| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1635 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 136 USD / 126 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.94 g, 5 h), Rome. BON•EVENT - LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL - SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1b. RBW 1501. Sydenham 928. Beautiful iridescent toning. Old scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. The Scribonianum wellhead was located on the Forum in Rome at a spot that had been struck by lightning, according to both Horace and Cicero. Its ostensible purpose was to protect life by preventing people from falling into the well; however, as it was located adjacent to the praetor's tribunal, it mainly became a place where litigants congregated. It was depicted on the coinage of the Scribonii Libones as it had been dedicated or restored by one of its members, perhaps either the praetor of 204 or the tribune of the plebs in 149. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3019 Price realized: 110 CHF (Approx. 125 USD / 116 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.83 g, 8 h), Rome. BON•EVENT LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. Struck somewhat off center, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3020 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 4.00 g, 6 h), Rome. BON•EVENT LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. Fresh and attractive. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1635 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 136 USD / 126 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.94 g, 5 h), Rome. BON•EVENT - LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL - SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; hammer at base. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1b. RBW 1501. Sydenham 928. Beautiful iridescent toning. Old scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. The Scribonianum wellhead was located on the Forum in Rome at a spot that had been struck by lightning, according to both Horace and Cicero. Its ostensible purpose was to protect life by preventing people from falling into the well; however, as it was located adjacent to the praetor's tribunal, it mainly became a place where litigants congregated. It was depicted on the coinage of the Scribonii Libones as it had been dedicated or restored by one of its members, perhaps either the praetor of 204 or the tribune of the plebs in 149. Starting price: 50 CHF | |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1634 Price realized: 180 CHF (Approx. 204 USD / 189 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.88 g, 5 h), Rome. BON EVENT / LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL / SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; at base, hammer. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. A lovely example with beautiful iridescent toning. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine. Ex UBS 67, 6-8 September 2006, 5541 and Schweizerischer Bankverein 28, 17 September 1991, 344. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 202 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.89 g, 6 h), Rome. BON EVENT / LIBO Diademed head of Bonus Eventus to right. Rev. PVTEAL / SCRIBON Garlanded Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian wellhead), decorated with two lyres; at base, hammer. Babelon (Scribonia) 8. Crawford 416/1a. RBW 1500. Sydenham 928. A lovely example with beautiful iridescent toning. Extremely fine. Estimate: 350 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1584 Price realized: 380 CHF (Approx. 431 USD / 399 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Thorius Balbus, 105 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.88 g, 7 h), Rome. I•S•M•R Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress. Rev. L•THORIVS / BALBVS Bull charging to right; above, S. Babelon (Thoria) 1. Crawford 316/1. RBW 1168 var. (differing control). Sydenham 598. A lovely example with beautiful toning and an impressive bull. Nearly extremely fine. From an American collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 138, 18 May 2023, 417 and previously privately acquired from Spink & Son on 29th September 1972. This coin's moneyer, L. Thorius Balbus, chose the goddess Juno Sospita as the obverse type to celebrate his family's origins in Lanuvium, where the goddess was particularly worshipped in her guise as the protectress of newly married and pregnant women. The accompanying legend, 'I•S•M•R', is the abbreviation for Juno Sispes (or Sospites) Mater Regina. The reverse type of a charging bull was the family's badge, representing both strength and ferocity, and was likely also a on the family name, Thorius, since it is pronounced somewhat similarly to 'taurus', 'bull'. L. Thorius Balbus was the only member of his gens to strike coins as a moneyer, and the type is certainly one of the most commonly encountered that was struck during the Republican period. There are two varieties: one with a smaller, higher relief head of Juno, which is quite rare, and coins such as this, with a lower relief obverse, which is typically struck on a broader flan. The latter is typically more crudely engraved, although here we have a particularly attractive example with lovely toning and a reverse of beautiful style. Balbus would later go on to command troops in Spain against Sertorius, where he was eventually defeated and killed in battle fighting Sertorius' second-in-command, the legate Hirtuleius. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
