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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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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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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 482
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Britannicus, Antonia, and Octavia. AD 41-54. BI Didrachm (19mm, 6.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). TI KΛAY KAI CEBAC ΓEPM, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / AYTO/KPA in two lines, crossed cornucopias, each surmounted by female bust (Antonia and Octavia), vis-à-vis; between them, bust of a young boy right (Britannicus). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 118; K&G 12.24; RPC I 5135; Emmett 75.3 (R3); B. Lichocka, “Claudius’s Issue of Silver Didrachms in Alexandria: Emperor’s Children and Crossed Cornucopias” in Ètudes et Travaux XXVI (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2013), pp. 428-45. Toned, small spots of verdigris. Near EF. Very rare. Nine specimens known to RPC, all in well worn condition; this is the finest known.


An extremely rare coin, and the only collectible didrachm (billon or otherwise) issued in Alexandria during the Roman period. (Erik Christiansen in The Roman Coins of Alexandria lists two unique didrachms for Nero, regnal years 3 and 4, the first in Athens, the second in Berlin). Claudius also issued a billon drachm (RPC I 5136), which is of equal rarity.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 483
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. Æ Drachm (33.5mm, 19.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 76/7). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head of Vespasian right; L ENAT (date) in legend / • AYTOKRATOPOΣ TITOY • KAIΣAPOΣ, laureate head of Titus right. Köln 313; Dattari (Savio) 352; K&G 20.65; RPC II 2456; Emmett 209.1. Dark brown surfaces, slight roughness, trace deposits, scrapes. Near EF. Rare. Superior to any recorded in RPC.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 484
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Hemidrachm (27mm, 13.52 g, 11h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Pharos of Alexandria surmounted by two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (trumpet), lantern surmounted by statue holding situla in right hand and scepter in left, entryway at bottom right; L EN∆E KATOV (date) around. Köln 975; Dattari (Savio) 1932 & 7856; K&G 32.423; RPC III 5673; Emmett 1103.11 (R3). Brown surfaces, some roughness and scrapes, smoothing. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 485
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 26.87 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). AYT KAIC TPAIAN • AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, seen from behind / Beardless sphinx standing left on serpent, wearing crown of solar disk, horns and feathers, crocodile emerging from its chest, with Uraeus tail; on its back, griffin seated left, right paw on wheel; L IH (date) above. Köln 1132; Dattari (Savio) 2004; K&G 32.597; RPC III 5912; Emmett 1056. Brown patina, minor deposits, scrapes and minor metal flaws on reverse. Good VF. Very rare beardless sphinx variety. RPC notes the variety but does not separate them from the others of this entry, only one beardless variety recorded.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 486
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 27.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). AYT KAIC TPAIAN AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tabernacle of the Canopic Jars: Distyle temple, each capital topped with lotus blossoms, solar disk with two Uraei in pediment; within, two Canopic jars set upon pillows; jar on left wears an Atef crown, body adorned with drapery and pearl necklaces; jar on right wears a crown with ram’s horns, solar disk, and feathers, body adorned with breastplate; L I H (date) across field. Köln 1141-2 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 1951; K&G 32.605; RPC III 5917; Emmett 935.18. Dark brown patina, minor marks and pits. Near EF. Well detailed, superb. None finer in RPC or CoinArchives, easily the finest to appear on the market in at least 20 years.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 487
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). AYT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄYC, laureate head right / Herakles and the Stymphalian Birds – Herakles standing right, wearing lion's skin over his head and down his shoulders, quiver at his hip, drawing arrow back in bow and pointing it slightly upward; before, two of the Stymphalian birds falling from the sky; L ΔЄKA TO Y (date) around. Köln 1538; Dattari (Savio) 2587; K&G 35.353; RPC IV.4 996.16 (this coin); Emmett 1543.10. Dark green patina with red, small edge splits, smoothed with details enhanced. Near VF.


Ex Helios 8 (13 October 2012), lot 77.

The Stymphalian Birds were man-eating birds that had claws of brass, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and highly toxic dung. Driven to the heavily wooded area around Lake Stymphalia by a pack of wolves, they bred quickly and took over the countryside, destroying local crops and fruit trees. They were also favorites of Ares. To complete this Labor, Athena and Hephaestos assisted Herakles by forging crotala, or large bronze clappers, by which the birds could be frightened into flight; then, Herakles shot them down with his arrows, as depicted on the coin type.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 488
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: good fine
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 26.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 154/5). AYT K T AI AΔP ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄYC, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Lykurgos and the Vines of Dionysos – King Lykurgos right, his left knee kneeling on a vine stump, his arms pulled behind him by the vines, his head tilted up and his axe between his legs; [L I H (date) across field]. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 8842; K&G 35.650; RPC IV.4 1700; Emmett 1603.18 (R5). Dark brown patina, roughness, scratches, scrape on obverse. Good Fine. Extremely rare.


A rather obscure myth, in one version King Lykurgos is credited with defeating the army of Dionysos when the god invaded Thrace. Dionysos escaped by plunging into the sea and sought refuge in Thetis’ grotto. Dionysos’ mother, Rhea, upset by her son’s misfortune, drove Lykurgos mad and then helped her son’s army to escape. Lykurgos, in his madness, killed his own son Dryas with an axe (believing he was cutting down a vine, hence the coin type), and then pruned the corpse of its nose, ears, fingers, and toes. Dionysos, returning from the sea, told the people of Thrace that Lykurgos would have to be killed or the land would remain barren as punishment for Lykurgos’ crime. King Lykurgos was then killed by being drawn and quartered by wild horses.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 489
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Hemidrachm (28mm, 9.78 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). Λ AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Sphinx reclining right; above, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos; L Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9501; K&G –; RPC IV.4 2521; Emmett 2454.3 (R5). Mottled green and brown patina, some roughness. VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 490
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 168/9). ΛOVKIΛΛA C ANT ΘV, draped bust right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lighted altar, leaning on serpent-entwined staff to right; L Θ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9533 = RPC IV.4 Online 3113.4 = Figari & Mosconi 927 (this coin); K&G –; Emmett 2471.9 (R5). Toned, light roughness, minor deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of four in RPC, with this coin illustrating the type.


Ex Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection (Triton XXVII, 9 January 2024), lot 538; CNG inventory 736102 (October 2003); Nomisma 25 (21 September 2003), lot 144; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 9533.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 491
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Diobol (25mm, 9.32 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). TI KΛAV KAI CЄBAC ΓЄPMA, laureate head right; to right, star / AYTOKPA, hippopotamus standing right; L Γ (date) in exergue. Köln 78-9; Dattari (Savio) 166; K&G 12.28; RPC I 5140; Emmett 82.3 (R3). Brown patina, light porosity, minor marks. Good VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Ephesus Coins, 25 November 2007.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 492
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Diobol (25.5mm, 9.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 62/3). NEPΩ KΛAY KAIC CEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head right / Eagle standing right on palm frond, head left, with wings displayed; L ЄNA TOY(date) around. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6663; K&G –; RPC I 5272A; Emmett 150.9 (R5). Green patina, edge chip. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one recorded in RPC. The second and finest known.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 10 July 2014.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 493
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Hemidrachm (30mm, 15.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 63/4). NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣE[B ΓEP], laureate head right / AYTO KPA, bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; reed and lotus behind; cornucopia and L I (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 277; K&G 14.79; RPC I 5276; Emmett 142.10 (R5). Green patina with red deposits, some smoothing, cleaning scratches. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 21 December 2009.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 494
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Diobol (25.5mm, 10.64 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8). NEPΩ KΛ[AY KAIΣ Σ]EB ΓEP AV, laureate head right / Apis bull standing right, crescent on flank, solar disk between horns; before, lighted altar; L IΔ (date) above. Köln 209; Dattari (Savio) 293; K&G 14.122; RPC I 5323; Emmett 146.14 (R3). Brown patina, slight weakness on reverse. VF. Very rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 21 December 2009.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 495
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: fine
EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Hemidrachm (32mm, 15.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 68/9). ΣEPOYI ΓΑΛΒΑ AYTO ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒA, laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L B (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 17.25; RPC I 5348; Emmett 178.2 (R4). Brown patina, cleaning scratches. VF. Struck on an oversized flan. Very rare, this coin finer than any specimen published in RPC or in CoinArchives.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Roma Numismatics, 30 July 2011.

Galba continued Nero’s emphasis on the production of billon tetradrachms at the Alexandrian mint. His bronze coinage, while not quite as rare as Nero’s, is known only from his second regnal year. The authors of RPC cite only five examples for this hemidrachm type, with an additional four in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 496
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Otho. AD 69. Æ Hemidrachm (30.5mm, 12.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). AYTOK MAPK OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB, laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L A (date) to right. Köln 257; Dattari (Savio) 336 = RPC I 5364.1 (this coin, illustrated); K&G 18.13; Emmett 189.1 (R4). Red-brown patina, light porosity, scratches, edge splits. VF. Extremely rare, one of only four recorded in RPC. Rare denomination for Otho.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (Naville Numismatics 29, 26 February 2017) lot 363.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 497
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Otho. AD 69. Æ Obol (20mm, 2.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). MAPK OΘΩN KAIΣ ΣEB AYT, laureate head right / Canopic jar of Osiris right, ornamented and wearing Atef crown; L A (date) to right. Köln 252-3; Dattari (Savio) 331 = RPC I 5371.1 (this coin); K&G 18.19; Emmett 192.1 (R4). Red-brown patina, flan crack, off center on reverse, edge flaws. Near VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Praefectus Coins, 18 November 2016. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (Naville Numismatics 26, 23 October 2016) lot 130.

Canopic jars were used to store the organs that were removed from the body during the mummification process, specifically the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines. The term “canopic” to describe such vessels is a misnomer, being derived from the port city of Canopus, where the god Osiris was worshipped in the form of a jar.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 498
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Diobol (26mm, 9.64 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). ΩΛOY OYIT KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEPM AYT, laureate head right / Draped bust of Isis right, wearing headdress of solar disk and horns; L A (date) to right. Köln 263; Dattari (Savio) 341; K&G 19.5; RPC I 5377.5 (this coin); Emmett 199.1 (R3). Brown patina, some roughness. Good VF. Very rare, all Alexandrian bronzes of Vitellius are rare. Among the finest known.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 45 (9 December 2018), lot 204.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 499
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Diobol (25mm, 7.47 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 68/9). AYT TIT ΦΛAYI OYEΣΠAΣIAN KAIΣ, laureate head right / Draped bust of Isis right, wearing headdress of solar disk and horns; L A (date) to right. Köln 270; Dattari 380; K&G 20.8; RPC II 2409; Emmett 210.1 (R5). Brown patina, short flan crack, edge chip. Good VF. Very rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 603.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 500
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Hemidrachm (29mm, 15.99 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣ[ΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L B (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari –; K&G 20.19; RPC II 2418.4 (this coin, illustrated); Emmett 211.2 (R5). Brown patina with some green, a few pits, edge splits. VF. Extremely rare, one of only five recorded by RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Greenpoint Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 709; Elsen 64 (2 December 2000), lot 829.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 501
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Hemidrachm (30mm, 15.23 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head right / Draped bust of Isis right, wearing headdress of solar disk and horns; L B (date) to right. Köln 280-1 (diobol); Dattari 378 (same); K&G 20.20 (same); RPC II 2420; Emmett 210.2 (R5). Red-brown patina, scratches, patches of encrustations. VF. Very rare as a hemidrachm.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 13 November 2008. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb A6 (29 September 2008), lot 5799.