| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1688 Price realized: 170 CHF (Approx. 193 USD / 178 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cnaeus Pompey Jr, 48-45 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.69 g, 7 h), with Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore, Corduba, 46-45. [M•POBLICI•]LEG•PRO - PR Head of Roma to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. CN•MAGNVS•IMP Hispania standing right, with shield slung on her back, holding two spears in her left hand and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier, standing to left on prow of ship and placing his left hand on hilt of sword. Babelon (Pompeia) 9 and (Poblicia) 10. Crawford 469/1c. CRI 48. RBW -. Sydenham 1035. Nicely toned. Somewhat porous and with two banker's marks on the obverse and a minor scratch on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1686 Price realized: 580 CHF (Approx. 658 USD / 608 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cnaeus Pompey Jr, 48-45 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.63 g, 6 h), with Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore, Corduba, 46-45. M•POBLICI•LEG•PRO - PR Head of Roma to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. CN•MAGNVS•IMP Hispania standing right, with shield slung on her back, holding two spears in her left hand and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier, standing to left on prow of ship and placing his left hand on hilt of sword. Babelon (Pompeia) 9 and (Poblicia) 10. Crawford 469/1c. CRI 48. RBW -. Sydenham 1035. Beautifully toned. Struck somewhat off center, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, Leu 12, 15 May 2022, 1010. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1687 Price realized: 260 CHF (Approx. 295 USD / 273 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cnaeus Pompey Jr, 48-45 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.75 g, 7 h), with Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore, Corduba, 46-45. [M•POBL]ICI•LEG•PRO - PR Helmeted head of Roma to right. Rev. [CN•MAGNVS]•IMP Hispania standing right, with shield slung her on back, holding two spears in her left hand and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier, standing to left on prow of ship and placing his left hand on hilt of sword. Babelon (Pompeia) 9 and (Poblicia) 10. Crawford 469/1c. RBW -. Sydenham 1035. The obverse struck somewhat off center and with a flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1685 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 315 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cnaeus Pompey Jr, 48-45 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.85 g, 12 h), with Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore. Brockage mint error, Corduba, 46-45. M•POBLICI•LEG•PRO - PR Head of Roma to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. Incuse of obverse. Cf. Babelon (Pompeia) 9 and (Poblicia) 10, Crawford 469/1c, CRI 48 and Sydenham 1035. A nicely toned and unusually sharp and attractive brockage mint error. Banker's mark on the obverse and with minor scratches on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3134 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 273 USD / 253 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cnaeus Pompey Jr, 48-45 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.87 g), with Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore, Corduba, 46-45. M[•POBLICI•LEG•]PRO - PR Head of Roma to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. CN•MAGNVS•IMP Hispania standing right, with shield slung on her back, holding two spears in her left hand and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier, standing to left on prow of ship and placing his left hand on hilt of sword. Babelon (Pompeia) 9 and (Poblicia) 10. Crawford 469/1c. CRI 48. RBW -. Sydenham 1035. Lightly toned. The obverse struck somewhat off center and a small edge scuff on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. From a Dutch collection, ex Tauler & Fau 103, 1 February 2022, 1453. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3238 Price realized: 600 CHF (Approx. 682 USD / 633 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.86 g, 6 h), with M. Junius Silanus, quaestor pro consule, Military mint moving with Antony, probably Athens, summer 32. ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES•III•III•V•R•P•C Bare head of Mark Antony to right; behind his ear, small P (engraver's signature). Rev. M•SILANVS•AVG / Q•PRO•COS in two lines. Babelon (Antonia) 97 and (Junia) 172. Crawford 542/1. RBW 1830. Sydenham 1208. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 4002, Leu Web Auction 25, 11-14 March 2023, 2008 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. One may call M. Junius Silanus one of the worst flip-floppers of the civil wars of 44-30 BC, but his career illustrates the challenges subordinate Roman politicians faced in the 40s and 30s BC. Individuals like him closely followed the course of the wars, while siding with none of the imperatorial figures, as to do so could be a life or death decision in a time of no neutrality. Loyal supporters of fallen generals risked facing capital punishment, while early defectors were usually pardoned and allowed to continue their careers. Silanus first served under Lepidus before supporting Mark Antony in 43 in the Battle of Mutina. Later he sided with Sextus Pompey, was pardoned in 39, then served as quaestor pro consule of Antony in 33-32, before defecting to Octavian on the eve of the Battle of Actium in 31 and becoming consul in 25. Silanus was still alive in 11 BC, when he and his brother Lucius last appear as augurs in the fasti sacerdoti. Our coin was struck in Athens in the summer of 32, when the forces of Mark Antony were gathering in Greece for the final clash against Octavian. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
