| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1758 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.54 g, 10 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•XVIII•LYBICAE Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 130. Crawford 544/11. CRI 375. RBW 1836. Sydenham 1240. Rare. Banker's marks, otherwise, good fine. From a Belgian collection, acquired before 2012. Of the twenty-two legions named on Mark Antony's legionary denarii, only three carried special names along with their numerals, namely the Legio XII Antiquae, the Legio XVII Classicae, and the Legio XVIII Lybicae. They are not to be confused with Octavian's similarly numbered legions and were likely raised on short notice by Antony prior to the clash with his opponent. The name Lybica indicates that its soldiers came from North Africa. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| 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 2:
| 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 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1758 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.54 g, 10 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•XVIII•LYBICAE Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 130. Crawford 544/11. CRI 375. RBW 1836. Sydenham 1240. Rare. Banker's marks, otherwise, good fine. From a Belgian collection, acquired before 2012. Of the twenty-two legions named on Mark Antony's legionary denarii, only three carried special names along with their numerals, namely the Legio XII Antiquae, the Legio XVII Classicae, and the Legio XVIII Lybicae. They are not to be confused with Octavian's similarly numbered legions and were likely raised on short notice by Antony prior to the clash with his opponent. The name Lybica indicates that its soldiers came from North Africa. Starting price: 50 CHF | |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3259 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.55 g, 12 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•XVIII•LYBICAE Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 130. Crawford 544/11. CRI 375. RBW 1836. Sydenham 1240. Rough and with some scratches, otherwise, good fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Of the twenty-two legions named on Mark Antony's legionary denarii, only three carried special names along with their numerals, namely the Legio XII Antiquae, the Legio XVII Classicae, and the Legio XVIII Lybicae. They are not to be confused with Octavian's similarly numbered legions and were likely raised on short notice by Antony prior to the clash with his opponent. The name Lybica indicates that its soldiers came from North Africa. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1765 Price realized: 170 CHF (Approx. 193 USD / 178 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.99 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. Areas of weakness and with die breaks on the reverse, otherwise, 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: 50 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1769 Price realized: 525 CHF (Approx. 596 USD / 551 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.77 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 XX Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 135. Crawford 544/36. CRI 380. RBW 1848. Sydenham 1243. Well centered and lightly toned. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Remnants of Antony's otherwise unattested Legio XX were likely incorporated into Octavian's Legio XX Valeria Victrix in 30 BC. This new unit fought in the Cantabrian Wars in Iberia in 29-19 BC, and was then moved to the Rhine frontier following Varus' disaster in 9 AD. Later, it relocated to Britain, where it helped suppressing Boudica's revolt, and was still stationed there under Carausius and Allectus in the late 3rd century. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
