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 . 562 Numistats ref: 673052
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Q. Marcius Libo. 148 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.95 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; LIBO downwards to left; X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri, each holding couched spear in right hand, and wearing chlamys, cuirass, and pileus surmounted by star, on horseback riding right; below horses, Q • (MA)RC; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 215/1; Sydenham 395; Marcia 1; BMCRR Rome 700-1; Kestner 2029-31; RBW 915. Toned, with iridescence, minor marks and edge flaws, collector’s inventory number 705 in ink in field on obverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Near EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 563 Numistats ref: 673053
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C. Augurinus. 135 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.95 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces, single-pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; ROMA downwards to left, X (mark of value) below chin / Ionic column, surmounted by a figure holding scepter in right hand and grain ears in left; the shaft is formed of torus-shaped blocks; to the capital is attached a tinnabulum (bell) on either side; at base of column are two lion heads, each surmounted by a stalk of grain; on left, togate figure of L. Minucius Augurinus, togate, holding a dish and a loaf, left foot on modius; on right, togate figure of M. Minucius Faesus, holding lituus in right hand; C • A VG above. Crawford 242/1; Sydenham 463; Minucia 3; BMCRR Rome 952-4; Kestner 2195-6; RBW 999. Vivid iridescence on old cabinet toning. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
The Columna Minucia is the first architectural representation on a Roman coin. The monument was erected in honor of the praefect L. Minucius Augurinus, who in 439 BC averted a famine by placing price controls on grain coming into the city. The two figures flanking the column are probably either P. or M. Minucius, consuls in 492 and 491 BC, and M. Minucius Faesus, one of the first plebian augurs in 300 BC. In later years a grain market, the Porticus Minucia grew up around the monument. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
The Columna Minucia is the first architectural representation on a Roman coin. The monument was erected in honor of the praefect L. Minucius Augurinus, who in 439 BC averted a famine by placing price controls on grain coming into the city. The two figures flanking the column are probably either P. or M. Minucius, consuls in 492 and 491 BC, and M. Minucius Faesus, one of the first plebian augurs in 300 BC. In later years a grain market, the Porticus Minucia grew up around the monument. Description
Near EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 564 Numistats ref: 673054
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Publius Calpurnius. 133 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.97 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces, earring in the shape of a grape bunch, and pearl necklace, hair falling in three locks; mark of value to left / Venus, holding reins in right hand and whip in left, driving galloping biga right, being crowned with wreath by Victory flying left above, star on flank of nearest horse; P • CALP below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 247/1; Sydenham 468; Calpurnia 2; BMCRR Rome 968-9; Kestner 2240-1; RBW 1017. Toned, with iridescence, minor marks and surface cracks. EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 565 Numistats ref: 673055
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C. Malleolus, A. Albinus Sp.f., and L. Caecilius Metellus. 96 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.85 g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo right; [A•ALB•S•F upwards to left], L•METEL downwards to right / Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding spear and parazonium, being crowned by Victory to right, standing left; C•MAL L downwards to left, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 335/1a; Sydenham 611; Caecilia 46a; RBW 1200. Toned, with iridescence, light porosity, scrape on obverse. EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 566 Numistats ref: 673056
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C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. 90 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.98 g, 9h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; PANSA to left, star below chin; all within bead and reel border / Minerva, holding trophy in right hand, and spear and reins in left, driving galloping quadriga left; C • VIBIVS • C • F below. Crawford 342/4b; Sydenham 685; Vibia 3; BMCRR 2301; Kestner 2966-7; RBW 1285 var. (control). Toned, with iridescence, some find patina, light porosity, scrape on obverse. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Good VF
Grade
230.1 EUR
Starting
383.5 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 567 Numistats ref: 673057
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L. Rubrius Dossenus. 87 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.04 g, 11h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Juno right, wearing pearl necklace; scepter over shoulder; behind, DOS downward / Triumphal quadriga right, side-panel decorated with eagle standing right on thunderbolt; above, Victory flying right, holding wreath; L • RVBRI below. Crawford 348/2; Sydenham 706; Rubria 2; BMCRR 2452; Kestner 3044-5; RBW 1323. Toned, with iridescence, light porosity, die flaw on obverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Near EF
Grade
230.1 EUR
Starting
383.5 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 568 Numistats ref: 673058
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L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus. 82 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.03 g, 1h). Military mint moving with Sulla. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, single-pendant earring, and ornate necklace; PRO • Q to left, L • MANLI-I to right / Sulla, holding branch in right hand and reins in left, driving triumphal quadriga right; above, Victory flying left, crowing him with wreath; L • SVLLA • IMP in exergue. Crawford 367/3; Sydenham 759; Manlia 8; BMCRR East 13-15; Kestner 3171-3; RBW –. Lustrous with traces of iridescence, some die rust. Superb EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome, captured it, and reclaimed his command against Mithradates. His prosecution of the first Mithradatic War was successful, but he spared the Pontic king for personal gain. In 83 BC, Sulla returned to Italy as an outlaw, but he was able to win the support of many of the leading Romans. Within a year he fought his way to Rome, where he was elected dictator. It was during this campaign to Rome that this denarius was struck. The reverse shows Sulla enjoying the highest military honor to which a Roman could aspire, the celebration of a triumph at Rome. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome, captured it, and reclaimed his command against Mithradates. His prosecution of the first Mithradatic War was successful, but he spared the Pontic king for personal gain. In 83 BC, Sulla returned to Italy as an outlaw, but he was able to win the support of many of the leading Romans. Within a year he fought his way to Rome, where he was elected dictator. It was during this campaign to Rome that this denarius was struck. The reverse shows Sulla enjoying the highest military honor to which a Roman could aspire, the celebration of a triumph at Rome. Description
EF
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 569 Numistats ref: 673059
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C. Marius C.f. Capito. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.85 g, 11h). Rome mint. Wreathed and draped bust of Ceres right; C • MARI • C • F • upward to left; CAPIT • XXXI downward to right / Husbandman with yoke of oxen plowing left; XXXI above S C above butterfly in exergue. Crawford 378/1b; Sydenham 744a; Maria 8; BMCRR Rome 2853-4 var. (control); Kestner 3207-9 var. (controls); RBW 1402 corr. (symbol on rev.). Deeply toned, with iridescence, minor flan flaws. Choice EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 570 Numistats ref: 673060
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L. Procilius. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress tied at neck; S • C to left / Juno Sospita, hurling spear in right hand, and holding shield and reins in left, driving galloping biga right; erect serpent right below horses; L • PROCILI • F in exergue. Crawford 379/2; Sydenham 772; Procilia 2; BMCRR Rome 3150–1; Kestner 3218–9; RBW 1407. Toned, with hints of iridescence, minor marks, collector’s inventory number 875 in margin on reverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Here, the goddess is shown in the guise of Juno Sospita, the Preserver accompanied on the reverse by a serpent, symbol of health. Her temple was in the Forum Holitorium in Rome. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Here, the goddess is shown in the guise of Juno Sospita, the Preserver accompanied on the reverse by a serpent, symbol of health. Her temple was in the Forum Holitorium in Rome. Description
Near EF
Grade
230.1 EUR
Starting
383.5 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 571 Numistats ref: 673061
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C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia; club to left / Horseman, holding palm frond and reins, galloping right; C PISO L F FRV/F • in two lines below. Crawford 408/1b; Hersh, Piso 330 (O266/R2091); Sydenham 851h; Calpurnia 24d; cf. BMCRR Rome 3779-83; cf. Kestner 3334-5; RBW 1470 var. (controls). Toned, with hints of iridescence, light porosity, small scrape on reverse. Near EF. Struck in high relief.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1249. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1249. Description
Near EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 572 Numistats ref: 673062
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L. Roscius Fabatus. 59 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; unidentified control mark to left; [L ROSCI below] / Female standing right, feeding from her dress a serpent, erect, left; unidentified control mark to left, FABATI in exergue. Crawford 412/1 (symbol pair 215); Sydenham 915; Roscia 3; BMCRR Rome cf. 3394-3510; cf. Kestner 3394-3406; RBW 1491-2 var. (controls). Lightly toned, patches of find patina, a few light scratches. EF. Extremely rare control marks, only four in Schaefer’s photofile.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 57 (20 June 1929), lot 4065. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 57 (20 June 1929), lot 4065. Description
EF
Grade
230.1 EUR
Starting
383.5 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 573 Numistats ref: 673063
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M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.97 g, 4h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Ceres(?) right, wearing necklace and her hair in net (saccus) and decorated with poppies; uncertain control mark to left / Upright winged caduceus; CEST EX • S • C downward to left, M PLAETORI downward to right. Crawford 405/3b; Sydenham 805; Plaetoria 6; cf. BMCRR Rome 3544-53; cf. Kestner 3305; cf. RBW 1449-50. Toned, with slight iridescence, scratches, off center on obverse, collector’s inventory number 815a on reverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Near EF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 574 Numistats ref: 673064
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M. Valerius Messalla. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.96 g, 5h). Rome mint. Bust of Roma right, wearing Corinthian helmet, seen from behind; with long flowing hair; spear to left; MESSAL • F downward to right / Curule chair; scepter with royal diadem below; PATRE • COS above, S C flanking . Crawford 435/1; Campana, Messalla 33-40 (O3/R3); Sydenham 934; Valeria 13; BMCRR Rome 3927; Kestner 3494; RBW 1547. Lightly toned, with hints of iridescence, scratches, trace deposits, areas of flatness. Good VF. Rare.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1292; Theodor Prowe Collection (Hess 137, 20 May 1912), lot 1471; Hirsch V (20 May 1901), lot 664. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1292; Theodor Prowe Collection (Hess 137, 20 May 1912), lot 1471; Hirsch V (20 May 1901), lot 664. Description
Good VF
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 575 Numistats ref: 673065
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Albinus Bruti f. 48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.89 g, 5h). Rome mint. Bare head of consul Aulus Postumius Albinus right; A • POSTVMIVS • [COS] around / ALBINV/BRVTI • F in two lines within grain-ear wreath. Crawford 450/3b; CRI 27; Sydenham 943a; Postumia 14; BMCRR Rome 3967–71; Kestner 3555; RBW –. Iridescent toning with luster, scratches, slightly off center on obverse, die breaks on reverse. EF. Excellent portrait.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
EF
Grade
431.44 EUR
Starting
719.06 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 576 Numistats ref: 673066
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Valerius Acisculus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 9h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo Soranus right, surmounted by star; acisculus and ACISCVLVS downwards to left; all within laurel wreath / Human-headed owl, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, advancing right, carrying two nearly parallel spears and shield; [L • VALERIVS in exergue]; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 474/2b; CRI 91a; Sydenham 999a; Valeria 18; BMCRR Rome 4106-7; Kestner 3664; RBW 1660. Deeply toned, with iridescence, light marks and scratches, scrape on obverse, off center and collector’s inventory number 1006 in margin on reverse, cut on edge. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Good VF
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 577 Numistats ref: 673067
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The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.65 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right; [Q • M]ETEL around right, PIVS below / Elephant advancing right; SCIPIO above, IMP below. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1050; Caecilia 47; BMCRR Africa 1-3; Kestner 3580-1; RBW 1601. Toned, roughness. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Good VF
Grade
287.63 EUR
Starting
479.38 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 578 Numistats ref: 673068
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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.94 g, 1h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint; Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; trident to right; below, dolphin right; NETVNI to left / Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left; Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great); BMCRR Sicily 21; Kestner 3697-8; RBW 1698. Toned, with light iridescence, a few minor marks. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Cahn 75 (30 May 1932), lot 751.
Sextus Pompey came of age during the ascendancy of his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), as the leading general of Rome and the most powerful man in the Republic. After Pompey’s defeat by Julius Caesar at Pharsalus in August of 48 BC, and his treacherous murder in Egypt later that year, Sextus joined the Pompeian resistance to Caesar in Spain. Caesar’s assassination on March 15, 44 BC brought a brief revival of Senatorial control, during which Sextus relocated to Massalia in southern Gaul. In April of 43 BC, the Senate appointed him commander of the Roman fleet. Although the promotion was rescinded three months later, Sextus wasted no time in seizing Sicily and spent the next months building an impregnable power base on the island even as Rome fell under the sway of Caesar’s political heirs, the Triumvirs Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.
This denarius belongs to the brief interval between Caesar’s murder and Sextus’ appointment as Praefect of the Fleet, during his sojourn at the Gallic port city of Massilia. The obverse portrait is clearly recognizable as Pompey the Great, although the legend identifies him as “son of Neptune” (an epithet won by Magnus after his defeat of the Cilician Pirates, and later claimed by Sextus himself) and provides him appropriate attributes - a dolphin and trident. The warship on the reverse appears to be a hemiola, a fast ramming vessel with two banks of oars totaling 52 a side. Interestingly, Sextus himself is not named; instead the moneyer is identified as Quintus Nasidius, a loyal Pompeian commander of naval forces who backed Sextus in his early career, only to later defect to Mark Antony. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Cahn 75 (30 May 1932), lot 751.
Sextus Pompey came of age during the ascendancy of his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), as the leading general of Rome and the most powerful man in the Republic. After Pompey’s defeat by Julius Caesar at Pharsalus in August of 48 BC, and his treacherous murder in Egypt later that year, Sextus joined the Pompeian resistance to Caesar in Spain. Caesar’s assassination on March 15, 44 BC brought a brief revival of Senatorial control, during which Sextus relocated to Massalia in southern Gaul. In April of 43 BC, the Senate appointed him commander of the Roman fleet. Although the promotion was rescinded three months later, Sextus wasted no time in seizing Sicily and spent the next months building an impregnable power base on the island even as Rome fell under the sway of Caesar’s political heirs, the Triumvirs Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.
This denarius belongs to the brief interval between Caesar’s murder and Sextus’ appointment as Praefect of the Fleet, during his sojourn at the Gallic port city of Massilia. The obverse portrait is clearly recognizable as Pompey the Great, although the legend identifies him as “son of Neptune” (an epithet won by Magnus after his defeat of the Cilician Pirates, and later claimed by Sextus himself) and provides him appropriate attributes - a dolphin and trident. The warship on the reverse appears to be a hemiola, a fast ramming vessel with two banks of oars totaling 52 a side. Interestingly, Sextus himself is not named; instead the moneyer is identified as Quintus Nasidius, a loyal Pompeian commander of naval forces who backed Sextus in his early career, only to later defect to Mark Antony. Description
Good VF
Grade
1725.75 EUR
Starting
2876.25 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 579 Numistats ref: 673069
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.96 g, 4h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; Kestner 3515-8; RBW 1557. Toned, with iridescence, traces of find patina, collector’s inventory number 543 on obverse. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Description
Near EF
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 580 Numistats ref: 673070
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; LII (= 52, Caesar's age) to left / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx surmonted by wolf’s head; securis to right; CAE SAR across lower field. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18; DCA2 20; BMCRR Rome 3955; Kestner 3558-9; RBW –. Iridescent tone, minor marks, edge bump, collector’s inventory number 551a on obverse. EF. Well centered and struck.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
The letters LII behind the female head have long been recognized as representing Caesar's age, thereby placing this issue firmly within the year 48 BC. Caesar's fifty-second birthday was on 13 July 48 BC; the battle at Pharsalus, the final major conflict between the Caesarian and Pompeian forces, occurred one month later. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
The letters LII behind the female head have long been recognized as representing Caesar's age, thereby placing this issue firmly within the year 48 BC. Caesar's fifty-second birthday was on 13 July 48 BC; the battle at Pharsalus, the final major conflict between the Caesarian and Pompeian forces, occurred one month later. Description
EF
Grade
431.44 EUR
Starting
719.06 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 581 Numistats ref: 673071
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The Robert W. Hubel Collection, Assembled 1929-1939
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder; CAESAR downward to right. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12; BMCRR East 31; Kestner 3577-9; RBW 1600. Toned, with iridescence, graffito on obverse. Good VF. Well centered reverse.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Julius Caesar traced his descent all the way back to the Trojan hero Aeneas, legendary founder of the Romans. Aeneas, in turn, was the product of a liaison between the goddess Venus and Anchises, a herdsman who was related to the Trojan royal family. In a scene recounted by Virgil in the Aeneid, when the Greeks torched Troy, Aeneas escaped from the burning city carrying the aged Anchises on his shoulder and the sacred Palladium, a cult statue of Pallas Athena rescued from the household shrine. The scene is depicted on the reverse of this denarius of Caesar, struck in 48-47 BC, at least two decades before the Aeneid was composed. Venus, the mother of Aeneas (and thus the divine antecedent of Caesar) appears on the obverse. Description
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Julius Caesar traced his descent all the way back to the Trojan hero Aeneas, legendary founder of the Romans. Aeneas, in turn, was the product of a liaison between the goddess Venus and Anchises, a herdsman who was related to the Trojan royal family. In a scene recounted by Virgil in the Aeneid, when the Greeks torched Troy, Aeneas escaped from the burning city carrying the aged Anchises on his shoulder and the sacred Palladium, a cult statue of Pallas Athena rescued from the household shrine. The scene is depicted on the reverse of this denarius of Caesar, struck in 48-47 BC, at least two decades before the Aeneid was composed. Venus, the mother of Aeneas (and thus the divine antecedent of Caesar) appears on the obverse. Description
Good VF
Grade
431.44 EUR
Starting
719.06 EUR
Estimate
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Realized