Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 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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SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon, son of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 8 Litrai – Didrachm (20mm, 6.66 g, 12h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed head left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IOI] [Γ]EΛΩNOΣ, Nike, wearing long chiton, holding reins in both hands, driving slow biga right; BA above, A to right. CCO 279.4 (D5/R7 – this coin); BAR Issue 66; HGC 2, 1562; Boston MFA 481 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 400 (same dies); Weber 1703 (same dies). Toned, some find patina, minor deposits. Good VF. Fine style.
Ex Lanz 24 (25 April 1983), lot 183.
Ex Lanz 24 (25 April 1983), lot 183.
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (15mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG III across lower field. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28; BMCRR East 193; Kestner 3844; RBW 1839. Lustrous, a few scratches and die flaws. Choice EF.
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17mm, 3.32 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). “Shim‘on” in Hebrew irregularly distributed in two lines within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds / Fluted jug and branch; “For the freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 85 (O15/R52); Hendin 6449; Meshorer 283a; Bromberg 163 (same dies); Shoshana I 20398 (same dies); Sofaer 118; Spaer 221. Toned, areas of light roughness and delaminations. Good VF.
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 331 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; “For the freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 174 (O22/R109); Hendin 6462; Meshorer 275; Bromberg 199 (same dies); Shoshana I 20476 (same dies); Sofaer 127 (same obv. die); Spaer 223–4. Find patina, overstruck on an uncertain denarius of Trajan. Near EF.
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FRANCE, Royal. Jean II le Bon (the Good). 1350-1364. AV Florin d’or (21mm, 3.48 g, 2h). Montpellier mint; mm: helmet. Authorized 21 February 1360. Ornate lily of Florence / St. John the Baptist standing facing, holding long cross and raising hand in benediction. Scarfea, Imitazione 706; Duplessy 346; Ciani 362; Friedberg 282. In NGC encapsulation 6865696-048, graded AU 58.
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features resembling Octavian / Octavian, as city founder, veiled and wearing priestly robes, holding whip in extended left hand and plow-handle in right, plowing right with yoke of oxen; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 424; RIC I 272; RSC 117; BMCRR Rome 4363-5 = BMCRE 638-40; BN 92-6. Toned over lustrous surfaces, trace of die rust on obverse. EF.
This issue refers to the foundation of Nicopolis in Epirus by Octavian during the Actian campaign. This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow.
This issue refers to the foundation of Nicopolis in Epirus by Octavian during the Actian campaign. This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.53 g, 5h). Bare head of male right, with eastern hairstyle / Head of a horned animal and the forepart of a horse right in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XXVII.6O; otherwise, unpublished. Toned. Good VF. Excellent metal. Extremely rare, only one example noted by Gitler & Tal (who note the denomination as unpublished), none in CoinArchives.
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NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. Circa 30-9 BC. AR Sela’ – “Drachm” (19.5mm, 4.53 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 10 (21/0 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru right / ‘BDT MLKA (in Nabataean = Obodas King), diademed head of Obodas right; ŠNT ‘ŠR (in Nabataean = year ten [date]) at end of legend to left. Barkay, King 27A; CN 46a; Al-Qatanani 38 t7; Meshorer, Nabataea 30; DCA2 1015. Toned, a little off center, slight doubling on obverse, some horn silver and minor scuff at edge on reverse. Good VF. Clear date.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Autophradates. Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 380s-350s BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.38 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in Ionia. Bearded head left, wearing satrapal cap / Forepart of horse left; OATA above, monogram below. Cf. Winzer 11.1; cf. Meadows, Administration 344; cf. Traité II 67; cf. BMC 20 (diobol, with this monogram); otherwise, unpublished. Lightly toned, a hint of porosity, a few minor marks on edge. VF. Apparently unique as a drachm.
Autophradates distinguished himself in the Great Satraps Revolt (365-360 BC) by supporting Artaxerxes II and imprisoning the satrap of Lydia and Ionia, Artabazos (Dem. Aristoc. 671). In 333 BC, Autophradates, along with his fellow-commander, Pharnabazos, took over the Persian fleet and completed the siege of Mytilene, which had been begun by Memnon. In the Greek revolts which arose in the Aegean and western Asia Minor as a result of Alexander III's victories, Autophradates tried to return these areas to Persian control (Arr. Anab. 2.1; Arist. Pol. 2.4.10). Little else is known of his subsequent career, although it is possible that he was among those satraps who presented themselves before Alexander at Zadracarta (Arr. Anab. 3.23).
Autophradates distinguished himself in the Great Satraps Revolt (365-360 BC) by supporting Artaxerxes II and imprisoning the satrap of Lydia and Ionia, Artabazos (Dem. Aristoc. 671). In 333 BC, Autophradates, along with his fellow-commander, Pharnabazos, took over the Persian fleet and completed the siege of Mytilene, which had been begun by Memnon. In the Greek revolts which arose in the Aegean and western Asia Minor as a result of Alexander III's victories, Autophradates tried to return these areas to Persian control (Arr. Anab. 2.1; Arist. Pol. 2.4.10). Little else is known of his subsequent career, although it is possible that he was among those satraps who presented themselves before Alexander at Zadracarta (Arr. Anab. 3.23).
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.57 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X in exergue, bull butting right, left foreleg raised, lashing his tail. RIC I 167a; Lyon 19; RSC 137; BMCRE 451-3 = BMCRR Gaul 163-5; BN 1373-82. Toned, hairline flan crack. In NGC encapsulation 6290949-004, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 652.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 652.
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CARTHAGE, Libyan Revolt. Circa 241-238 BC. BI Shekel (25mm, 9.04 g, 11h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Lion standing right; Punic M above. Carradice & La Niece 1; CNP 433b; MAA 53; SNG Copenhagen 239–43. Toned, trace deposits, overstruck on an earlier Carthaginian issue (type: head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, pellet between hind legs, possibly CNP 51b). Near EF. Well struck for issue.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. EL Three-eighths Shekel (15mm, 2.90 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right. Jenkins & Lewis Group XV, 476–7; CNP 9; cf. MAA 73. Ex-jewelry. VF. Very rare.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
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FRANCE, Provincial. Orange (Principality). Raymond V. 1340-1393. AV Franc à pied (28mm, 3.65 g, 8h). Raymond standing facing within Gothic arch; semé of seven lis to left and right, holding sword and lis-tipped scepter / Cross tréflée; in center of cross, pellet within angled quadrilobe; lis in first and fourth quarters, crown in second and third; all within angled quadrilobe; lis in spandrels. Duplessey, Féodales 2078; Friedberg 190. Lustrous. EF.
Ex Karl Stephens FPL 125 (October 2000), no. 254.
Ex Karl Stephens FPL 125 (October 2000), no. 254.
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GERMANY, Hamburg (Free & Hanseatic City). AV Dukat (22mm, 10h). Dated 1494. Half-length figure of Madonna right, holding infant Christ, over coat-of-arms; all within mandorla / Madonna standing right, holding infant Christ; all within mandorla. Levinson I-362a; Gaedechens 85; Friedberg –. In PCGS encapsulation 83400009, graded MS 62.
From the Robert Levinson Collection.
From the Robert Levinson Collection.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 260-245 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.76 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left. Marinescu Issue 29, 72 (O32/R68); Müller –; HGC 3, 1374. Lightly toned, traces of find patina, minor flan flaw on reverse. Good VF. Very rare, only six examples of this issue noted by Marinescu, three additional in CoinArchives.
Ex Rauch 107 (12 November 2018), lot 95; Rauch Summer Auction 2007 (11 September 2007), lot 122; Lanz 132 (27 November 2006), lot 101.
Ex Rauch 107 (12 November 2018), lot 95; Rauch Summer Auction 2007 (11 September 2007), lot 122; Lanz 132 (27 November 2006), lot 101.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.88 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Laureate head right / L • MESCINI VS • RVFVS, Mars, wearing crested helmet, naked except for a cloak falling over his right arm, standing left on low pedestal, holding transverse spear in right hand and parazonium in left; S • P • Q • R/V • PR • RE/CAES in three lines on pedestal. RIC I 351; RSC 463a; BMCRE 86 = BMCRR Rome 4479; BN 331-6. Lightly toned, faint hairlines. Near EF. Well centered on a broad, round flan.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. CPE 168; Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1; Boston MFA 2264; Noeske 41–2. Toned, traces of find patina. Near EF.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 382.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 382.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.79 g, 10h). Rome mint; L. Vinicius, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Bare head right / [L •] VINICIVS in exergue, triumphal arch, surmounted by facing quadriga, in which Augustus stands, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left; smaller arch on either side, surmounted by archer on left and by slinger on right; S • P • Q • R/IMP CAE in two lines on entablature of arch. RIC I 359; RSC 544; BMCRE 77-8 = BMCRR Rome 4477-8; BN 348-51; Elkins, Monuments Figure 57. Toned, banker’s mark and shallow scratch in field under tone on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 638; Richard Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 782.
The reverse depicts the Parthian Arch. This coin solves an archaeological problem of the Arches in the Forum, where only one base has been found for the two arches built (the Actian and the Parthian). The Parthian Arch was the Actian Arch. Builders added one smaller arcade on each side of the existing Actian Arch which is quite recognizable as the central arcade of the new arch, with the quadriga on its top. The two side arcades support Parthian archers.
The transformation of the former Actian Arch may be explained by three factors. There was significant economy in just adding to the existing arch. Space in the Forum was limited. The Actian Arch hadn’t been welcomed or appreciated by the people of Rome. The “official” version behind Actium had been the declaration of war on Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. This had not fooled the well-informed citizens and inhabitants of Rome, who knew that Mark Antony had been the actual enemy defeated. A triumphal arch celebrating a victory over other Roman citizens must have seemed inappropriate. Augustus seized the opportunity of making the controversial celebration of Actium disappear inside a consensual Parthian victory triple Arch.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 638; Richard Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 782.
The reverse depicts the Parthian Arch. This coin solves an archaeological problem of the Arches in the Forum, where only one base has been found for the two arches built (the Actian and the Parthian). The Parthian Arch was the Actian Arch. Builders added one smaller arcade on each side of the existing Actian Arch which is quite recognizable as the central arcade of the new arch, with the quadriga on its top. The two side arcades support Parthian archers.
The transformation of the former Actian Arch may be explained by three factors. There was significant economy in just adding to the existing arch. Space in the Forum was limited. The Actian Arch hadn’t been welcomed or appreciated by the people of Rome. The “official” version behind Actium had been the declaration of war on Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. This had not fooled the well-informed citizens and inhabitants of Rome, who knew that Mark Antony had been the actual enemy defeated. A triumphal arch celebrating a victory over other Roman citizens must have seemed inappropriate. Augustus seized the opportunity of making the controversial celebration of Actium disappear inside a consensual Parthian victory triple Arch.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Quarter Ma’ah – Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.22 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle, with open wings, standing left on thunderbolt; YHD (in Aramaic) to left. CPE 252; GLF Type 37, dies O1/R2; Meshorer 32a (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6079. Lightly toned, slightly off center on obverse, as usual. Good VF. Exceptional for issue. Rare.
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GERMANY, Sachsen-Coburg-Eisenach (Duchy). Johann Ernst I. 1633-1638. AR Taler (41mm, 29.09 g, 5h). Coburg mint. Dated 1636 EFS. Armored bus right, wearing ruff, holding baton and plumed helmet / Coat-of-arms surmounted by six ornately crested helmets. KOR 338.1; Davenport 7437 (Saxe-Gotha); KM 169 (Saxe-Old-Gotha). In PCGS encapsulation 49713783, graded AU Details, cleaned.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 11.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT •, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-8; BN 54-71. Dark brown patina with touches of green, minor cleaning/smoothing marks. EF. Well struck.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 659; Heritage 3024 (18 April 2013), lot 24842; Stack’s (24 April 2008), lot 2283; Kroisos Collection (Stack’s, 14 January 2008), lot 2352.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 659; Heritage 3024 (18 April 2013), lot 24842; Stack’s (24 April 2008), lot 2283; Kroisos Collection (Stack’s, 14 January 2008), lot 2352.