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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 . 405
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 475-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.82 g, 12h). Silphion plant / Head of Zeus-Ammon right; KVPA to right; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period II, Group 2, 96 (didrachm); Müller, Afrique 119; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 41b = Boston MFA 1308 = Warren 1340 (same obv. die). Some granularity, test cut and some weakness to strike on obverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 663
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 25.61 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 66. IMP • NERO • CAESAR • AVG • PONT • MAX • TR • POT • P • P •, laureate head right; globe at point of neck / ADLOCVT COH in exergue, S C across field, Nero standing left with praetorian prefect on low platform to right, addressing three soldiers to left, standing right, the first two holding signa; the praetorian camp in the background. RIC I 490; WCN 437; Lyon 176/1a (D390/R412); BMCRE 304 var. (bust type); BN 132 var. (same); cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 80 (for rev. type). Attractive dark green patina, smoothing, details enhanced. Good VF. Very rare architectural type on reverse, showing the Praetorian camp.


The Praetorians were an elite unit of soldiers stationed in a purpose-built fortress in Rome. Composed of nine enlarged cohorts of 1,000 men apiece, for a total theoretical strength of 9,000, the Praetorian “Guard” served as the emperor’s personal fighting force both in Rome and on campaign. Praetorians received triple the pay of ordinary soldiers and had to serve only 16 years instead of the 20 required for regular legionaries. They were consequently greatly resented both by the regular soldiery and by the civilians of Rome, who they were often called upon to suppress. Estimates of their fitness as a fighting force in the field vary; they seem to have accounted themselves well enough in the campaigns of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus, but when called upon to fight regular units in Rome’s numerous civil wars, they almost always suffered defeat.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 151
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 525-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.13 g). Attic standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head right, biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 69–79 (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383; SNG ANS 10 var. (bull head left); SNG Spencer 109; SNG Lockett 1282; Boston MFA 520 = Warren 536. Attractive light toning, deposits on reverse. Good VF. Well struck on a broad flan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 152
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.07 g, 8h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 117 (D113/R105); AMNG III/2, –; HGC 3, 391; Boston MFA 529 (same dies). Lightly toned. Good VF. Very rare early Thraco-Macedonian standard issue.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 435; RAJ Collection (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), lot 118.

Akanthos was founded on the easternmost “finger” of the Chalcidice in the seventh century BC. Huge silver deposits were discovered in close proximity during the sixth century BC, leading to Akanthos becoming a prolific mint, with its coinage circulating widely in northern and mainland Greece. Of the Archaic Greek coinages, the imagery of Akanthos is one of the most influential, depicting a lion attacking a bull. Lions still prowled the hinterlands of Thrace and Macedon in this era. Herodotus recounts an episode in The Histories when the baggage camels of the army of the Persian King Xerxes was set upon by lions during its march from Asia Minor into Greece proper (Herodotus 7.125-126).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 155
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: fine
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.37 g, 11h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised; AΛEΞIΣ in exergue / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square with stippled quarters in relief. Desneux 147–8 var. (D139/R– [unlisted rev. die]); AMNG III 29; HGC 3, 391; SNG ANS 15; SNG Copenhagen 14 (same obv. die); BMC 25 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 5771750-005, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style.


Ex Edward H. Merrin Collection (noted on NGC tag); Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 106.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 156
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Amphipolis. 369/8 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.51 g, 5h). Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery around neck / AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-EΩN on raised linear square enclosing race torch; all within shallow incuse square. Lorber 55 (Od3/Rd2); HGC 3, 413; SNG Soutzos 271 (same dies); SNG Stockholm 873 = SNG Lockett 1301 = Bement 672 (same dies); McClean 3207 (same dies). Faintly toned, trace of find patina, typical light granularity. Good VF.


Ex Spink 212 (28 March 2012), lot 21; Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 139.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 157
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 383/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.45 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, 26–7 var. (A22/P– [unlisted rev. die]); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 498; SNG ANS 474 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 242 (same obv. die). Bright surfaces, even light die wear on obverse. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 927
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: -
INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1837-1901. AV Mohur (25mm, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1862. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned younger bust left; no V at truncation of bust / ONE/MOHUR/–/INDIA/1862 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 4.1; Pridmore 1; Friedberg 1598. In NGC encapsulation 2007973-011, graded MS 61.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 929
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: -
INDIA, Colonial. British India. George V. King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, 1910-1936. AV 15 Rupees (22mm, 12h). Bombay mint. Dated 1918. GEORGE V KING EMPEROR, crowned bust left / 15/RUPEES/–/INDIA/1918 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 8.1; Pridmore 25; Friedberg 1608. In NGC encapsulation 4861262-054, graded MS 63.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 681
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Ch VF
Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.94 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 72. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Titus standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand, cradling parazonium in left arm; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 422 (Vespasian); Hendin 6553; BMCRE 631-2 (Vespasian); BN 618 (Vespasian). Dark brown patina. In NGC encapsulation 4632936-001, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, lt. smoothing. The “Judaea Capta” issues of Titus are considerably rarer than those of his father Vespasian.


Ex New York Sale XXX (9 January 2013), lot 288; Spink 25 (24 November 1982), lot 197.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 939
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: -
ITALY, Kingdom of Italy. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. AR 5 Lire (35mm, 6h). Rome mint. Dated 1914 R. Uniformed bust right / Italia standing left in quadriga rearing left, holding olive branch and round shield. MIR 1136a; KM 56. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 2903210-004, graded MS 61.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 940
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: -
LIECHTENSTEIN, Principality. Joseph Wenzel. 1748-1771. AR Taler (41mm, 28.05 g, 11h). Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1758. Armored and collared bust right / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms with cherub supporters. Davenport 1579; KM (C) 2. Toned with underlying luster. In NGC encapsulation 6898643-002, graded MS 62. An attractive example with significant eye appeal.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

Joseph Wenzel was an extremely successful general across several wars. He participated in the Austro-Turkish War alongside Prince Eugene of Savoy and also took part in the War of Polish Succession again alongside Prince Eugene. He was made Generalissimo of Italy during the War of Austrian Succession and resoundingly crushed the combined French and Spanish armies during the Battle of Piacenza in 1746. He also reorganized the Austrian artillery service and served as a diplomat for various Austrian missions. He assumed the position of regent in 1745 for an heir who was only eight years of age and took over as Prince of Lichtenstein in 1748 and ruled until his death in 1772.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 172
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.60 g, 6h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 330/25-324/3 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, coiled serpent left. Price 2532; ADM I Series III, 15 (same dies); SNG Berry 166; SNG Copenhagen 649. Underlying luster, minor marks, small scrape on reverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 431
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.89 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. ÞA[ON]ANOÞAO KA NhÞKI KOÞAN[O], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / MA(retrograde h)AOBAΓO to left, Manaobago, nimbate and helmeted, with lunar horns at shoulders, seated facing on raised stool, cushioned and with curving legs, feet on footstool, head right and with four arms: lower right on hip, upper right holding coins or fruit, upper left holding mace-scepter, and lower left holding torque; tamgha to right. MK 59 (O13/R2); ANS Kushan 385; Donum Burns 129; Triton XXIII, lot 554; Spink 248 lot 124; CNG 100, lot 1662; Baldwin’s 91, lot 3831; Goldberg 75, lot 2541 = Goldberg 69, lot 3206; Heritage 3020, lot 25059 (same rev. die, but later die state). Toned, deposits in devices, evidence of prior mounting. VF. Extremely rare, Göbl cites four examples, eight in CoinArchives (including this coin).


Ex Spink 248 (25 September 2017), lot 124 (hammer £6,000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 432
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Quarter Dinar (13.5mm, 1.96 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. ÞΔO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞA[O] OOhÞKI KOÞ[α(retrograde h)O], diademed and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter and goad / CK A(retrograde h)ΔO KO M A PO BIZAΓ O, Skando-Komaro and Bizago, both nimbate, standing facing, heads vis-à-vis; Skando-Komaro holding spear in right hand, left hand on hilt; Bizago with right hand on hip, holding spear in left hand; tamgha between. MK 166 (O22/R3); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; Zeno –. Lightly toned. EF. Very rare.
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 . 178
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.49 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III. Abydos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, monogram above pentagram, cornucopia below left wing. Price P36; ADM II Series XI, 162 (same dies); SNG Saroglos 865. Underlying luster, tiny bump on obverse, minor mark and light scrape on edge. EF. Well centered and struck.
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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 . 439
2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya. Circa AD 413-455. AV Dinar (19mm, 8.11 g, 12h). Tiger-slayer type. srimam vygāhrabalaparākra[ma] in Brahmi, Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing facing left, drawing his bow upon a tiger, which falls over backwards; ku in Brahmi below left arm / kumāragupto’dhirajaḥ in Brahmi, Lakshmi, nimbate, standing right on mākāra (the goddess Gānga), holding lotus and feeding a peacock; tamgha to upper left. Kumar (2nd ed.) 13.15, Variety A.1; BKB 181-2; BMC Guptas 244; Altekar Variety A; Bayana 1719. Toned, slight peripheral weakness. Good VF. Rare.
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2025-01-14 (2 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
MEXICO, War of Independence. Insurgent countermarked issues. José María Liceaga. AR 2 Reales (27mm, 2h). Struck circa 1813. J · M · L/ S · У · in two lines; flag above, crossedolive branch and palm frond below, all in rough circular countermark on an 1811 Zacatecas Royalist 2 Reales. For c/m: BW 105.9; KM 261.5. For host: BW 72.1; KM 186. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6930280-001, graded VF Details, cleaned. C/s: XF Strong. Extremely rare.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

José María Liceaga was a trained doctor who served in the Spanish Army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant General. At the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1810, he joined Miguel Hidalgo, and after his death went on to serve with Ignacio López Rayón and José María Morelos. He served as a member of the Congress of Anáhuac from 1813-1815. Liceaga would be assassinated by a deserter in 1817.