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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 . 683
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant, wearing armor, walking left on exergual line. RIC II.1 115; RSC 303; BMCRE 43-6; BN 37-40. Lightly toned, a few light scratches. EF.


The elephant on this issue represents one of the numerous species displayed in the newly constructed Flavian Amphitheater, better known today as the Colosseum, built by prisoners of the First Jewish War on the site of the Domus Aurea of Nero. Opened to the public during Titus’ rule, in AD 80, and commemorated by Martial in de Spectaculis, the Colosseum was welcomed with great fanfare and games. During the opening ceremonies a great number of animals, including elephants, were both exhibited and slaughtered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 684
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVG[VSTI F •], diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / VENVS AVGVST, Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter in left hand, crested helmet in right. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus); BN 106-7 (Titus). Toned, some faint hairlines under tone. Near EF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 685
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 13.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIΛ IMP T • ΛVG • F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing hair piled high in front and knotted low at back / VESTA in exergue, S C across field, Vesta, draped, seated left, holding palladium in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II.1 397 (Titus); BMCRE 256 (Titus); BN 270 (Titus). Attractive dark green patina, smoothing, a few edge marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 686
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 76-77. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS IIII, cornucopia, upright, tied round with ribbons which hang down on left and right. RIC II.1 918 (Vespasian); Calicó 817a; BMCRE 196-7 (Vespasian); BN 175 (Vespasian; same dies); Adda 71; Biaggi 395; Jameson 79; Mazzini 46 (same rev. die). Near EF. Lustrous.


From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie’s, 12 June 1993), lot 111; Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 414.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 687
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.45 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. CΛESAR ΛVG F DOMITIΛNVS, laureate head right / COS V in exergue, Parthian kneeling right, extending left hand and holding out signum, with vexillum attached, in right. RIC II.1 959 (Vespasian); Calicó 819 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 231-3 (Vespasian); BN 205-6 (Vespasian); Adda 72; Biaggi 396 (this coin); Jameson 80; Mazzini 48. Some faint hairlines. EF.


From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie’s, 12 June 1993), lot 112; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection.

This reverse type repeats an issue of Augustus struck by several moneyers circa 19/8 BC (RIC I 288) celebrating the recovery of the standards lost to the Parthians by Crassus in 53 BC at the battle of Carrhae. The return of the standards (SIGNIS RECEPTIS) featured prominently in Augustan propaganda as a diplomatic and military triumph. The Flavian rulers frequently reused Augustan imagery on their coinage, seeking to legitimize their dynasty by association.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 688
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 76. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS IIII across field, eagle standing facing, head right, on garlanded cippus, wings open. RIC II.1 1492 (Vespasian); RPC II 1466; cf. RIC II.1 pl. 80, 1493 (same obv. die but different rev. type). Areas of slight granularity, some shallow cleaning scratches on obverse. EF. Portrait of artistic merit. Rare.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1851.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 689
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Domitian. AD 81-96. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 90-91. DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / GERMANICVS COS XV, Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing left, holding vertical spear in right hand and left hand on left hip, arm bent . RIC II.1 698; Calicó 839; BMCRE 173; BN 162; Biaggi 404; NAC 67, lot 142 (same dies). Some luster remains, some shallow scratches and faint hairlines on reverse. Good VF. Rare.


Ex Roma XXVIII (5 July 2023), lot 571.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 690
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Domitian. AD 81-96. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 92-94. DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare head right / GERMANICVS above, COS XVI in exergue, Domitian standing left in slow triumphal quadriga, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left; Victory left, crowning trophy, on side of chariot. RIC II.1 749; Calicó 853; BMCRE 213; BN 190; Mazzini 161 (same rev. die). A few shallow scratches, minor edge marks. Good VF. Rare.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA43C; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 1002.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 691
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 169; Woytek 222b1 (same dies); Strack 101; RSC 462; BMCRE 167; BN 243-4. Attractive light tone, minor flan flaw and a couple of short, shallow scratches on reverse. Superb EF. Well struck on a round flan.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 746; Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 748.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 692
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa mid AD 112-spring 113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, Arcus Traiani (triumphal entrance) of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by six horses between two figures flanking trophy on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 257; Beckmann, Early Group I, 15 (dies b2/F6); Woytek 409f; Strack 216; Calicó 1031 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 509; BN 687 (same rev. die); Biaggi 494 (same obv. die); Elkins, Monuments Figure 123. VF. Historic architectural reverse.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA45C; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 1006.

Nearly every detail of Trajan’s Forum was intended as a celebration and aggrandizement of the emperor’s Dacian victory, so it is fitting that the forum’s entrance doubled as Trajan’s triumphal arch. In typical fashion, the arch is surmounted by a statuary group with figures of the emperor and Victory in a chariot. A large portion of the Forum survives to this day, containing multiple market stalls, indicating its function as the ancient Roman equivalent to a shopping mall.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 693
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February-circa autumn AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / REGNA • AD SIGNATA, Trajan, bareheaded and in military dress, seated left on sella castrensis set on platform on right, holding out right hand; officers standing to left and right, the one on left holding spear; below, on the ground to left stand three kings, facing Trajan, the foremost holding out his right hand to receive a diadem. RIC II 367; Woytek 564f; Strack 250β; Calicó 1079; BMCRE 614-5; BN 862; Hunter 197; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Attractive reddish tone, some faint hairlines, flan flaw on reverse, areas of filing and scrapes on edge. VF. Die engraver’s circle still bold on obverse. Rare. Missing from most major private collections.


From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc77900; Archer M. Huntington Collection, HSA 1001.1.22269 (Numismatica Ars Classica 67, 17 October 2012), lot 313.

This attractive reverse composition shows Trajan assigning the kingdoms of Armenia, Parthia, and Mesopotamia to rulers in concert with his invasion in the East. Military gains were briefly made by Rome under Trajan, but most did not last.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 694
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P • COS II, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia below throne. RIC II.3 107; Calicó 1205a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 59-60 var. (bust type); Adda 143 (same dies); Mazzini 252 (same dies). Short scratch on reverse, a few minor edge marks. Good VF.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA46C; Lanz 145 (with Numismatica Bernardi, 5 January 2009), lot 97.

The theme of Concordia on this aureus is likely intended to smooth out relationships with the Roman Senate, which were strained at the time this coin was struck in mid-AD 118. Hadrian first arrived in Rome on July 9 of that year, nearly a year after his accession to the purple in August of 117, while he was commanding an army in Syria. In the interim, as Hadrian slowly made his way back to Rome, four important Senators of consular rank – Cornelius Palma, Publius Celsus, Avidius Nigrinus, and Lusius Quietus, a Moorish chieftain – had been put to death, allegedly for conspiring against the new ruler. Hadrian blamed these executions on the Praetorian Prefect Attianus, whom he induced to resign his post in AD 119. Relations with the Senate never fully recovered during Hadrian’s reign.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 695
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS II, SΛLVS ΛVG in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand, feeding serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left, resting left arm on chair. RIC II.3 137 (same dies as illustration); Strack 40γ1; Calicó 1368; BMCRE p. 250, note 84; Biaggi 654 var. (bust type) . Shallow scratch on reverse. Good VF.


Ex Roma XXIII (24 March 2022), lot 947.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 696
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.69 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-circa 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right with bare chest, slight drapery / P M TR P COS III, Aeternitas, draped, standing facing, head left, holding up head of Sol in right hand and head of Luna in left. RIC II.3 215; Strack 108; RSC 1114; BMCRE 162. Even light toning, underlying luster. Choice EF. Exceptional.


Ex Collection of a Perfectionist (Numismatica Ars Classica 106, 9 May 2018), lot 620.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 697
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HA DRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right with bare chest, slight drapery / PONT M A X T R POT COS III, S C in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on pile of arms, right foot on helmet, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical spear in left; shield at side to right. RIC II.3 254; Strack 534; Banti 605; BMCRE 1148-9. Attractive enamel-like green patina, some smoothing. Near EF. A wonderful bronze.


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 425; Tkalec (22 April 2007), lot 222.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 698
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS • AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, Mars, in military dress, cloak over left arm, wearing crested helmet, standing facing, holding reversed vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right. RIC II.3 319; Strack 94γ1; Calicó 1312; BMCRE 109; Adda 149; Biaggi 634; Mazzini 1071. Minor marks and small scratches. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 699
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late AD 121-123. IMP CΛESΛR TRΛIΛN HΛDRIΛNVS ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, Hercules, naked, seated facing, holding club in right hand and distaff in left; shields to left, round shield in middle, cuirass to right. RIC II.3 508 (same rev. die as illustration); Strack 86γ1; Calicó 1318 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 97 var. (break in obv. legend; same rev. die); Biaggi 636 (same rev. die). Toned. Good VF.


Ex Triton XXII (7 January 2019), lot 1072; Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 731.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 700
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
Hadrian, with Divi Trajan and Plotina. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.98 g, 1h). Dynastic issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, rejuvenated, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / DIVIS PAREN TI BVS, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right confronting draped bust of Plotina left, wearing stephane and hair in queue; each with star above. RIC II.3 1419; Beckmann, Gold dies b15/DP1, e (this coin); Strack 354Δ0; Calicó 1417 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 603 (same dies); Biaggi 567 (same dies); Mazzini 2 (same dies). Polished, hairlines, marks consistent with use in jewelry, flan slightly bent. Near VF. Very rare.


From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc78377 (ND); Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 5035; Hausman Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 701
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 702
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 133-135. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, hair falling in plait down neck: hair waved at back and rises on top in crest over stephane above diadem / VES TA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne, holding palladium on extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II.3 2545; Strack 375b; RSC 81; BMCRE 917 (Hadrian). Lightly toned and lustrous, die wear on reverse. EF. Wonderful portrait.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 761; Berk BBS 113 (22 July 2003), lot 360.