| Portuscalle Numismatica > December 2023 Auction | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 147 Price realized: 420 EUR (Approx. 458 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Roman Republic M. Antonius with M. Pinarius Scarpus, Cyrenaica 31 BC. AR Denarius 3.45 g. M·ANTO [COS III] – IMP IIII Head of Jupiter Ammon r. Rev. ANTONI[O] / AVG – P / [SCARPVS IMP] Victory standing r., holding palm branch and wreath tied with fillet. Babelon Antonia 98 and Pinaria 10. Sydenham 1280. Sear Imperators 390. RBW 1852. Crawford 546/2a. About XF Starting price: 120 EUR |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 435 Price realized: 4,750 CHF (Approx. 5,250 USD / 4,877 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. Marcus Antonius. Denarius, mint moving with M. Antonius 37, AR 20 mm, 3.78 g. ANT· AVGVR·III· VIR·R·P·C Head of M. Antonius r. Rev. IMP – TER Trophy; at base, prow and shield. Babelon Antonia 78. C 17. Sydenham 1202. Sear Imperators 270. RBW –. Crawford 536/4. Very rare and in exceptional condition for this difficult issue. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine Ex NAC sale 78, 2014, 772. This denarius was struck for Antony by the same military mint at around the same time as the preceding piece. It features very similar types and legends, but the trophy reverse is slightly different. The trophy itself is now composed of a panoply of armour with two figure-eight shields attached to the arms while two round shields are propped up at its base, the one on the right with additional spears on top. This reverse is a rare variant of the already rare preceding type. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 300 Price realized: 850 CHF (Approx. 940 USD / 873 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. M. Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius 58, AR 18 mm, 3.65 g. M·SCAVR / AED·CVR Kneeling figure r., holding olive branch and reins of camel standing beside him; on either side, EX – S·C. In exergue, REX ARETAS. Rev. [P]·HVPSAE / AED CVR Jupiter in quadriga l. holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt with r.; before, scorpion. Behind, CAPTV and below, C HVPSAE COS / [P]REIVE. Babelon Aemilia 9 and Plautia 10. Sydenham 912. RBW 1519. Crawford 422/1b. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc Ex NAC sale 33, 2006, 279. Estimate: 1000 CHF |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 299 Price realized: 4,250 CHF (Approx. 4,698 USD / 4,364 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. M. Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius 58, AR 19 mm, 3.74 g. M·SCAVR / AED CVR Kneeling figure r., holding olive branch and reins of camel standing beside him; on either side, EX – S·C. Rev. P·HVPSAEVS / AED CVR Jupiter in quadriga l. holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt with r.; behind, CAPTVM. Below, C HVPSAE COS / PREIVE. Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8. Sydenham 912. FFC 121 (this coin). RBW –. Crawford 422/1a. Struck on a very large flan and complete, wonderful iridescent tone and extremely fine Ex NAC 9, 1996, 707 and Aureo & Calicò 319, 2018, Alba Longa, 95 sales. Estimate: 1500 CHF |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 434 Price realized: 4,250 CHF (Approx. 4,698 USD / 4,364 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. Marcus Antonius. Denarius, mint moving with M. Antonius 37, AR 19 mm, 4.01 g ANT·AVGV (partially ligate)·III·VIR·R·P·C Head of M. Antonius r. Rev. IMP – TER Trophy with curved sword attached to r. arm and figure-of-eight shield attached to l.; at its base, prow and round shield. Babelon Antonia 78. C 18. Sydenham 1204. Sear Imperators 272. RBW 1824. Crawford 536/3 note. Very rare. Struck on a very large flan and with a light iridescent tone. Good extremely fine Ex Roma Numismatics sale XIII, 2017, 659. After the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC, his former lieutenant, Mark Antony, became the de facto leader of the Caesarean faction in Rome. Unfortunately, Caesar's will named his adoptive great-nephew Octavian as his heir, forcing Antony to fight against him for much of the remainder of 44 and 43 BC. However, in May 43 BC, Octavian began to negotiate an end to the conflict in order to join forces against the threat posted to both of them by the formation of large armies under the command of the Liberatores in the East. Despite their deep differences, in November, Antony, Octavian, and Marcus Lepidus met to form the Second Triumvirate and raise the armies that defeated the Liberators at the Battle of Philippi (3 and 23 October 42 BC). In the aftermath of this great victory, in order to keep peace, the empire was divided, with Octavian taking Italy and the West, Lepidus North Africa, and Antony the East. In 37 BC, the division of the empire and the Triumvirate was renewed among the three mend for another five years, but by this time the old animosity between Antony and Octavian was returning and it would not be long before it would break out into an epoch-ending war in 32-31 BC. This denarius was struck in the year of the renewed Triumvirate, probably in the context of Antony's work to restore order in Syria and the eastern provinces following a Parthian invasion in 40 BC. This was followed up by a somewhat ineffective campaign against the Parthians in 36. The precise occasion for this issue appears to have been the repression of Antiochus I of Commagene, who previously rebelled against Roman authority during the Parthian invasion. The reverse type depicting a trophy and advertising Antony's third acclamation as imperator is thought to refer to his taking personal command of the siege of Samosata, which the general P. Ventidius was already successfully prosecuting against Antiochus I. Although the king offered to surrender, Antony would not provide him with terms until he could arrive and take over the siege himself, thereby allowing him to claim the glory. Antony reportedly gave peace terms to Antiochos I that included an indemnity of 300 talents of silver, although when facing Ventidius he had offered to pay 1,000 to have the siege lifted. Antony then returned Ventidius to Rome, where he celebrated the first ever Roman triumph over the Parthians. Antony's claim of a third imperatorial acclamation on this coin is believed to derive from Ventidius' triumph and does not truly reflect an acclamation properly earned by the triumvir. It has been noted that the trophy reverse type seems to echo the types used on the Asian coinage of Brutus issued four years earlier, but it seems a little out of place for Antony's Parthian war context. The arms displayed are not particularly Parthian and the figure-eight shield is decidedly archaic in flavour. Likewise, the prow at the foot of the trophy is rather unexpected since sea power had virtually no involvement in the Parthian campaign. It has been suggested that the prow, which sometimes appears as part of Brutus' trophy type, might have been added to generally emphasise the superiority of Antony's naval strength at a time when his rival, Octavian, was weak at sea. Likewise, the possibility has been raised that the general similarity to Brutus' trophy might reflect regret on the part of Antony as he drifted ever closer to the final conflict with Octavian Estimate: 4000 CHF |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 422 Price realized: 3,200 CHF (Approx. 3,537 USD / 3,286 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic. Marcus Antonius. Denarius, mint moving with M. Antonius 41, AR 21 mm, 3.94 g. ANT – AVG IMP – III V R P C Head of M. Antonius r. Rev. Fortuna standing l., holding rudder in r. hand and cornucopia in l.; at feet, stork; below, PIETAS·COS. Babelon Antonia 44. C 77. Sydenham 1174. Sear Imperators 241. RBW 1795. Crawford 516/2. Rare. Light iridescent tone and good extremely fine Ex NAC sale 132, 2022, 476. Estimate: 4000 CHF |  |
