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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WORLD. Austria & Hungary. Lot of two hundred seventeen (217) silver and base metal issues. Includes: various. Mostly 20th century issues. About 1/4 base metal and 3/4 silver. The silver includes many larger denominations; mostly 0.925. Many commemoratives. About a third with collector tickets. Average Near EF - UNC, many attractively toned, a few details, a few with pvc deposits. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two hundred seventeen (217) coins in lot.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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SICULO-PUNIC, “Cape of Melkart”. Circa 350-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.76 g, 12h). Probably Lilybaion mint. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; [RŠMLQRT (“Raš Melqart” in Punic) in exergue] / Head of female right, wearing single-pendant earring; barley grain behind neck, two dolphins to right. Jenkins, Punic 3 (O2/R2’ – this coin referenced and illustrated); CNP 295a; HGC 2, 743; SNG Lockett 740 var. (same dies, but before barley grain added to rev. die). Old collection tone, minor marks. VF. Extremely rare; the only published example from these dies after barley grain added.
Ex Counseils Placement 1994, purchased from Bank Leu, 1965 (per Jenkins).
Lilybaion, modern day Marsala, was a Punic city in Sicily founded in the fourth century BC. The destruction of the chief Punic stronghold Motya in 397 BC by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios I left the denizens of Motya without a home and Carthage without a primary military base on the island. In order to remedy both of these issues, the city of Lilybaion was founded by the survivors from Motya. The new port town would become a thriving trade hub and the most important military base in Sicily. The strong new walls that were built to defend the city were able to fend off both Pyrrhos of Epiros and the Romans. It was the last bastion of Punic rule in Sicily during Pyrrhos’ conquest of the island, beating back his attempts to take the city before his campaign unraveled entirely. The Romans placed the city under a nine year siege with numerous assaults during the First Punic War, but they were never able to capture the city and only gained control of it after Carthage’s surrender at the end of the war.
The issue of tetradrachms that are purportedly from Lilybaion were all struck in the later half of the fourth century BC. While many show strong affinity for Syracusan styles from the same period, Jenkins notes that this series relies heavily on prototypes from the Entella series.
Ex Counseils Placement 1994, purchased from Bank Leu, 1965 (per Jenkins).
Lilybaion, modern day Marsala, was a Punic city in Sicily founded in the fourth century BC. The destruction of the chief Punic stronghold Motya in 397 BC by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios I left the denizens of Motya without a home and Carthage without a primary military base on the island. In order to remedy both of these issues, the city of Lilybaion was founded by the survivors from Motya. The new port town would become a thriving trade hub and the most important military base in Sicily. The strong new walls that were built to defend the city were able to fend off both Pyrrhos of Epiros and the Romans. It was the last bastion of Punic rule in Sicily during Pyrrhos’ conquest of the island, beating back his attempts to take the city before his campaign unraveled entirely. The Romans placed the city under a nine year siege with numerous assaults during the First Punic War, but they were never able to capture the city and only gained control of it after Carthage’s surrender at the end of the war.
The issue of tetradrachms that are purportedly from Lilybaion were all struck in the later half of the fourth century BC. While many show strong affinity for Syracusan styles from the same period, Jenkins notes that this series relies heavily on prototypes from the Entella series.
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FRANCE, Royal. Jean II le Bon (the Good). 1350-1364. AV Franc à cheval (29mm, 3.85 g, 4h). Authorized 5 December 1360. Jean, crowned and in full armor, left on caparisoned horse, holding sword / Cross tréflée and feuillue; at center, pellet within quadrilobe; all within quadrilobe, trefoil fleurée at end of each arc; trilobe in spandrels. Duplessy 294; Ciani 361; Friedberg 279. In NGC encapsulation 6865696-041, graded MS 63.
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SICULO-PUNIC, “Cape of Melkart”. Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.65 g, 3h). Probably Lilybaion mint. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in extended hands; RŠMLQRT (“Raš Melqart” in Punic) in exergue / Head of female right, wearing wreath of grain ears, ttriple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 69 (O24/R52); CNP 344; HGC 2, 743; BMC 4 (same dies); Hirsch 821 (same dies); de Luynes 925 (same dies). Lightly toned, edge split, some die wear. Near EF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (19 May 2021), lot 41.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (19 May 2021), lot 41.
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WORLD. Germany. Lot of sixty-five (65) mostly silver larger denomination issues. Includes: various. Mostly 19th-20th centuries issues. Most with collector tickets. Average Good VF - UNC, many attractively toned, a few details. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Sixty-five (65) coins in lot.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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SICULO-PUNIC, “The Camp”. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.94 g, 6h). Possibly Entella mint. Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, MM (“People of the Camp” in abbreviated form, in Punic) below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 3b, 216 (O65/R188); CNP 267; HGC 2, 284; J. Hirsch XIX, lots 645–6 (same dies). Lightly toned, slightly compact flan. Good VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection.
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WORLD. Israel. Lot of two hundred fifty (250) silver and base metal issues. Includes: various base metal coins and tokens (119) // 1996. 30 New Sheqalim (2) [one with original box] // various dates of mostly 0.9 silver 5 Lirot (55) // various silver issues (74) [a few with original boxes]. A total of over 120 oz silver. Average Good VF - UNC, some attractively toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two hundred fifty (250) coins in lot.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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WORLD. Portugal. Lot of one hundred fourteen (114) silver and base metal issues. Includes: various mostly 19th-20th centuries Portuguese and Portuguese Colonial issues. Some silver. Average VF - UNC, a few details. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. One hundred fourteen (114) coins in lot.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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SICULO-PUNIC, “The Camp”. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.91 g, 8h). Possibly Entella mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; kerykeion to left, palm tree to right, MHSBM (“Paymasters” in Punic) below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 5b, 356 (O113/R290); CNP 272; HGC 2, 295; SNG Lloyd 1652 var. (symbol, same obv. die). Even gray tone with slight iridescence. Near EF. Well centered.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Southern Pathologist Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 343, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 14 February 1989.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Southern Pathologist Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 343, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 14 February 1989.
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FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AV Louis d’or au bandeau (24mm, 8.16 g, 6h). Paris mint; différent: fox. Dated 1756/5 A. Head left, hair tied in bandeau / Crown over two coats-of-arms. VG 341; Duplessy 1643; KM 513.1 (overdate not noted); Friedberg 464. In NGC encapsulation 6916566-003, graded MS 66. Top Pop. The only NGC graded example of this overdate, with none at PCGS..
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.37 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Trace deposits, slight die shift and small scuff on obverse. EF. Well centered and sharp details.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex RCM Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 579; Forestier I (8 June 2007), lot 52.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex RCM Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 579; Forestier I (8 June 2007), lot 52.
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INDIA, Medieval (Southern Deccan). Chalukyas of Kalyana. Uncertain ruler. Circa 973-1068 or later. AV Pagoda (14.5mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Boar/Temple type. Caparisoned boar standing left within ornate frame / Elaborately decorated temple entrance. Cf. Mitchiner, South I, 267 (Jayashima II; for type, but uninscribed); Adams –; Album 32, lot 1757. Lightly toned, hint of deposits, struck with rusty dies, hint of clipping. Good VF. Extremely rare type with the boar left.
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MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 383/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.42 g, 12h). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group H, 28 (A23/P25); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 498; SNG Lockett 1308 (same dies). Faintly toned, light cleaning marks on obverse. EF. Attractive style.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901. AV Restrike Proof 5 Rupees (20mm, 3.90 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1870. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned young bust left; C.M on truncation of bust / FIVE/RUPEES/–/INDIA/1870 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 4.23; Pridmore 40; Friedberg 1600a. In NGC encapsulation 6931384-011, graded PF 62.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Edmonton Sale (Bowers and Merena, 19 March 1993), lot 2518.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Edmonton Sale (Bowers and Merena, 19 March 1993), lot 2518.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 12h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; thunderbolt below neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; monogram in left field. Price 2077; ADM I Series I, 3b (same dies); ANS inv. 1944.100.31783 (same dies); Berlin obv. no. 18250115 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 664 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 5771640-004, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, edge marks.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.56 g, 11h). In the types of Philip II. Magnesia on the Maeander mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right; bee below, spear head in exergue. Thompson, Philip 3; Le Rider –; SNG ANS 310 corr. (Thompson 3, not 2; same obv. die); SNG München 98; CNG 106, 193 = CNG 43, 230 = Ponterio 86, 1230 (same dies). Iridescent tone, a few light scratches and minor marks. 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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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.24 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; pellet above between merlon and korymbos / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV4 var. (no pellet); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, slight peripheral weakness. EF.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 1676.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 1676.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.36 g, 3h). Mint I (“Ctesiphon”). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK’n MRK’ ’yr’n MNW ctry MN yzd’n in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two pellets below diadem ties / nwr’zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left, fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV5; Sunrise 740. Lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, light die rust on obverse. EF.
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MONACO. Louis II. 1922-1949. Piedfort AV Essai de 5 Francs (31mm, 47.17 g, 12h). Paris mint; différents: cornucopia and wing. Dated 1945. Bare head left / Crowned, collared, and mantled coat-of-arms with supporters. KM PE3. In NGC encapsulation 6917297-003, graded MS 65. Extremely rare – mintage of only 16 examples.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Ex Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk, Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 1108 (part of).
From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Ex Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk, Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 1108 (part of).
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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Plegmund. 890-914. AR Penny (21mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of a Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type. Uncertain mint in East Anglia. Struck circa 918-924. + PLEGMV(ND) ΛRCICP, small cross pattée / ÆÐELV/LF M◊ in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. SCBI 20 (Mack), 671 (this coin); BMC 79 (Plegmund); North 253 (Plegmund); SCBC 900 (Plegmund). Old collection toning. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Numismatic Circular CVIII.3 (June 2000), no. 2293; L. Stack (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 266; R.P. Mack Collection, no. 671 (not in Glendining’s sales).
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury (890-914), a noted scholar, shared with King Alfred the Great a commitment to promoting letters and reorganizing ecclesiastical and monastic institutions severely disrupted by the Viking attacks.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Numismatic Circular CVIII.3 (June 2000), no. 2293; L. Stack (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 266; R.P. Mack Collection, no. 671 (not in Glendining’s sales).
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury (890-914), a noted scholar, shared with King Alfred the Great a commitment to promoting letters and reorganizing ecclesiastical and monastic institutions severely disrupted by the Viking attacks.
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.56 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 5, year 210 BE (February 87 BC). Diademed head right / Pegasos grazing left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY/EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; star-in-crescent to left; to right, HΣ (year) above monogram; E (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 12, dies D62/R2; HGC 7, 338; DCA2 555. Deep iridescent tone, a hint of porosity, small mark on obverse. Good VF.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 24 (3 December 2022), lot 71.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 24 (3 December 2022), lot 71.