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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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Quarter Stater (10mm, 1.75 g, 3h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, bow and club; monogram above; below, trident head right. Le Rider Group III, 129–30 var. (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 236. Slight die wear, minor doubling on reverse, mark on edge. Good VF. Very rare issue with monogram, only four noted by Le Rider, this coin the only example in CoinArchives.


From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Berk BBS 202 (26 October 2017), lot 15.
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MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Antoine de Paule. Grandmaster, 1623-1636. AR 4 Tarì (31mm, 10.40 g, 9h). Valleta mint. Dated 1629. Crowned coat-of-arms / Head of St. John the Baptist on platter. Gatt 13-4T-66X62; KM 48. Iridescent toning, edge splits, late die state. VF.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Stanley Gibbons Collection (Part II, NASCA, 7 December 1981), lot 4430.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.23 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 316-311 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm frond in left hand and rein in right, on horseback right; aphlaston below, pellet-in-Π below raised foreleg. Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; Le Rider pl. 46, 17–8; HGC 3, 988; SNG ANS 738-46. Lustrous, a little die rust on obverse. EF.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.80 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – Army / exercitus type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / DISCIPLIN A[VG/ S] C in two lines in exergue, Hadrian advancing right, holding baton in left hand and leading a line of four soldiers, carrying vexillum between two signa. RIC II.3 1910 (R2); Strack 657ζ0; Banti 239 (this coin); BMCRE 1484. Brown patina, some pitting. VF. Rare.


Ex Gadoury (16 November 2018), lot 106 (hammer €1500); Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 430.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (36mm, 23.79 g, 7h). Struck AD 219. AYT K M AYPHΛ ANTΩNEINOC CEB, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KENΔPEICEIA ΠVΘIA EN ΦIΛIΠ ΠOΠOΛI(NE)Ω KOPΩ, octastyle temple seen in perspective left, with shield and spear in pediment. Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.11.2.2 (O1/R1); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 470; RPC VI Online 505; Varbanov 1658 (R7, same dies as illustration). Green patina with light earthen highlights, scratches, edge chipping. Good VF.
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MACEDON, Roman Republican period. Aesillas. Quaestor, circa 95-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. MAKЄΔONΩN, head of the deified Alexander the Great right; monogram below chin / AESILLAS, Q, money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath, [B at lower knot of wreath]. Bauslaugh Group III, obv. die O14; HGC 3, 1110. Toned, minor scratches. EF.


From the JTB Collection. Ex Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), lot 537.
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KINGS of ILLYRIA. Monounios. Circa 280-270 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.64 g, 3h). Dyrrhachion mint. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; monogram of Monounios above / Double stellate pattern divided by two lines, all in double linear square; Δ-Y-P and club around; all within linear circle. Meta Series II, dies D104/R161; Meadows, CH (forthcoming), 187 (this coin); Gjongecaj em. 1, 165-8 (same dies); Maier –; HGC 3, 66 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG Copenhagen 425 (same dies); BMC 21 (same dies); Weber 2977 (same dies). Slight die wear, a touch off center on obverse. Good VF. Very rare.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 160.
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.67 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate bust right, slight drapery / TEMPORVM FELICITΛS, S C across lower field, COS II[II] in exergue, crossed cornucopias from which a grape bunch flanked by two grain ears hang, surmounted by busts of two boys, vis-à-vis. RIC III 857; Strack 1026δ; Banti 411; BMCRE 1827. Glossy dark green patina, smoothed, details strengthened. Near EF.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex William H. Whetstone Collection (Triton XXV, 11 January 2022), lot 915; Gorny & Mosch 240 (10 October 2016), lot 514.
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POLAND, Monarchy. Stanislaw August Poniatowski. 1764-1795. AR Dwuzłotówka – 8 Groszy (29mm, 9.40 g, 12h). Warszawa (Warsaw) mint. Dated 1785 EB. Bare head right / Crowned coat-of-arms within wreath. Kopicki 2415; MP 1222c; KM 198.1. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6909478-014, graded MS 63. Top Pop.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.16 g, 11h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Mare standing right; below, in background to right, foal standing right; ΛΑΡ[Ι]-ΣΑΙΩ[N] above and below. L&S Series 6, Type C, dies O22/R1; BCD Thessaly II 297; HGC 4, 444; SNG Blackburn 599 (same dies); Jameson 1093 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6290605-018, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5, Fine Style.


Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection (Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 14 January 2022), lot 4218.
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IONIA, Ephesus. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD. Æ Tessera (17mm, 3.16 g, 12h). KHPIΛICωAЄΠPOCΠAΛYPIN, bee / Stag kneeling left, head right; Є Φ flanking, CKOΠI in exergue. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 355; cf. BMC 186; cf. SNG von Aulock 1875 (all with legend variations). Dark brown patina, minor marks. Choice EF. A superb example of the type, with exceptionally detailed engraving.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 466.

A number of bronze tesserae of the bee/stag type were struck at the cult center of Ephesus, likely during the 1st-3rd centuries AD, and are distinct from the widely varied lead issues from the same city. The legends on these bronzes cannot be translated and are, for the most part, meaningless mystical formulae, but are most likely related to the apotropaic and healing properties attributed to Artemis of Ephesus. (J. Obermajer, “The Tesserae of Ephesos in the History of Medicine,” in Medical History Vol. 12, No. 3 [1966], pp. 292–4).
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 365-356 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.07 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing linear necklace / Horse standing left, preparing to lie down; ΣAIΩN/ΛAPI above and below. Lorber, Beginning, Series 6, Head Type 10, dies O20/R2; BCD Thessaly II 312 (this coin); HGC 4, 452; ANS inv. 1944.100.16971–2 (same dies). Attractive light toning, slight die shift on reverse. EF. Well centered strike from dies of fine style.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Rauch 105 (16 November 2017), lot 77; BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 312.
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LYDIA, Sardis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (38mm, 27.80 g, 6h). Antonius Rufus, first archon for the third time. AYT KAI M AYP CЄYH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, wearing balteus over shoulder / ЄΠI AN POYΦOY APX A TO Γ CAPΔIANΩN B NЄKOPΩN, three agonistic prize crowns, each containing a palm frond, two purses between them; all set on prize table seen in perspective; below, vase with two whips flanking. Hochard 2010 (D223/R500); Kurth 502; BMC 166. Dark green patina with spots of red, light roughness. Good VF. Very rare.


From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12 (11 April 2003), lot 208; Mozelt 34 (November 1985), lot 176 .
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THESSALY, Pharsalos. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 3.07 g, 5h). Obverse die signed by Telephantos. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek guard; behind neck, tiny T above I Π / Head of horse right; Φ-A-P-Σ (partially retrograde) around; all within incuse circle. Lavva 121b (V57/R69 – this coin); BCD Thessaly II 668.3 (same dies); HGC 4, 635. Lovely old iridescent tone, slight double strike on reverse. Near EF.


Ex Tradart (12 December 1991), lot 108.
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RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (40mm, 28.32 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1719 (in OCS numerals). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned double-headed eagle holding sword and globus cruciger; crown above. Diakov 16; cf. Bitkin 311-5; KM 157.3 (this coin illustrated). In NGC encapsulation 6931384-001, graded AU Details, cleaned.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Paul A. Dahlman Estate (Kurt R. Kreuger, 27 November 1986), lot 1345.
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AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion. Circa 320-280 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 8.37 g, 11h). Pegasos flying left; Θ below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard, and pearl necklace; Θ-Y flanking neck, earring with pendants to right. Pegasi 10; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 5; BCD Akarnania 371; HGC 4, 919. Bright surfaces, hairlines. EF. Well centered and struck.
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AITOLIA, Aitolian League. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Didrachm (24.5mm, 10.51 g, 4h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; ΦI below / Aitolos standing left, kausia hung around neck and sword slung at waist, holding spear in right hand, right foot set on rock, leaning on raised right knee; monogram to left. Tsangari 698a (D18/R47 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Akarnania 440; HGC 4, 942; SNG Berry 567; Hunterian 3; Weber 3123. Toned, underlying luster, some die wear, deposit and light scuff on obverse, minor die shift on reverse. Good VF.


Ex Lanz 36 (21 April 1986), lot 259.
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (34mm, 29.29 g, 7h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. [A]NTΩI KA ΠO CЄ [ΓЄTAN], [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta] vis-à-vis laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠ ΠPY IOY[ΛIAΔOY TOY IЄPO]KΛЄ CTPATONIKЄ/ΩN, Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, lighted altar. Cf. SNG Leypold 849 (Geta on left, different magistrate); unpublished for this magistrate. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity. Near EF. Extremely rare, presently unique. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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Pertinax. AD 193. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right / OPI DIVIN TR P COS II, Ops, draped, seated left on throne, holding two grain ears in right hand, left hand on seat of throne. RIC IV 8a; Lempereur Type 9, 467a (D173/R236 – this coin illustrated); RSC 33; BMCRE 19-20. In NGC encapsulation 4162265-001, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 296 (13 February 2013), lot 308.
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BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 368-364 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 12.29 g). Arka–, magistrate. Boeotian shield / Amphora, two ivy leaves on each handle; AP-KA across central field; all within concave circle. BCD Boiotia 537; Hepworth 14; Myron Hoard –; HGC 4, 1332; BMC 117-9; Traité III 267. Lightly toned. EF. Struck from fresh dies.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 208.
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Didius Julianus. AD 193. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.85 g, 12h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / RECTOR ORBIS, Didius Julianus, togate, standing left, holding globe in outstretched right hand and volumen in left. RIC IV 3; RSC 15; BMCRE 7-8. In NGC encapsulation 2412974-015, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5.