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.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 322 Numistats ref: 672812

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Greek Category
ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.41 g, 12h). Aristoboulos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, with bud to right; APIΣTOBOYΛOΣ above, thunderbolt to left, P-O flanking stem. Ashton 263; HN Online 1249.2 (this coin); HGC 6, 1422; SNG Copenhagen 755; SNG Keckman –. Attractive light gray tone with faint golden hues around the devices. Superb EF. Perfectly centered and struck. Very rare issue, one of only two in HN Online, three additional in CoinArchives.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1511; J.J. Grano Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII, 24 November 2014), lot 54; Numismatica Genevensis SA V (3 December 2008), lot 127; Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2008), no. 58a.
Description
EF Grade
2876.25 EUR Starting
4793.75 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 323 Numistats ref: 672813

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Greek Category
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Uncertain (Ãmartite?). Circa 480-460 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 9.48 g, 10h). Sphinx seated left, raising right forepaw / Crab; ē (in Lycian) above; all within incuse square. Müseler III, 22 var. (no letter on rev.); Falghera 53 = SNG von Aulock 4084 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 398 var. (sphinx right, no letter). Lightly toned, minor double strike and a few flan flaws on obverse. Good VF. Very rare.


From the Hesiod Collection.
Description
Good VF Grade
862.88 EUR Starting
1438.13 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 324 Numistats ref: 672814

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Greek Category
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Uncertain (Kuprilli or contemporary). Circa 480-440 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 8.88 g). Lion standing left, eating leg of prey / Triskeles in dotted square within incuse square. Müseler IV, 62 = Reuter 22 (this coin); Falghera –; Weber 7219. Lightly toned, a couple of light scratches and area of weak strike on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare.


Ex Reuter Collection (Peus 360, 27 April 1999), lot 22.
Description
Good VF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 325 Numistats ref: 672815

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Greek Category
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Vekhssere I. Circa 450-430/20 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.50 g). Uncertain mint (Telmessos?). Figure of Herakles, nude but for lion skin headdress hanging behind him, advancing left, head right, holding club over shoulder in right hand / Triskeles; WEXSSERE in Lycian around, diskeles to lower left; all in dotted square border within incuse square. MAL I Type VII, 27 (D2/R1); Müseler V, 19–20 (same rev. die); Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 434 (same dies); BMC 116 (same dies); Traité II 427. Attractively toned, a few faint cleaning marks in field on obverse. Good VF. Artistic obverse type. Very rare, one of only three in CoinArchives.


Ex A. F. Collection (Roma XVI, 26 September 2018), lot 315 (hammer £4200).
Description
Good VF Grade
1725.75 EUR Starting
2876.25 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 326 Numistats ref: 672816

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Greek Category
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Mithrapata. Circa 390-370 BC. AR Stater (25.5mm, 9.64 g, 9h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Mithrapata left; MITHR-A-P-ATA in Lycian around, triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. Mildenberg, Mithrapata 6 (dies 3/5); Podalia 60–7 (A3/P5); Müseler VII, 71 (same dies); Falghera –; Reuter 98–9; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 472 (same dies); Boston MFA Supp. 229 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 658 (same dies). Lightly toned, some die wear on obverse. EF. Well centered. Excellent portrait.


The portraits on coins in the later Lycian series are among the finest of the Classical period. Among the earliest to attempt depictions of their rulers on coinage, the Lycians' first portraits in the later 5th century BC were innovative, but static, idealized forms lacking individual characterization. Over the next half-century, however, the style progressed significantly toward realism, culminating in the issues of the dynasts Mithrapata and Perikles in the early-mid 4th century BC. The coins of Mithrapata came first, depicting on their reverse the profile portrait of a man with distinctive elderly features. Through the relative chronology established in L. Mildenberg's die study, one can even see the portrait become more aged as time progressed, reflecting the realism that had been captured in these issues. The coins of Perikles, Mithrapata's successor, continue this trend, but also have two innovations that set them at the pinnacle of classical portraiture. First, the portrait is moved to the obverse of the coin, emphasizing the importance of the individual. Second, and most prominently, the portrait is not in the traditional profile, but in a dramatic facing state. Obviously influenced by Kimon's facing Arethusa-head coinage at Syracuse, these depict Perikles looking out from the surface of the coin with a serene countenance and his hair flowing around him as if blown by the wind. This depiction captures the essence of the earlier idealized portraits, conveying to the viewer a sense that Perikles was more than a mere man, but retaining the realism in its individualized features. Interestingly, both Mithrapata and Perikles are depicted without any sort of satrapal headgear, which was always included in earlier Lycian portraits, perhaps indicating that they had declared their independence from the Persian king. Unfortunately, these astonishing developments in portraiture came to an abrupt end in Lycia when Maussollos of Caria invaded the region circa 360 BC.
Description
fine Grade
1725.75 EUR Starting
2876.25 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 327 Numistats ref: 672817

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Greek Category
PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 10.80 g, 11h). Two wrestlers grappling; pellet between / Slinger in throwing stance right; [EΣT]FEΔIIY[Σ] to left, clockwise triskeles to right; all in dotted square border within shallow incuse square. Tekin Series 3; SNG BN 74; SNG von Aulock 4536–7 var. (counterclockwise triskeles). Attractive light iridescent tone, minor die wear, a few small flan flaws on reverse. Good VF.


From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), purchased from Bank Leu, December 1991.
Description
Good VF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 328 Numistats ref: 672818

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Greek Category
PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.92 g, 3h). Two wrestlers grappling; ΔP between / Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIY[Σ] to left, clockwise triskeles to right; all in dotted square border. Tekin Series 4; SNG BN 90; SNG von Aulock 4550–2. Beautiful old collection tone, with underlying luster and iridescence, minor doubling on reverse. EF. Struck from fresh dies.


From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, May 1988.
Description
EF Grade
862.88 EUR Starting
1438.13 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 329 Numistats ref: 672819

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Greek Category
PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 330/25-300/250 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 10.58 g, 12h). Two wrestlers grappling; ΠO between, below / Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIY to left; to right, forepart of horse right above monogram; all within dotted square border. Tekin Series 5; SNG BN 110 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 4571 var. (monogram). Faintly toned. Near EF.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 926179 (May 2012); Heritage 3019 (26 April 2012), lot 23162.
Description
Near EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 330 Numistats ref: 672820

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Greek Category
PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 330/25-300/250 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.40 g, 1h). Two wrestlers grappling; ΠO between, below / Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIYΣ to left; to right, forepart of horse right above Phrygian helmet right; all within dotted circular border. Tekin Series 5; SNG BN 110 var. (symbol below horse, ethnic); SNG von Aulock 4571 var. (same); SNG Lockett 3020 var. (ethnic). Faintly toned, light porosity. Near EF.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 514.
Description
Near EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 331 Numistats ref: 672821

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Greek Category
PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.90 g, 12h). Attic standard. Die–, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand; to left, pomegranate above (ΔI monogram)E. Seyrig, Side 12; SNG BN 670–3; SNG von Aulock 4785; SNG Copenhagen 391. Underlying luster, a couple of small die breaks, tiny flan flaw on obverse. Near EF.


From the JTB Collection, purchased from Warden Numismatics.
Description
Near EF Grade
431.44 EUR Starting
719.06 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 332 Numistats ref: 672822

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Greek Category
PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.88 g, 11h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; [E]ΣTΛEΓEYΣ to left; to right, clockwise triskeles above astragalos; all in dotted square border within shallow incuse square. SNG BN 1915; SNG von Aulock 5243; SNG Copenhagen 232. Toned, small scrape on reverse. Near EF.


From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Frank J. Novak Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXXI, 9 September 1994), lot 760.
Description
Near EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 333 Numistats ref: 672823

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.18 g, 12h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left / Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion; M[AΛ] and club to left. Casabonne Type 7; SNG BN 398; SNG Levante Supp. 24 = Waddington 4358 (same rev. die); SNG von Aulock 5718 (same dies); Gillet 1165 (this coin); Pozzi 2825 (same dies); Weber 7566 (same dies). Toned, some die wear and marks, a little off center on reverse. Good VF.


Ex Leu 76 (17 October 1999), lot 211; Charles Gillet (†1972) Collection.
Description
Good VF Grade
1725.75 EUR Starting
2876.25 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 334 Numistats ref: 672824

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.56 g, 10h). Herakles kneeling left, strangling the Nemean Lion on horizontal club below / Bearded head left, wearing laurel wreath; MAΛ to left. Casabonne Type 10; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 154, SNG von Aulock –; Athena Fund II 776 (this coin); Sunrise 89 = Athena Fund II 777 (same obv. die). Faint iridescent tone, struck with worn obverse die, a little off center on reverse. Near EF. Very rare.


Ex Athena Fund (Part II, Sotheby's Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 776.
Description
Near EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 335 Numistats ref: 672825

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Soloi. Circa 440-410 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 11.02 g, 11h). Amazon, wearing pointed cap and nude to her waist, kneeling left, holding bow in both hands, quiver on left hip; ivy leaves to left; to right, Corinthian helmet left / Grape bunch on vine; ΣOΛEΩИ to left, laurel branch to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Casabonne Type 1; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 37 var. (orientation of leaves); SNG von Aulock 5857 var. (same). Toned, slight doubling on reverse. Near EF.


From the JTB Collection. Ex Nomos 21 (21 November 2020), lot 226.
Description
Near EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
- Realized

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 336 Numistats ref: 672826

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Soloi. Circa 410-375 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.72 g, 11h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin on the bowl / Grape bunch on vine tendril with leaf to right; ΣOΛEΩN to left, HP monogram to lower right. Casabonne Type 5; SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; Triton XXVII, lot 313 (same dies); Triton XXV, lot 296 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6558877-010, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.


Ex Davissons 41 (16 March 2022), lot 55; Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 18 (18 December 2021), lot 1346.
Description
XF Grade
431.44 EUR Starting
719.06 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 337 Numistats ref: 672827

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Soloi. Circa 410-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.88 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Grape bunch on vine tendril with leaf; rose in profile and MOΣ to left; to right, owl standing right, head facing; ΣOΛEΩN below. Casabonne Type 7; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 51 var. (no rose); SNG von Aulock 5871 var. (same); Traité II 1442; M&M AG FPL 126 (1953), no. 15 (same obv. die); Triton V, lot 1470 (same obv. die). Iridescent tone, light porosity, a couple of green deposits, a few light marks on obverse. Good VF. Very rare variety.


Ex Kleinkunst Collection (Leu Numismatik AG 6, 23 October 2020), lot 247; Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 706; Kastner FPL 8 (November 1975), no. 87.
Description
Good VF Grade
431.44 EUR Starting
719.06 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 338 Numistats ref: 672828

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 389-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.45 g, 6h). Herakles kneeling left, strangling the Nemean Lion on horizontal club below / Head of Hera left, wearing stephane decorated with palmette between two circles containing large pellets, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; TEPΣIKO[N] to left. Casabonne Group J1; SNG BN 235; SNG Levante 63; SNG von Aulock –; Athena Fund II 795 (same obv. die); Gillet 1166. Faintly toned, some porosity, area of die rust on obverse. Good VF. Fine style.


Ex G. Hirsch 275 (22 September 2011), lot 3974; Sternberg XXXV (29 October 2000), lot 295.
Description
Good VF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 339 Numistats ref: 672829

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Tarsos. Pharnabazos. Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.65 g, 11h). Struck circa 380-379 BC. Head of Arethousa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earrings and necklace with pendants / Bearded head left, wearing crested helmet with raised earflap and floral motif, drapery around neck; FRNBZW in Aramaic to left. Casabonne Series 3; Moysey Issue 3, 27a (same dies); SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock 5920-1; Leu 7, lot 264 = Hess-Leu (March 1959), lot 283 (same dies). Deep iridescent tone. EF.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 530.
Description
EF Grade
862.88 EUR Starting
1438.13 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 340 Numistats ref: 672830

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Greek Category
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.66 g, 1h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, and grape bunch in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne, B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to right / Lion left, attacking bull left; MZDY (in Aramaic) above, monogram below. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 106 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6060767-006, graded MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5, die shift. Description
BC Grade
862.88 EUR Starting
1438.13 EUR Estimate
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 341 Numistats ref: 672831

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Greek Category
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Early-mid 5th century BC. AR Diobol or Eighth Stater(?) (10mm, 1.24 g). Two wrestlers grappling; aryballos(?) between / Incuse square punch. Lanz 151, lot 501; cf. A. Milavic, “Research and analysis reveal the first Greek wrestler-type coin” in The Celator 7.2 (February 1993), pp. 6–12 = A. Milavic, “The First Greek Wrestler-Type Coin” in The International Journal of the History of Sport 10 (December 1993), pp. 409–17 (obol); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Toned, granular surfaces. VF. Extremely rare.


From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 319 (29 January 2014), lot 101; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 538 (November 1990), no. 98 (as Aspendos).

Although this obverse type is featured prominently on the staters of Aspendos and Selge, this fraction does seem not fit into the scheme of either city’s coinage. This type was not used on their coins until late in the 5th century, certainly too late for this issue. Also, the weights of the known pieces do not seem to comport with the weights of the other denominations at either city during the early-mid 5th century.
Description
VF Grade
431.44 EUR Starting
719.06 EUR Estimate
- Realized