| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22352 Price realized: 525 USD (Approx. 487 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Lepidus, as Pontifex Maximus and Triumvir (43-36 BC), with Octavian, as Imperator and Triumvir. AR denarius (18mm, 4h). NGC VG. Military mint with Lepidus in Italy, spring-summer 42 BC. LEPIDVS•PONT•MAX•-III•V•R•P•C• (NT and MA ligate), bare head of Lepidus right / C•CAESAR•IMP•III•-VIR•R•P•C• (MP ligate), bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2a. Sydenham 1323. RSC 2a. Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 122 (6 November 2022), lot 632. A wily and wealthy nobleman, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus parlayed his position as Julius Caesar's colleague in the consulships of 46 BC. While in that the role Lepidus often played as power broker between two formidable rivals, Mark Antony and Octavian, who were vying to replace Julius Caesar after the great dictator's murder. This particular coin issue was stuck under Lepidus to mark the foundation of the Second Triumvirate, composed of himself, Octavian and Antony. Although Lepidus gained vast control and power when he joined the Triumvirate in their three-way pact in 43 BC, he shied away from the vendetta and military campaign against Brutus and Cassius. His avoidance inevitably lost him his power and influence, becoming a lame duck "third wheel" in a dyarchy. In 36 BC Lepidus joined Octavian to defeat Sextus Pompey. Victory against Sextus resulted in Octavian easily outmaneuvering Lepidus, and striping him of his Triumvirate powers, retaining only the title of Pontifex Maximus - a post Lepidus held until his death in 12 BC. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-lepidus-as-pontifex-maximus-and-triumvir-43-36-bc-with-octavian-as-imperator-and-triumvir-ar-denarius/a/61395-22352.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22395 Price realized: 130 USD (Approx. 120 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC). AR/AE fourrée denarius (18mm, 2.94 gm, 8h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 2/5, core visible, marks. Ancient forgery of legionary issue, mint moving with Antony in Greece (Aegae or Patrae), 32-31 BC. ANT•AVG / III•VIR•R•P•C, war galley under oar right with triple ram prow and scepter tied with fillet / LEG-XIX, aquila flanked by standard on either side. Cf. Crawford 544/35. Cf. Sydenham 1242 for prototypes. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-marc-antony-as-imperator-and-triumvir-43-30-bc-ar-ae-fourree-denarius-18mm-294-gm-8h-ngc-choice-fi/a/61395-22395.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61373 | Auction date: 5 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 22011 Price realized: 1,400 USD (Approx. 1,310 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator Perpetuo (ca. February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius (18mm, 3.36 gm, 4h). NGC VG 5/5 - 1/5, scratches. Rome. CAESAR-DICT•PERPETVO, laureate head of Julius Caesar right / P•SEPVLLIVS downward on right, MACER downward on left, Venus standing facing, head left, Victory standing left in outstretched right hand, scepter in left. Crawford 480/11. Sydenham 1072. Julia 49 and Sepullia 4. Rays of light dance off the surface in eye-catching flashes. For two centuries, Rome had spurned the Hellenistic practice of placing the ruler's portrait on the coinage of the realm, much as they rejected the concept of kingship altogether. So early in 44 BC, many Romans must have been stunned to see the image of Julius Caesar on circulating silver denarii. Like a profusion of other honors and titles, the right to place his image on coins had been bestowed on Caesar by the Roman Senate. The obverse legend acclaims Caesar as "DICT(ator) PERPETVO," or "Dictator For Life," a title approved by the Senate in February, 44 BC. Caesar's enemies may have had an ulterior motive in approving the honor, as it almost certainly would fuel the growing suspicion that Caesar intended to name himself king of Rome. This series of coins is considered by historians to be the coins that killed Caesar. On 15 March 44 BC, around a month after this legend was minted, Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Senate in the Theater of Pompey. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-perpetuo-ca-february-march-44-bc-with-publius-sepullius-macer-as-moneyer-ar/a/61373-22011.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61373-05052024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22131 Price realized: 380 USD (Approx. 352 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients L. Cornelius Sulla as Imperator and L. Manlius Torquatus as Proquaestor (82 BC). AR denarius (16mm, 1h). NGC VF. Military mint traveling with Sulla in Italy. L•MANLI-PROQ, head of Roma right, wearing pendant earring, pendant necklace, and winged helmet surmounted by griffin crest / L•SVLLA•IMP, Triumphator in quadriga walking right, with caduceus in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying left in field above to crown him. Crawford 367/3. Sydenham 759. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-l-cornelius-sulla-as-imperator-and-l-manlius-torquatus-as-proquaestor-82-bc-ar-denarius-16mm-1h-ngc/a/61395-22131.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22364 Price realized: 240 USD (Approx. 222 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Octavian, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-33 BC), with Q. Salvidienus, as Imperator. AR denarius (20mm, 3.83 gm, 11h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 2/5, bankers marks. Military mint traveling with Octavian, 40 BC. C•CAESAR•III•VIR•R•P•C, bare head of Octavian right, with slight sideburns / Q•SALVIVS•I-MP (ligate)•COS•G/DES, winged thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1b. Sydenham 1326b. Julia 93 and Salvia 2. Ex Bacchus Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 61175, 25 October 2020), lot 97130. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-octavian-as-imperator-and-triumvir-43-33-bc-with-q-salvidienus-as-imperator-ar-denarius-20mm-383-g/a/61395-22364.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61395 | Auction date: 4 August 2024 |
| Lot number: 22368 Price realized: 1,000 USD (Approx. 927 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC), with Octavia. AR cistophorus (27mm, 12.05 gm, 12h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5. Ephesus, ca. summer-autumn 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET TERT•, head of Marc Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus right below, all within wreath of ivy and flowers / III•VIR•-R•P•C•, draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. RPC I 2201. CRI 262. Sydenham 1197. Stunning luster shines from within. As part of a pact at Brundisium in 42 BC, shortly after the Battle of Philippi, Marc Antony agreed to Octavian's arrangement to marry his widowed sister, Octavia. She traveled with Antony for several years and assisted in negotiating the renewal of the triumvirate in 37 BC, which would last until 33 BC. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-marc-antony-as-imperator-and-triumvir-43-30-bc-with-octavia-ar-cistophorus-27mm-1205-gm-12h-ngc-x/a/61395-22368.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61395-08042024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
