Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2971

Price realized: 85 CHF   (Approx. 97 USD / 90 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.88 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; to left, S•C. 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. Struck from a somewhat corroded obverse die and with a light scratch on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2385, 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: 50 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2972

Price realized: 80 CHF   (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; to left, S•C. 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. Slightly brushed, otherwise, nearly very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2384, 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 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2973

Price realized: 100 CHF   (Approx. 114 USD / 106 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.87 g, 1 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. 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. Beautifully toned. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2970

Price realized: 210 CHF   (Approx. 239 USD / 222 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Procilius, 80 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.05 g, 4 h), Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter to right; behind, S•C. 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. Beautifully toned and well struck. Good very fine.


From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, ex Roma 28, 5 July 2023, 500, from an American collection of Roman Republican and Imperatorial coins, Leu Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, 344 and ex iNumis Mail Bid Sale 17, 23 March 2012, 117.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1594

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 231 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.69 g, 5 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, T; before, C. Rev. L PISO FRVGI Horseman galloping right, holding branch with his left hand; above, I•. Babelon (Calpurnia) 11. Crawford 340/1. RBW 1246ff. Sydenham 656. Beautifully toned. Minor die breaks and light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich 13, 16 May 2021, 240 and from the Dr. Harwood Collection, A. H. F. Baldwin, Glendining, 8 October 1975, 113 (with original ticket).

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 5:
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