| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 486 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 420 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 4.00 g, 9h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, A above caduceus / Ulysses walking right, holding staff and extending hand toward his dog, Argus. Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741; Mamilia 6; RBW 1370 var. (control). Light iridescent toning with some luster, residual find patina, cleaning scratches partly under tone. VF. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 556 Price realized: 550 USD (Approx. 514 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.89 g, 9h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, F above caduceus / Ulysses walking right, holding staff and extending hand toward his dog, Argus. Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741; Mamilia 6; RBW 1370. Toned, scrapes on both sides. VF. Ex Marti Hervera and Soler & Llach 1127 (14 June 2022), lot 337. The obverse and reverse of this coin refer to the lineage of the gens Mamilia, who claimed their descent from Mamilia, the daughter of Telegonus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, and a descendant of Mercury. The reverse scene depicts the moment when, returning home from his long wanderings in the guise of a beggar so as to surprise and kill the many suitors of his wife Penelope, Ulysses' aged dog Argus recognizes him: Soon as he perceived Long-lost Ulysses nigh, down fell his ears Clapped close, and with his tail glad sign he gave Of gratulation, impotent to rise, And to approach his master as of old. Ulysses, noting him, wiped off a tear Unmarked. . . . Then his destiny released Old Argus, soon as he had lived to see Ulysses in the twentieth year restored. (Hom. Od. 17.290 [Cowper's translation]). At last, seeing his master after so many years, the old dog dies. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 43 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 107 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 691 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ROMAN REPUBLICAN. C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 B.C. AR serrate denarius. 3.95 gm. 19 mm. Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, N above caduceus / Ulysses walking right, holding staff and extending hand toward his dog, Argus; C MAMIL LIME(TA)N. Crawford 362/1. Sydenham 741. RSC Mamilia 6. RBW 1370 var. (control). Very Fine; lustrous old toning with iridescence; well centered on a broad flan. Attractive coin. Fine style. Purchased from David Sear. Ulysses' faithful dog Argus waited years for his master to return from Troy. When Ulysses returned, it was in disguise in order to ambush a group of suitors that had taken up residence in his house while attempting to woo his wife Penelope. In contrast to his youth Argus is now old and ailing, laying neglected on a dung heap outside. He alone recognizes Ulysses through his disguise, though he is too weak to do much more than wag his tail. In order to maintain his disguise Ulysses must keep his distance, though he dashes a tear from his eye. Perhaps the reverse of this coin shows how they would've greeted one another, given the chance. With this final reunion, Argus "passed into the darkness of death, now that he had fulfilled his destiny of faith and seen his master once more after twenty years." (Homer's Odyssey, Book 17, lines 290-327) Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 592 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.99 g, 9h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above / Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum over head of ox standing right; lighted altar between them. Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7; RBW 1392. Slight porosity, light iridescence. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Martina Dieterle, 16 January 2020. Ex Áureo & Calicó 319 (7 November 2018), lot 630; Numismatica Ars Classica 8 (3 April 1995), lot 537. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 571 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 75 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Porcius Licinus. 118 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.82 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus?), hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx, driving galloping biga right. Crawford 282/5; Sydenham 520; Porcia 8; RBW 1110. Light iridescent toning, pitting and deposits on obverse. Near VF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1761 (part of); Münz Zentrum 59 (29 October 1986), 1426 (part of). Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 617 Price realized: 200 USD (Approx. 188 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 64 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Calydonian boar standing right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog. Crawford 407/1; Sydenham 904; Hosidia 2; RBW 1455. Iridescent toning, a few scratches under tone. VF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland 190 (11 March 2020), lot 608. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
