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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Nicephorus I. 802-811. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 802-803. ҺICI FOROS ЬASILЄ´, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left / IҺSЧS XRIS τЧS ҺICA, cross potent set upon three steps; X at end of legend. DOC 1b; Füeg 1.B; SB 1603. Lightly toned and lustrous, a few minor marks. EF. Well centered.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-730. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.14 g, 7h). Type 30b. Mint in the east Midlands. ‘Wodan head’, with long beard, facing; crosses flanking beard / Two figures standing facing; long cross pommée between, smaller cross pommée to either side, two pellets above and below. Abramson 105.70; MEC 8 Series FBa; North 171; SCBC 835. Toned
. EF.
. EF.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.64 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with cluster of pellets / Two incuse squares. Weidauer –; Artemision –; Elektron –; Traité I 3; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 7761; Boston MFA 1749; Pozzi 2350; Rosen 253. Minor edge splits. As made.
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Nicephorus I, with Stauracius. 802-811. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 803-811. • ҺICI FOROS ЬASILЄ´, crowned facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left / SτAVRA CIS ∂ЄSPO´, crowned facing bust of Stauracius, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand and akakia in left; Є at end of legend. DOC 2a; Füeg 2.B.2; SB 1604. Lightly toned, with some luster, lightly clipped, minor die breaks and die rust on obverse, a few light scratches and slightly off center on reverse. EF. Well struck.
Nicephorus’ career came to an abrupt end at the battle of Pliska on 26 July 811 during his Bulgarian campaign. The initial campaign was a rousing success, and the battle came immediately after the sack of Pliska (the Bulgarian capital) by Byzantine forces. The Bulgarian Khan Krum attempted to sue for peace after the disastrous loss of his capital city, but Nicephorus, confident from his great victory refused and planned to retake all of Bulgaria. While the Byzantines were plundering the city, Krum blocked their exit from the valley with traps and fortifications including a wooden palisade. Nicephorus was unwilling to assault the newly-constructed battlements and elected to set up camp. This proved unwise. The Bulgarians spent the next few days across in their camp rattling their shields in an effort to intimidate the Byzantine forces. By the time the two armies met in battle, the Byzantine army’s morale had evaporated. Despite the Byzantine’s possessing superior numbers, the army was completely routed by the Bulgarian Khanate. Very few members of the approximately 30,000 strong Byzantine army escaped the slaughter. Emperor Nicephorus himself was slain and his son and successor Stauracius received a serious wound to his spine which left him partially paralyzed. Theophanes the Confessor summarized the aftermath in his Chronographia as follows: “Among the victims were ... the patrician Romanus, who was strategos of the Anatolics, and many protospatharioi and spatharioi, the commanders of the tagmata, including the domestic of the excubitors and the drungarios of the Imperial Watch, the strategos of Thrace, many officers of the themata, and an infinite number of soldiers so that the flower of Christendom was destroyed ... May not Christians experience another time the ugly events of that day for which no lamentation is adequate” (Theophanes, 491).
Nicephorus’ body was not recovered and Theophanes records that the Khan Krum “cut off the head of Nikephoros and for several days hung it on a pole so as to exhibit it to the tribes that came before him ... After that, he bared the skull, reveted it on the outside with silver and, in his pride, made the chieftains of the Sklavinians drink from it” (Theophanes, 491-2). This follows the ancient Skythian custom recorded by Herodotus in The Histories Book 4.65. Thus ended the reign of Nicephorus and Stauracius.
Nicephorus’ career came to an abrupt end at the battle of Pliska on 26 July 811 during his Bulgarian campaign. The initial campaign was a rousing success, and the battle came immediately after the sack of Pliska (the Bulgarian capital) by Byzantine forces. The Bulgarian Khan Krum attempted to sue for peace after the disastrous loss of his capital city, but Nicephorus, confident from his great victory refused and planned to retake all of Bulgaria. While the Byzantines were plundering the city, Krum blocked their exit from the valley with traps and fortifications including a wooden palisade. Nicephorus was unwilling to assault the newly-constructed battlements and elected to set up camp. This proved unwise. The Bulgarians spent the next few days across in their camp rattling their shields in an effort to intimidate the Byzantine forces. By the time the two armies met in battle, the Byzantine army’s morale had evaporated. Despite the Byzantine’s possessing superior numbers, the army was completely routed by the Bulgarian Khanate. Very few members of the approximately 30,000 strong Byzantine army escaped the slaughter. Emperor Nicephorus himself was slain and his son and successor Stauracius received a serious wound to his spine which left him partially paralyzed. Theophanes the Confessor summarized the aftermath in his Chronographia as follows: “Among the victims were ... the patrician Romanus, who was strategos of the Anatolics, and many protospatharioi and spatharioi, the commanders of the tagmata, including the domestic of the excubitors and the drungarios of the Imperial Watch, the strategos of Thrace, many officers of the themata, and an infinite number of soldiers so that the flower of Christendom was destroyed ... May not Christians experience another time the ugly events of that day for which no lamentation is adequate” (Theophanes, 491).
Nicephorus’ body was not recovered and Theophanes records that the Khan Krum “cut off the head of Nikephoros and for several days hung it on a pole so as to exhibit it to the tribes that came before him ... After that, he bared the skull, reveted it on the outside with silver and, in his pride, made the chieftains of the Sklavinians drink from it” (Theophanes, 491-2). This follows the ancient Skythian custom recorded by Herodotus in The Histories Book 4.65. Thus ended the reign of Nicephorus and Stauracius.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.58 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with cluster of pellets / Incuse rectangle. Weidauer –; Artemision –; Elektron –; Traité I 3 var. (incuse); SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 7761 var. (same); CNG 127, lot 222 (same die and punch). Minor edge splits. As made.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (21mm, 1.20 g, 3h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hunræd, moneyer. Struck circa 858-864. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, diademed bust right / + HVNR ED MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C192j (this coin?); SCBI 67 (BM) 1270; North 620; SCBC 1053. Richly toned, minor edge chip. Good VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 466 (22 April 2020), lot 671. Possibly ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 987 (part of).
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 466 (22 April 2020), lot 671. Possibly ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 987 (part of).
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Theodore Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1225/7-1230. AR Trachy (31mm, 4.30 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1227. IAΓ/IOC/Θ - PH/TH/CA in two columnar groups flanking, the Theotokos standing facing, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; (MHP) ΘV, both with macron above, flanking head; no sigla / ΘЄOΔωPOC ΔЄCΠO OΛΓIOC Δ[IM], facing figures of Theodore, wearing crown and loros, resting right hand on chest, and St. Demitrius, nimbate and wearing military attire, together holding the city walls of Thessalonica between them; Theodore supporting city walls with left hand, St. Demitrius holding city walls in both hands; above, manus Dei crowning Theodore. DOC 2c var. (obv. legend); CLBC 12.1.2 var. (sigla); LBC 321 var. (same); SB 2159. Toned, minor deposits, extensive hairlines. EF. Very well struck from wonderfully detailed dies.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Twelfth Stater (7mm, 0.87 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square punches. Walburg Group V; Berk 9; Kurth G55. Weakly struck on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
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MEROVINGIANS, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Mid 6th century. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Imitating a 1st officina Constantinople mint issue of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (527-565). Uncertain Frankish mint. D N IΛSTI NIΛNV(retrogade S) (inverted P), pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC, Victory standing left, holding staurogram cross in right hand; star to left; V//CONOB. NM –; Belfort –, but cf. 5251-2 (for type); MEC 1 –, but cf. 177 for type [attributed to the Burgundians]; Chwartz II, lot 174 = Collection N.K., lot 730 = Boutin 1064 (this coin). Lightly toned, hint of deposits, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Good VF. Extremely rare.
From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Berk BBS 189 (25 March 2014), no. 40; Bernard Chwartz Collection (Part II, Alde/Crinon 39, 14 June 2010), lot 174; Collection N.K. (Bourgey, 27 October 1992), lot 730.
From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Berk BBS 189 (25 March 2014), no. 40; Bernard Chwartz Collection (Part II, Alde/Crinon 39, 14 June 2010), lot 174; Collection N.K. (Bourgey, 27 October 1992), lot 730.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Hemistater (17mm, 5.26 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 23; Kurth S3; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Kayhan 1024–6; Boston MFA –; Rosen 665. Typical granular surfaces, a few minor marks. Near EF. Exceptional for issue, with complete type visible on the flan.
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L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus. 82 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.03 g, 1h). Military mint moving with Sulla. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, single-pendant earring, and ornate necklace; PRO • Q to left, L • MANLI-I to right / Sulla, holding branch in right hand and reins in left, driving triumphal quadriga right; above, Victory flying left, crowing him with wreath; L • SVLLA • IMP in exergue. Crawford 367/3; Sydenham 759; Manlia 8; BMCRR East 13-15; Kestner 3171-3; RBW –. Lustrous with traces of iridescence, some die rust. Superb EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome, captured it, and reclaimed his command against Mithradates. His prosecution of the first Mithradatic War was successful, but he spared the Pontic king for personal gain. In 83 BC, Sulla returned to Italy as an outlaw, but he was able to win the support of many of the leading Romans. Within a year he fought his way to Rome, where he was elected dictator. It was during this campaign to Rome that this denarius was struck. The reverse shows Sulla enjoying the highest military honor to which a Roman could aspire, the celebration of a triumph at Rome.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome, captured it, and reclaimed his command against Mithradates. His prosecution of the first Mithradatic War was successful, but he spared the Pontic king for personal gain. In 83 BC, Sulla returned to Italy as an outlaw, but he was able to win the support of many of the leading Romans. Within a year he fought his way to Rome, where he was elected dictator. It was during this campaign to Rome that this denarius was struck. The reverse shows Sulla enjoying the highest military honor to which a Roman could aspire, the celebration of a triumph at Rome.
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CAROLINGIANS. temp. Robert I. King of West Francia, 922-923. AR Denier (20mm, 1.35 g, 5h). Crinon Group 1, Series 1, Variety 1. Chinon mint. TVRON to right, diademed and mantled bust right / + CΛINONI CASTRO, cross pattée; pellet in first quarter. P. Crinon, Catalogue, p. 73, 1-4/2 (same dies); Poey d’Avant 1670; Fécamp pl. XIV = P. Crinon, “À propos de deniers inédits de Blois (Xe siècle): le monnayage à la tête dans les domaines de Thibaud de Tours et Thibaud Ier (durant les deux premiers tiers du Xe s.)” in BSFN 48.1 (January 1993), p. 469; CNG Inv. 956854 (same obv. die). Iridescent tone, hint of deposits. Good VF.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron (32mm, 20.52 g, 6h). Eagle, wings spread and head raised, standing right on serpent / Crab; six pellets (mark of value) in upper fields; below, crawfish left; all within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Series 4, 701.6 (this coin, illustrated); CNS 29 (this coin illustrated); HGC 2, 138; SNG Morcom –; Hunterian 49 (same dies); Virzi 597 (this coin). Attractive forest green patina, some faint cleaning marks. VF. Very rare, only nine examples noted by Westermark.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 658; Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 17 (4 October 2005), lot 159; Kricheldorf 32 (14 November 1977), lot 362; Thomas Virzi Collection (Leu 6, 8 May 1973), lot 62; Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 129.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 658; Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 17 (4 October 2005), lot 159; Kricheldorf 32 (14 November 1977), lot 362; Thomas Virzi Collection (Leu 6, 8 May 1973), lot 62; Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 129.
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M. Valerius Messalla. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.96 g, 5h). Rome mint. Bust of Roma right, wearing Corinthian helmet, seen from behind; with long flowing hair; spear to left; MESSAL • F downward to right / Curule chair; scepter with royal diadem below; PATRE • COS above, S C flanking . Crawford 435/1; Campana, Messalla 33-40 (O3/R3); Sydenham 934; Valeria 13; BMCRR Rome 3927; Kestner 3494; RBW 1547. Lightly toned, with hints of iridescence, scratches, trace deposits, areas of flatness. Good VF. Rare.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1292; Theodor Prowe Collection (Hess 137, 20 May 1912), lot 1471; Hirsch V (20 May 1901), lot 664.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1292; Theodor Prowe Collection (Hess 137, 20 May 1912), lot 1471; Hirsch V (20 May 1901), lot 664.
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ALBANIA, Kingdom. Zog I. 1928-1939/1946. NI Lek (26mm, 6h). London mint. Dated 1931 L. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Alexander the Great on horseback right, holding reins and raised sword. KM 5. In PCGS encapsulation 49770293, graded PR 66 CAM.
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Valerius Acisculus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 9h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo Soranus right, surmounted by star; acisculus and ACISCVLVS downwards to left; all within laurel wreath / Human-headed owl, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, advancing right, carrying two nearly parallel spears and shield; [L • VALERIVS in exergue]; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 474/2b; CRI 91a; Sydenham 999a; Valeria 18; BMCRR Rome 4106-7; Kestner 3664; RBW 1660. Deeply toned, with iridescence, light marks and scratches, scrape on obverse, off center and collector’s inventory number 1006 in margin on reverse, cut on edge. Good VF.
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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AUSTRIA, Gurk (Bishophric). Franz Xaver von Salm-Reiffescheid. 1782-1822. AR Taler (40mm, 12h). Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1801. Mantled bust right, wearing zuchetto / Crowned and mantled coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled gallero; crossed sword and crozier in background. Davenport 40; KM 2. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 2610194-004, graded MS 63.
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.96 g, 4h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; Kestner 3515-8; RBW 1557. Toned, with iridescence, traces of find patina, collector’s inventory number 543 on obverse. 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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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.
Ex Reuter Collection (Peus 360, 27 April 1999), lot 22.
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AUSTRIA, Olmütz (Archbishophric). Rudolf von Hapsburg-Lothringen. 1819-1831. AR Taler (41mm, 27.96 g, 12h). Vienna mint. Dated 1820. Mantled bust left, wearing zucchetto / Coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled gallero, mitre, and crown; crossed crozier and sword in background. Davenport 41; KM 494. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6924407-009, graded MS 64.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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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.
From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), purchased from Bank Leu, December 1991.