| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 644 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 779 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.55 g, 4h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Three signa decorated with wreaths and rostra; CHORTIS • SPECVLATORVM above. Crawford 544/12; CRI 386; Sydenham 1214; RSC 6; BMCRR East 185; Kestner 3841; RBW 1837. Old cabinet toning, banker's marks on obverse, minor scratches, obverse scrape, area of weak strike, edge filing. VF. Rare. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 26 October 1989. Ex Tom McKenna FPL 1-10 (October 1981), no. 30. Serving as scouts and messengers, the cohortes speculatorum filled the role of spies within each legion. Normally ten in number per legion, Mark Antony created a special group of cohortes who specifically served around him, carrying out personal instructions and protecting his well-being, essentially acting as an early secret service – a concept which was further developed during the empire under Augustus. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 639 Price realized: 950 USD (Approx. 870 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.72 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; BMCRR East 198; Kestner 3849; RBW 1842. Lightly toned with underlying luster, minor marks. Near EF. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 640 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 779 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.64 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG X across lower field. Crawford 544/24; CRI 361; Sydenham 1228; RSC 38; BMCRR East 202; Kestner 3853; RBW –. Toned, multiple marks and hairlines, light deposits. Near EF. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 637 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,748 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; BMCRR East 198; Kestner 3849; FFC 38 (this coin); RBW 1842. Lightly toned, a couple of tiny die flaws. Choice EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.2 (Summer 2021), no. 576421; Alba Longa Collection (Aureo & Calico 339, 14 November 2019), lot 1109; Ponterio 80 (29 March 1996), lot 309. Antony's Legio VII was founded by Julius Caesar at the outset of his Gallic campaign, circa 58 BC, and remained loyal to him throughout the heavy fighting and civil conflict that followed. Its first cognomen, Paterna, derives from Caesar's title of Pater Patriae ("father of the fatherland"). Caesar disbanded his seventh circa 45 BC and settled them near Capua, but after the Ides of March 44 BC, it was evidently reconstituted in "split" form, as were several other Caesarian legions, with one Legio VII joining Mark Antony's force in the east and the other supporting his triumviral partner and later rival, Octavian, in Italy. Thus the civil war of 32-31 BC saw two Legio VIIs serving on opposite sides, but the failure of Antony's fleet at Actium meant they never faced each other in the field. After Actium, Antony's Legio VII was evidently disbanded entirely while Octavian's went on to become the long-serving Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 633 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 687 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG III across lower field. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28; BMCRR East 193; Kestner 3844; RBW 1839. Lightly toned, small area of weak strike, short die break on reverse. EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex CNG inventory 903520/78585 (ca. 1992–6). Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 635 Price realized: 650 USD (Approx. 595 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG V across lower field. Crawford 544/18; CRI 354; Sydenham 1221; RSC 32; BMCRR East 196; Kestner 3847; RBW 1840. Toned, light surface marks, struck on a small flan. Near EF. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
