| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3255 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.78 g, 5 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 119. Crawford 544/26. CRI 365. RBW -. Sydenham 1230. Struck slightly off center and with some cleaning scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, privately acquired from Pegasi before 2011. Legio XII, which later came to be known as Fulminata ('Thunderbolt-bearer'), was levied by Caesar in 58 BC in preparation for the battle against the Nervians. It received its cognomen from its emblem, a thunderbolt, and another cognomen of this legion, also attested by the legionary denarii of Mark Antony, was Antiqua ('the old'). It served under Caesar's command in the wars against the Pompeians, and later went over to Antony. Legio XII survived Actium and Octavian's subsequent reforms, serving for several centuries in the East, where it was still guarding the Euphrates River crossing near Melitene at the beginning of the 5th century. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 269 Price realized: 200 CHF (Approx. 227 USD / 211 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.32 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG [III VIR] R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG IX Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 118. Crawford 544/25. RBW -. Sydenham 1229. Somewhat porous and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Künker 262, 13 March 2015, 7848. An obscure unit, Antony's Legio IX was not identical with the famed Legio IX Hispana. The latter was an older unit, which we can trace back to the Social War (91-87 BC), and which would fight on Octavian's side at Actium. In Antony's legionary series, his ninth is alternately rendered as VIIII and IX. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3248 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.10 g, 3 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG III VIR R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG V Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 110. Crawford 544/18. CRI 354. Sydenham 1221. Darkly toned. Scratches, otherwise, about very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Legio V Alaudae (the 'Fifth Legion of the Lark') was raised by Julius Caesar in 52 BC in Cisalpine Gaul to fight Vercingetorix's last stand at Alesia, and was the first legion in the Roman army to be comprised of non-citizens. The legion served under Caesar in his wars against the Pompeians, and later under Antony. It survived the 'downsizing' undertaken by Octavian after Actium, but historians are uncertain about its final destiny, as it was either destroyed during the Batavian rebellion of 70 AD, or in the first Battle of Tapae against the Geto-Dacians in 86 AD. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3255 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.78 g, 5 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 119. Crawford 544/26. CRI 365. RBW -. Sydenham 1230. Struck slightly off center and with some cleaning scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, privately acquired from Pegasi before 2011. Legio XII, which later came to be known as Fulminata ('Thunderbolt-bearer'), was levied by Caesar in 58 BC in preparation for the battle against the Nervians. It received its cognomen from its emblem, a thunderbolt, and another cognomen of this legion, also attested by the legionary denarii of Mark Antony, was Antiqua ('the old'). It served under Caesar's command in the wars against the Pompeians, and later went over to Antony. Legio XII survived Actium and Octavian's subsequent reforms, serving for several centuries in the East, where it was still guarding the Euphrates River crossing near Melitene at the beginning of the 5th century. Starting price: 75 CHF | |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1764 Price realized: 700 CHF (Approx. 795 USD / 734 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.80 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT AVG - III VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG III Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 106. Crawford 544/15. CRI 350. RBW 1839. Sydenham 1217. Nicely toned and perfectly centered. Extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Two legions are referenced as one on the reverse of this coin, namely Legio III Gallica, created by Caesar in 49-48 BC, which is known to have served with Mark Antony, and Legio III Cyrenaica, raised by Antony himself. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3250 Price realized: 110 CHF (Approx. 125 USD / 116 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.45 g, 7 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. [ANT•AVG] - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley to right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG VIII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 114. Crawford 544/21. CRI 358. RBW -. Sydenham 1225. Banker's mark on the obverse, otherwise, good fine. From a Dutch collection, ex Rauch E-Auction 39, 4 March 2022, 99. This Legio VIII is not to be confused with the more famous Legio VIII 'Augusta', which had originally served Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars, and later at Pharsalus, in Egypt and at Thapsus. Rather, this Legio VIII was created by Antony and disbanded after Actium. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3246 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.68 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT AVG - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG - III Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 106. Crawford 544/15. RBW 1839. Sydenham 1217. Fresh and very well centered. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Two legions are referenced as one on the reverse of this coin, namely Legio III Gallica, created by Caesar in 49-48 BC, which is known to have served with Mark Antony, and Legio III Cyrenaica, raised by Antony himself. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
