mark on obverse,
otherwise good extremely fine

Ex Tkalec sale 9th May 2005, 194.

Estimate: 250 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2944

Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Julius Bursio, 85 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.87 g, 11 h), Rome. Laureate, winged, and draped bust of Apollo Vejovis to right; behind, trident and wheel. Rev. L•IVLI•BVRSIO Victory driving galloping quadriga to right, holding reins in her left hand and wreath in her right. Babelon (Julia) 5. Crawford 352/1a. RBW 1347 var. (differing control mark). Sydenham 728. Beautifully toned and with a fine style rendering of Apollo Vejovis. Good very fine.

Starting price: 75 CHF