| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1821 Price realized: 4,800 CHF (Approx. 5,448 USD / 5,035 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.70 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Pannonia (?), circa 12 BC. CA-ES-AR• Youthful bare head of Augustus to right; all within oak wreath. Rev. AVG-VST• Candalabrum decorated with ram's heads; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucrania and three paterae. BMC 684. Cohen 2. RIC 540. Beautifully toned and of splendid style. The obverse struck from a slightly worn die as usual, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu 3, 27 October 2018, 217, Hess-Divo 332, 31 May 2017, 87, Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013, 94, Numismatica Genevensis 7, 27 November 2012, 330 and Münzen & Medaillen FPL 482, October 1985, 26. There has been some dispute over the dating of this enigmatic issue, which portrays Augustus with an unusually juvenile face. It has traditionally been connected to the ludi saeculares in 17 BC, but more recent research indicates that it may have been struck in 12 BC in Pannonia to pay the Danubian legions after the sudden decease of their beloved leader, Agrippa. Starting price: 1000 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1802 Price realized: 200 CHF (Approx. 227 USD / 210 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.66 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Colonia Patricia?), circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS Bare head of Augustus to right. Rev. SIGNIS RECEPTIS / S - P / Q - R Round shield inscribed CL•V•, flanked by aquila on the left and signum on the right. BMC 418. Cohen 265. RIC 86a. Porous and with bankers' marks and a scratch, otherwise, very fine. The reverse refers to one of Augustus' greatest diplomatic successes, namely the return of the Roman standards in 20 BC, which the Parthians had captured from Crassus, L. Decidius Saxa, and Mark Antony in earlier campaigns. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3288 Price realized: 400 CHF (Approx. 455 USD / 422 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.60 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Colonia Patricia?), circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS Bare head of Augustus to left. Rev. IOV - TON Hexastyle temple set on podium of three steps; within, Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left. BMC p. 64, note. Cohen 180. RIC 64. Light porosity and a scrape on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1803 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 386 USD / 357 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.61 g, 11 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Colonia Patricia?), circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS Bare head of Augustus to left. Rev. SIGNIS RECEPTIS / S - P / Q - R Round shield inscribed [CL•V•], flanked by signum on the left and aquila on the right. BMC 423. Cohen 267 var. (position of the signum and aquila switched). RIC 87b. Nicely toned. Somewhat porous, otherwise, very fine. The reverse refers to one of Augustus' greatest diplomatic successes, namely the return of the Roman standards in 20 BC, which the Parthians had captured from Crassus, L. Decidius Saxa, and Mark Antony in earlier campaigns. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3290 Price realized: 190 CHF (Approx. 216 USD / 201 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.45 g, 5 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Colonia Patricia?), circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS Bare head of Augustus to right. Rev. SIGNIS RECEPTIS / S - P / Q - R Round shield inscribed [CL•V•], flanked by aquila on the left and signum on the right. BMC 418. Cohen 265. RIC 86a. Porous and with an attempted puncture on the reverse, otherwise, about very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3292 Price realized: 1,200 CHF (Approx. 1,364 USD / 1,267 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.70 g, 5 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Colonia Patricia?), circa 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS Head of Augustus to left, wearing oak wreath. Rev. DIVVS • IVLIVS Sidus Iulium: eight-rayed comet with tail upward. BMC 326. Cohen 97. RIC 37b. Lightly toned and with an attractive reverse. Banker's mark on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection of Roman Republican and Imperatorial coins, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 486, ex Martí Hervera/Soler y Llach 1068, 25 October 2011, 182. The 'star' on the reverse of this beautiful piece is the Sidus Iulium, a comet that appeared during the festivities held by Octavian in honor of Venus Genetrix on 20-23 July 44 BC, and was subsequently connected to Caesar's deification. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
