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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 590
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Mark Antony. Late 39 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 1.97 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Gaul. Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right; III • VIR • downward on left, R • P • V• upwards on right / Clasped right hands holding caduceus; M • ANTON C • CAESAR around. Crawford 529/4b; CRI 304; Sydenham 1195; King 81; RSC 67a (Mark Antony); BMCRR East 130; Kestner 3813; RBW 1818. Deep cabinet toning with vibrant iridescence, scrapes and off center obverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Summer 37 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Mint in southern or central Italy. Bare head right, wearing beard; IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around and to right. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91; BMCRR Gaul 116-8; Kestner 3831; RBW 1826. Toned, with iridescence, minor marks, areas of weak strike, scratch and collector’s inventory number 599 on obverse. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 12h). Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, moneyer. Open right hand left; IMP • CAESARI above, SCARPVS • IMP below / Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder in left hand; DIVI • F downward to right, AVC • PONT downward to left. Crawford 546/6; CRI 413; Sydenham 1282; RIC I 534; RSC 500; BMCRR Cyrenaica 5 = BMCRE 689; BN 894; Kestner –; RBW 1855. Deep cabinet tone with bright blue and red iridescence, roughness, a few scrapes. Near VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1068.
L. Pinarius Scarpus had been appointed by Antony to command his four legions in Cyrenaica against Octavian's African army, under the command of Cornelius Gallus. After learning of Antony's defeat at Actium, Scarpus transferred his allegiance to Octavian. This issue was struck shortly after the battle of Actium, the open hand signaling a gesture of friendship toward Octavian.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1068.
L. Pinarius Scarpus had been appointed by Antony to command his four legions in Cyrenaica against Octavian's African army, under the command of Cornelius Gallus. After learning of Antony's defeat at Actium, Scarpus transferred his allegiance to Octavian. This issue was struck shortly after the battle of Actium, the open hand signaling a gesture of friendship toward Octavian.
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Anonymous. Circa 300/280-276 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 7.13 g, 6h). Uncertain mint (Neapolis?). Helmeted head of Mars left; oak spray to right / Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; stalk of grain to left. Crawford 13/1; Burnett (OB/R2); Sydenham 1; RSC 4; HN Italy 266; BMC RR Romano-Campanian 1; Kestner 2-3; RBW 3. Cabinet toning, slight roughness, small scrapes. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 594
Anonymous. Circa 230-220 BC. Æ Aes Grave Dupondius (60mm, 123.2 g, 6h). Volterrae (Etruria) mint. Janiform head of Culsans, wearing pointed petasus / Club; I (mark of value) to left, ethnic around. HN Italy 109a; ICC 136; Haeberlin p. 83, 1-6. Rough green patina, light scuff on reverse. VF.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1391.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1391.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 595
Anonymous. Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (62mm, 260.75 g, 12h). Sickle series. Rome mint. Head of bearded Janus; – (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk / Prow of galley right; | (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Crawford 35/1; ICC 74; Sydenham 71; HN Italy 337; RBW 83. Dark green patina, some small casting pits and minor cleaning scratches. Good VF. A wonderful example with a clear mark of value on the obverse.
Ex Cayón (24 June 2010), lot 1135.
Ex Cayón (24 June 2010), lot 1135.
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Anonymous. Circa 225-212 BC. AR Didrachm – Quadrigatus (24.5mm, 6.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus, curved truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand and holding scepter in left, in galloping quadriga driven right by Victory, holding reins in both hands; ROMA incuse on raised tablet in exergue. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64; HN Italy 334; RSC 23; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 83; Kestner 89–90 and 94; RBW 65–6. Toned, with luster, flan crack, minor marks, scrape on reverse. EF.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 44 (20 April 2018), lot 185; Numismatic Fine Arts inventory 62226 (ND).
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 44 (20 April 2018), lot 185; Numismatic Fine Arts inventory 62226 (ND).
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M. Aburius M.f. Geminus. 132 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace, hair falling in three locks; GEM downward to left, mark of value below chin / Sol, radiate, wearing cloak, driving galloping quadriga right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left; M • (AB)(VR)I below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 250/1; Sydenham 487; Aburia 6; BMCRR Rome 995-7; Kestner 2260-3; RBW 1027. Attractive vibrant iridescent toning. Superb EF.
Ex Áureo & Calicó 319 (7 November 2018), lot 65; Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 201; Numismatica Ars Classica 11 (29 April 1998), lot 190.
Ex Áureo & Calicó 319 (7 November 2018), lot 65; Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 201; Numismatica Ars Classica 11 (29 April 1998), lot 190.
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L. Volteius L.f. Strabo. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18.5mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right; F to left / Europa, holding veil over her head, seated on bull galloping left; thunderbolt to right, vine leaf on tendril below, [L • V]O • L • F • S(TR)(AB) in exergue. Crawford 377/1; Campana, Strabo 77 (O9/R9 – this coin); Sydenham 743; Volteia 6; BMCRR Rome 3144; Kestner 3204; RBW 1400 var. (control). Toned. VF. Rare.
Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 398.
Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 398.
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Cn. Lentulus. 76-75 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Mint in Spain(?). Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right, scepter over shoulder; G • P • R above / EX S • C divided by scepter with wreath, globe, and rudder; CN • LEN • Q below. Crawford 393/1b; Sydenham 752a; Cornelia 55; BMCRR Spain 58-9; Kestner 3281; RBW 1433. Lightly toned, with iridescence and luster, small die flaws. EF.
Ex Scipio Collection (Roma XXIII, 24 March 2022), lot 589; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 356.
Ex Scipio Collection (Roma XXIII, 24 March 2022), lot 589; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 356.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 600
Q. Fufius Calenus and Mucius Cordus. 68 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (21mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Jugate heads right of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet; HO to left, VI(RT) to right; KALENI below / Italia standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, vis-à-vis Roma standing left, foot on globe and holding scepter in left hand, clasping right hands; to left, winged caduceus above I (TA); RO to right, CORDI in exergue. Crawford 403/1; Sydenham 797; Fufia 1; BMCRR Rome 3358-63; Kestner 3299-300; RBW 1445. Deep cabinet tone with iridescence, small scrape on obverse. EF.
From the CLA Collection.
From the CLA Collection.
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L. Torquatus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Sibylla right, wearing ivy wreath; [SIBYLLA below] / Tripod surmounted by amphora between two stars; L • TORQAT downward to left, III • VIR upward to right; all within ornamented torque. Crawford 411/1a-b var. (border on obv.); Sydenham 836; Manlia 12a; BMCRR Rome 3514 corr. (no border on obv.); Kestner –; RBW –. Toned and lustrous with hints of iridescence, light scratches, a few spots of find patina. EF. From dies of fine style.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 67 (11 July 2019), lot 288.
The moneyer Lucius Manlius Torquatus, later famous as a champion of Cicero and enemy of Caesar, was a member of the Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis, a religious collegium responsible for consulting the Sibylline Books in times of crisis. The three books were allegedly the work of a prophetess, the Sibyl of Cumae, whose cryptic pronouncements predicted the future of Rome for those able to properly interpret them. The Sibyl (here named Sibylla) is depicted on the obverse of this attractive silver denarius. According to Ovid, the Sibyl was a beautiful young woman who captivated the god Apollo (represented by the tripod on the reverse). The god offered to grant her any wish in return for her virginity. She scooped up a handful of sand and asked to live as many years as the number of grains within it. However, she had neglected to ask for eternal youth, and so, over 1,000 years, her body withered away until only her voice remained.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 67 (11 July 2019), lot 288.
The moneyer Lucius Manlius Torquatus, later famous as a champion of Cicero and enemy of Caesar, was a member of the Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis, a religious collegium responsible for consulting the Sibylline Books in times of crisis. The three books were allegedly the work of a prophetess, the Sibyl of Cumae, whose cryptic pronouncements predicted the future of Rome for those able to properly interpret them. The Sibyl (here named Sibylla) is depicted on the obverse of this attractive silver denarius. According to Ovid, the Sibyl was a beautiful young woman who captivated the god Apollo (represented by the tripod on the reverse). The god offered to grant her any wish in return for her virginity. She scooped up a handful of sand and asked to live as many years as the number of grains within it. However, she had neglected to ask for eternal youth, and so, over 1,000 years, her body withered away until only her voice remained.
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M. Aemilius Lepidus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.07 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Alexandria right; wearing mural crown, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ALEXANDREA below / M. Lepidus standing left, crowning the young Ptolemy V with his right hand, who stands facing, holding staff with his right hand; T • VTOR • REG to left; S • C above, PO(NF) • MAX • to right; M • LEPIDVS in exergue. Crawford 419/2; Sydenham 831; Aemilia 23; BMCRR Rome 3648; Kestner 3430-1; RBW 1511 var. (rev. legend arrangement). Toned, with some iridescence, minor marks, scrapes and slightly off center on obverse. Good VF.
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Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; star of nine rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching with wand held in right hand a globe set on base; Q • POMPONI downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; BMCRR Rome 3628-32; Kestner 3385-6; RBW 1488. Deeply toned, faint scratches under tone, edge marks. Good VF.
From the CLA Collection.
From the CLA Collection.
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Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.77 g, 3h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, wearing cruciform earring, necklace of pendants, and her hair collected into a knot at back of head, which is decorated with jewels; lituus to left, FAVSTVS downward to right / Sulla, togate, seated left on raised seat; on left, Bocchus, king of Mauretania, kneeling right, offering an olive branch; to right, Jugurtha, king of Numidia, kneeling left, his hands tied behind him; FELIX downward to upper right. Crawford 426/1; Sydenham 879; Cornelia 59; BMCRR Rome 3824; Kestner 3455; RBW 1525. Toned, porosity, flan crack. Good VF.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia and divided it between several members of the royal family, in defiance of Roman decrees. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as quaestor in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia and divided it between several members of the royal family, in defiance of Roman decrees. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as quaestor in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius.
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C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; to left, tablet inscribed L • D (Libero : Damno); C • COEL • CALDVS downward to right; COS below / Radiate head of Sol right; to left, S above oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; downward to right, [CALDV]S • III VIR and Macedonian shield. Crawford 437/1b; Sydenham 892; Coelia 5; BMCRR Rome 3835; Kestner 3499; RBW 1550. Lustrous, traces of die rust, slightly off center on reverse. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 606
Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.77 g, 4h). Rome mint. Head of Gallic captive (Vercingetorix?) right, wearing hair flowing back and long, pointed beard, and a chain around his neck; Gallic shield to left / Two warriors in biga right: one driving, holding whip in right hand and reins in left, and the other, facing backward, holding shield in left hand and brandishing spear in right; L • HOSTILIVS above, SASERN below. Crawford 448/2a; CRI 18; Sydenham 952; Hostilia 2; BMCRR Rome 3994-5; Kestner 3538-40; RBW 1569. Lightly toned, bankers’ marks. VF. Well centered.
The portrait on the obverse has sometimes been identified as the famous chief of the Arverni, Vercingetorix, whom Julius Caesar captured in 52 BC in Alesia. It is difficult to imagine anyone placing such a dramatic portrait of a defeated foe on their coinage, but it is clear from surviving sources of the period that the Romans had a good deal of respect for the Gauls as honorable warriors. Crawford and Sear believe this identification is unlikely, but the large, distinctive, and carefully engraved head suggests the die cutter worked with an eye toward creating an individualized portrait, rather than a stylized personification of a Gaul. The reverse is also of particular historical interest, in that it depicts the manner in which chariots were used in Celtic Gaul, and perhaps in Britain as well.
The portrait on the obverse has sometimes been identified as the famous chief of the Arverni, Vercingetorix, whom Julius Caesar captured in 52 BC in Alesia. It is difficult to imagine anyone placing such a dramatic portrait of a defeated foe on their coinage, but it is clear from surviving sources of the period that the Romans had a good deal of respect for the Gauls as honorable warriors. Crawford and Sear believe this identification is unlikely, but the large, distinctive, and carefully engraved head suggests the die cutter worked with an eye toward creating an individualized portrait, rather than a stylized personification of a Gaul. The reverse is also of particular historical interest, in that it depicts the manner in which chariots were used in Celtic Gaul, and perhaps in Britain as well.
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; L • PLAVTIVS below / Aurora, draped and winged, flying right, head facing slightly left, holding palm frond in left hand, conducting four rearing horses of the sun; PLANCVS below. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Plautia 14; BMCRR Rome 4009-10; Kestner 3563; RBW 1585. Toned, with iridescence, minor weakness. Near EF.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 109 (4 May 2022), lot 420 (hammer €1700).
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 109 (4 May 2022), lot 420 (hammer €1700).
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A. Licinius Nerva. 47 BC. AR Quinarius (10mm, 0.69 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; [NERVA downward to left] / Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left over left shoulder; A • LICINI to right. Crawford 454/4; CRI 32; Sydenham 957; Licinia 26; BMCRR Rome 4003; Kestner –; RBW 1592. Toned, porosity, scratches, delaminations, off center on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only two in CoinArchives.
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The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.73 g, 6h). Mint moving with Pompey in Greece; Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. Head of Numa Pompilius right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA; CN • PISO • PRO • Q to left / Prow of galley right; MAGN above. PRO • COS below. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; RSC 4 (Pompey the Great); BMCRR Spain 62; Kestner 3533; RBW 1565. Deeply toned, small die flaw on reverse. EF. Good metal.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, HSA 1001.1.10492 (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 560.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, HSA 1001.1.10492 (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 560.
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The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Eppius. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.82 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Small head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; SCIPIO • IM[P] upward left, grain ear and Q • METELL downward to right, plow below / Hercules standing facing, right hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; [LEG • F • C upward to left], EPPIVS downward to right. Crawford 461/1; CRI 44; Sydenham 1051; Caecilia 50; BMCRR Africa 12; Kestner 3586; RBW 1605. Residual luster. EF. Well struck.
Ex Tauler & Fau 118 (22 November 2022), lot 45.
Ex Tauler & Fau 118 (22 November 2022), lot 45.