Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1605

Price realized: 95 CHF   (Approx. 108 USD / 100 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Q. Antonius Balbus, 83-82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.85 g, 12 h), Rome. S•C Laureate head of Jupiter to right. Rev. Q•A(NT)O•B(AL)B / PR Victory in fast quadriga right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm and reins with her left; below, X. Babelon (Antonia) 1. Crawford 364/1d. RBW 1374 var. (R below quadriga). Sydenham 742b. Nicely toned. Light marks and old scratches, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1616

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 294 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.88 g, 9 h), Rome. S•C Laureate head of Jupiter to right. Rev. L•PROCILI / F Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield adorned with thunderbolt with her left; to right, serpent coiled to right. Babelon (Procilia) 1. Crawford 379/1. RBW 1406. Sydenham 771. Attractively toned. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2950

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Q. Antonius Balbus, 83-82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.91 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. Rev. Q•(ANT)O•B(AL)B / PR Victory in fast quadriga to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond and reins in her left; below X. Babelon (Antonia) 1. Crawford 364/1d. RBW 1374 var. (differing letter below quadriga). Sydenham 742b. Nearly extremely fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 3:
Nomos AG > obolos 31Auction date: 21 April 2024
Lot number: 575

Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 121 USD / 113 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Man. Acilius Glabrio, 49 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.08 g, 10 h), Rome. SALVTIS (upwards) Laureate head of Salus to right. Rev. (MN) · ACILIVS - III · VIR · VALE(TV) Valetudo (Salus) standing to left, holding snake in right hand and leaning her left elbow on column. Babelon (Acilia) 8. BMCRR 3944. Crawford 442/1a. CRI 16. RBW 1556. Sydenham 922. Light deposits, otherwise, very fine.



Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2951

Price realized: 65 CHF   (Approx. 74 USD / 69 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Q. Antonius Balbus, 83-82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.84 g, 5 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. Rev. QANTO BALB / PR Victory in fast quadriga to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm and reins in her left; below the horses, T. Babelon (Antonia) 1. Crawford 364/1d. RBW 1374. Sydenham 742. Minor marks, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2349, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1607

Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 204 USD / 189 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Q. Antonius Balbus, 83-82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.91 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. Rev. Q•ANTO•BALB / PR Victory in fast quadriga right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm and reins with her left; below, M. Babelon (Antonia) 1. Crawford 364/1d. RBW 1374 var. (R below quadriga). Sydenham 742b. Beautifully toned. Minor corrosion, otherwise, good very 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