Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (2 weeks from now)
Lots: 1152
Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00
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Auction Summary
La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.
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Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (30.5mm, 9.58 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing facing, head right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 97; von Kaenel Type 62; BMCRE 145-6; BN 177-8. Even green-brown patina, lightly smoothed. EF. Powerful portrait.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.1 (Winter 2021), no. 559028; Classical Numismatic Group 115 (16 September 2020), lot 622.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.1 (Winter 2021), no. 559028; Classical Numismatic Group 115 (16 September 2020), lot 622.
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KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 490-475 BC. AR Drachm (12.5mm, 3.37 g). Asiatic standard. Two silphion fruits set base-to-base; pellet between, leaves at sides between / Facing head of lion within incuse square. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 2, 87; SNG Copenhagen 1172; BMC 38. Find patina, deposits. Good VF. Well struck on a broad flan.
Kyrene was the capital city of Kyrenaika on the North African coast immediately west of Egypt. Dorian Greek colonists founded Kyrene in 631 BC. The region played host to a wild-growing plant called silphion (or silphium), with a thick, striated and hollow stalk, broad horizontal branches, and yellow flowers that grew in bunches. The Greeks ascribed near magical properties to both the plant itself and its sap, called laserpicium by the Romans. Silphion had countless uses: a salve for burns, a treatment for hemorrhoids, cure for tetanus, and a seasoning for food, and was also described as having various properties associated with love and sex. From its earliest coinage, circa 525 BC, Kyrene featured the silphion plant and its heart-shaped fruit on its coin designs. Ancient sources state that the Kyreneans found silphion impossible to cultivate and could only gather it from the fields where it grew wild. In the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods, over-harvesting and grazing by domesticated animals allegedly drove it to extinction. Pliny reported that the last known stalk of silphion was given to the Emperor Nero “as a curiosity.” A close relative of silphion likely exists today in the giant fennel plant, ferula communis, which still grows in North Africa and elsewhere.
Kyrene was the capital city of Kyrenaika on the North African coast immediately west of Egypt. Dorian Greek colonists founded Kyrene in 631 BC. The region played host to a wild-growing plant called silphion (or silphium), with a thick, striated and hollow stalk, broad horizontal branches, and yellow flowers that grew in bunches. The Greeks ascribed near magical properties to both the plant itself and its sap, called laserpicium by the Romans. Silphion had countless uses: a salve for burns, a treatment for hemorrhoids, cure for tetanus, and a seasoning for food, and was also described as having various properties associated with love and sex. From its earliest coinage, circa 525 BC, Kyrene featured the silphion plant and its heart-shaped fruit on its coin designs. Ancient sources state that the Kyreneans found silphion impossible to cultivate and could only gather it from the fields where it grew wild. In the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods, over-harvesting and grazing by domesticated animals allegedly drove it to extinction. Pliny reported that the last known stalk of silphion was given to the Emperor Nero “as a curiosity.” A close relative of silphion likely exists today in the giant fennel plant, ferula communis, which still grows in North Africa and elsewhere.
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KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze. Circa 82/1-73/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.19 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. SE date not visible, but possibly SE 232 (81/80 BC). Conjoined busts of Kamnaskires III, diademed and draped bust and wearing long beard and torque, and Anzaze, draped and wearing stephane and necklace, left; anchor symbol to right / IΛCIΛEΩC above, [K]ΛMNNΛCKIIO[Y] to right, KΛI IΛCIΛICCH[C] to left, ΛNZ]ZHI below, Zeus-Belos enthroned left, holding in outstretched right hand Nike, standing right and holding wreath, and scepter in left; ΠAKCΔΩN : (sic) to inner left; ; [date in exergue]; quadrate Cs in legends. Cf. van't Haaff Type 7.1.1-2; Alram 454 (date unlisted); Sunrise –; Zeno #330023 (this coin); GoMo 302, lot 266 (same dies). Toned, with iridescence, traces of find patina, hint of cleaning marks, hairline flan crack, slight peripheral weakness. EF.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Madras Presidency. 1653-1835. AR Half Pagoda (36.5mm, 21.27 g, 12h). Second issue. Madras mint. Struck 1808-1812. Gōpuram (temple porch or entrance) set on ground; nine stars to left, nine to right; all within buckled garter inscribed HALF PAGODA and nim hun phuli (half a flower, or star, pagoda) in Persian / Vishnu, holding sword in hand, standing facing, rising from lotus; floral and pellet design to left and right; all surrounded by triple-pelleted border; star above; all within swallowtail banner inscribed arai pu vara kun in Tamil and ara pu vara hun (half a flower, or star, pagoda) in Telegu; no stop in legend. CEEIC 3.124 (dies J/VIII); Pridmore 171A; KM 353. In NGC encapsulation 6924407-011, graded AU 53.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.75 g, 6h). ‘Augustus’ Group. Uncertain mint in Spain or Gaul. 3 April-mid June AD 68. Bare head of Augustus right / AVGVSTVS below, capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves; cornucopia above its back. RIC I 82; AM A2; RSC 21a; BMCRE 45-6; BN 48. Toned, light scratches and marks under tone. Good VF. Very rare.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 18 (18 December 2021), lot 2663; Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 3346; Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 829 corr. (misdescribed as a denarius of Augustus).
Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 18 (18 December 2021), lot 2663; Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 3346; Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 829 corr. (misdescribed as a denarius of Augustus).
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.51 g, 12h). Mint B ("Baktra"). Struck circa 210-206 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEYΩΣ to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram to right of rock. MPHB B Group V, 430 (O121/R300); Kritt B15; Bopearachchi 10A; Bopearachchi & Rahman 112; MIG Type 96; SNG ANS 138; HGC 12, 42. Iridescent tone. Good VF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, May 1993.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, May 1993.
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Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, laureate head right / ROMA RENASCES, Roma, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and transverse eagle-tipped scepter in left. RIC I 229; RSC 208; BMCRE p. 313, note †; BN 103. In NGC encapsulation 2491176-001, graded Ch VF★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style.
Though reigning scarcely seven months, Servius Sulpicius Galba has the honor of inspiring Rome’s portrait artists to reach heights never again equaled or surpassed. Achieving the throne at age 70, Galba was a wizened Roman aristocrat whose sagging, craggy countenance could not have been more different than that of his predecessor, the bloated and dissolute Nero. Indeed, Galba seems to have deliberately promoted himself as a steely martinet who would restore Rome to proper Republican austerity.
Though reigning scarcely seven months, Servius Sulpicius Galba has the honor of inspiring Rome’s portrait artists to reach heights never again equaled or surpassed. Achieving the throne at age 70, Galba was a wizened Roman aristocrat whose sagging, craggy countenance could not have been more different than that of his predecessor, the bloated and dissolute Nero. Indeed, Galba seems to have deliberately promoted himself as a steely martinet who would restore Rome to proper Republican austerity.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.88 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY to right, ΑNTIMAXOY to left, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; monogram to inner right. MPHB Group I, 36–9 var. (O8/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Bopearachchi 1B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 175; MIG Type 124c; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106. Attractive iridescent toning, light roughness. Near EF.
Ex Roma XXIX (9 November 2023), lot 244.
Ex Roma XXIX (9 November 2023), lot 244.
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Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.33 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECV RI TΛS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 8; Muona Group 1, Type 4B, Portrait Type B; RSC 17; BMCRE 17-8; BN 10. Deeply toned. In NGC encapsulation 4170300-001, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, edge marks.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY to right, ΑNTIMAXOY to left, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; monogram to inner right. MPHB Group IV, 354 (O55/R166 – this coin); Bopearachchi 1E; Bopearachchi & Rahman 179; MIG Type 124a; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106; BM inv.1888,1208.124 (same dies). Iridescent toning, tiny flan split, cleaning marks, areas of find patina on edge. Near EF.
From the Useless Miwa Collection. Ex Kyrios Collection (Spink 289, 3 October 2023), lot 139; Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 1277; Spink 198 (19 March 2009), lot 371.
From the Useless Miwa Collection. Ex Kyrios Collection (Spink 289, 3 October 2023), lot 139; Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 1277; Spink 198 (19 March 2009), lot 371.
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Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January-8 March. IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECVR I TAS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 10; Muona Group 2, Type 9B, Portrait Type D; RSC 15; BMCRE 19; BN 11-13 . Attractively toned. VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 29 November 2013; Roma II (2 October 2011), lot 606; W. B. and R. E. Montgomery Collection (Heritage 3012, 2 January 2011), lot 24661.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 29 November 2013; Roma II (2 October 2011), lot 606; W. B. and R. E. Montgomery Collection (Heritage 3012, 2 January 2011), lot 24661.
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IRAN, Qajars. Nasir al-Din Shah. AH 1264-1313 / AD 1848-1896. AR 1000 Dinar Pattern (23mm, 6h). Tehran mint. Dated AH 1281 (1864). Persian lion and sun (Šir-o Xoršid); crown above, denomination below; all within laurel and oak wreath; AH date below wreath ties / al-sultan Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar in three lines within wreath; mint name below wreath ties. KM Pn9. In NGC encapsulation 4861363-004, graded MS 61.
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ITALY, Firenze. Republic. 1189-1532. AV Fiorino d’oro (20mm, 3.52 g, 11h). Cappone di Recco di Cappone, mintmaster. 1st semester, 1342. Ornate lily of Florence / St. John the Baptist standing facing, holding long cross. MIR 9/29 Bernocchi 1495; Friedberg 275. EF.
Ex Künker 383 (17 March 2023), lot 2222; Classical Numismatic Group inventory 937978 (February 2009); Numismatica Ars Classica 50 (15 November 2008), lot 58.
Ex Künker 383 (17 March 2023), lot 2222; Classical Numismatic Group inventory 937978 (February 2009); Numismatica Ars Classica 50 (15 November 2008), lot 58.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛΟΥ above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6W; Bopearachchi & Rahman 245; MIG Type 177f; SNG ANS 469–71; HGC 12, 131. Deeply toned, with traces of iridescence, some light pitting and edge marks. EF.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 378.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 378.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides II Soter. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, EYKPATIΔOY to left, Apollo, holding arrow in hand, standing left and leaning on bow set on ground; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1I; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; MIG –; SNG ANS 623; HGC 12, 161. Iridescent toning, areas of deposits, hint of underlying luster. EF. Attractive example.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.41 g, 1h). Pella mint. Struck circa 342/1-337/6 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; thunderbolt below, N in exergue. Le Rider Group II.A.2, 238 (D133/R192); SNG ANS 385–95; Boston MFA 649 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6557416-004, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style.
Ex Sovereign Rarities 7 (21 September 2022), lot 33; Baldwin’s 33 (6 May 2003), lot 9.
Ex Sovereign Rarities 7 (21 September 2022), lot 33; Baldwin’s 33 (6 May 2003), lot 9.
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ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Jacopo Contarini. 1275-1280. PB Seal – Bulla (42mm, 45.66 g, 12h). Doge standing right, head facing, receiving banner from St. Mark, standing facing before throne and holding gospel / IACOBVS/ COTARЄNO/ DI : GRA : VЄNЄT/IЄ DALMATIЄ/ ATQ · CHRO/ DVX. Gamberini 47. Exquisitely preserved with a trace of the original string. EF. Unparalleled style and detail in the faces of the two figures. Extremely rare in this remarkable condition, particularly for such an early seal.
Form the Jonathan Kern Collection, purchased August 1975. Ex Radford Stearns Collection.
Form the Jonathan Kern Collection, purchased August 1975. Ex Radford Stearns Collection.
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Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVG[VSTI F •], diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / VENVS AVGVST, Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter in left hand, crested helmet in right. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus); BN 106-7 (Titus). Toned, some faint hairlines under tone. Near EF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
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Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 13.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIΛ IMP T • ΛVG • F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing hair piled high in front and knotted low at back / VESTA in exergue, S C across field, Vesta, draped, seated left, holding palladium in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II.1 397 (Titus); BMCRE 256 (Titus); BN 270 (Titus). Attractive dark green patina, smoothing, a few edge marks. Good VF.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Hippostratos Soter. Circa 65-55 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 9.50 g, 12h). BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ IΠΠOΣTPATOY, diademed and draped bust right / Maharajasa tratarasa Hiramayasa in Kharosthi, Hippostratos, in military attire, on horse rearing right on ground line; monogram below. Bopearachchi 3A; Bopearachchi & Rahman 662-3; MIG Type 441a; SNG ANS 1622-3; HGC 12, 449. In NGC encapsulation 6763169-008, graded XF ★, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
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Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 76. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS IIII across field, eagle standing facing, head right, on garlanded cippus, wings open. RIC II.1 1492 (Vespasian); RPC II 1466; cf. RIC II.1 pl. 80, 1493 (same obv. die but different rev. type). Areas of slight granularity, some shallow cleaning scratches on obverse. EF. Portrait of artistic merit. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1851.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1851.