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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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (34mm, 29.29 g, 7h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. [A]NTΩI KA ΠO CЄ [ΓЄTAN], [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta] vis-à-vis laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠ ΠPY IOY[ΛIAΔOY TOY IЄPO]KΛЄ CTPATONIKЄ/ΩN, Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, lighted altar. Cf. SNG Leypold 849 (Geta on left, different magistrate); unpublished for this magistrate. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity. Near EF. Extremely rare, presently unique. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (38mm, 22.61 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon Lena, archon. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. AY KAI MAP AY AИ TΩИ[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI APXON ΛЄONT OC ΛЄ CTPATONIKЄ/И-Ω, Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. SNG von Aulock 2686 var. (legends); Sternberg 10, lot 467 (same dies). For c/ms: Howgego 188, 536. Brown patina with green highlights, minor marks, edge bump. Good VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (38mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Zosimos II, grandson of Posittos, prytanis. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 198-202. AY K M AYP ANTΩN INOC C Λ [CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [bareheaded and draped bust of Geta]; c/m: laureate bust of Caracalla right within circular incuse / ΠPY ZΩCIMOY TOY ΠPOCIC TOY B CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. SNG von Aulock 2692 var. (Geta on right, rev. legends). For c/m: Howgego 84. Red-brown surfaces, scratches, flan crack. VF. Extremely rare, presently unique. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s Damnatio Memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
This combination of obverse die, with Geta on the right, and reverse legend, is unrecorded with the Hecate reverse type. This obverse is previously only known on a reverse with Zeus Panamaros, from the same magistrate, the reverse legend is unrecorded.
This combination of obverse die, with Geta on the right, and reverse legend, is unrecorded with the Hecate reverse type. This obverse is previously only known on a reverse with Zeus Panamaros, from the same magistrate, the reverse legend is unrecorded.
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (34mm, 17.69 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iason, son of Cleoros, grammateus. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. AY KAI MAP AY AИ[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI ΓPA IACON[OC TOY KΛЄOPOY] CTPATON[IKЄΩN], Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding transverse scepter in left hand; at feet right, lighted altar. SNG von Aulock 2685. For c/m: Howgego 536. Brown patina, light roughness, spots of verdigris. Good VF. Rare. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.74 g, 1h). Struck AD 128-136. AYT KAI ΘE TPA ΠAP YI ΘE NEP YI TPAI AΔPIANOC CE, laureate and draped bust of Hadrian right, club below; to right, ΠΠ monogram / CABEINA CEBACTH AΔPI TAPC MHTPOΠOΛEOC, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane; A Y across field. RPC III 3275A; SNG BN –; Prieur –. Toned, light roughness, trace deposits. Near EF. The second known specimen. Two fine portraits.
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33.5mm, 20.50 g, 11h). [AYT KAI M AYP CЄYHPOC] ANTΩNЄINOC, Π Π, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ANTΩNIANHC CЄYH AΔP MYT TAPCOY; A/M/K|Δ/ЄZ/K, Artemis kneeling right, grabbing stag by its antlers with her knee in its back, about to plunge a dagger into its throat. SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; SNG Tahberer 1508. Brown patina, slight roughness, edge flaws. Near VF. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma 7 (22 March 2014), lot 875 (hammer £4,000).
Ex Roma 7 (22 March 2014), lot 875 (hammer £4,000).
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Divus Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar. Died AD 14. AR Didrachm (24.6mm, 6.97 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 32-65 (Tiberius to Nero). DIVVS AVG, radiate head of Divus Augustus right / [...] CAES, laureate head of Divus Julius Caesar right; below left, star. Ganschow, Münzen –; RPC I –; Sydenham, Caesarea –. Unpublished. Lightly toned, some porosity, minor marks and scratches, edge filing, banker’s mark. Near VF. Overstruck, undertype not visible but most likely on the Artaxias/Germanicus type.
This unique didrachm combines two divus types not previously known; not just unrecorded for Caesarea, but unrecorded in the entire Roman provincial series. It is unique for a number of reasons: the Divus Augustus types at Caesarea are all left facing, are only known as drachms, and they all use the longer AVGVSTVS form of his name. A coin, of any denomination, is not known for Divus Julius Caesar from Caesarea struck by any emperor. We can date this coin with certainty from the reign of Tiberius to Nero; all of the Divus Augustus coins were struck by Tiberius in the name of Germanicus but in the smaller drachm denomination. The first didrachms struck in Caesarea are dated by Ganschow as early as Tiberius’ Germanicus issues (AD 32-34) whereas the last divus types were Nero’s Divus Claudius didrachms (AD 63-65).
This unique didrachm combines two divus types not previously known; not just unrecorded for Caesarea, but unrecorded in the entire Roman provincial series. It is unique for a number of reasons: the Divus Augustus types at Caesarea are all left facing, are only known as drachms, and they all use the longer AVGVSTVS form of his name. A coin, of any denomination, is not known for Divus Julius Caesar from Caesarea struck by any emperor. We can date this coin with certainty from the reign of Tiberius to Nero; all of the Divus Augustus coins were struck by Tiberius in the name of Germanicus but in the smaller drachm denomination. The first didrachms struck in Caesarea are dated by Ganschow as early as Tiberius’ Germanicus issues (AD 32-34) whereas the last divus types were Nero’s Divus Claudius didrachms (AD 63-65).
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Double Unit (35.5mm, 25.37 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 223/4). AY K CЄOYH AΛЄΞANΔ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, gorgoneion on breastplate, left hand holding scepter over shoulder / MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC NЄωKOP, Severus Alexander, in military dress, holding scepter in left hand and patera in right, driving slow quadriga right, decorated with crowning Nike; in upper field, Mount Argaeus; ЄT Γ (date) in exergue. Ganschow, Münzen 740; RPC VI Online 6744; Sydenham, Caesarea 546. Yellow-brown surfaces, light porosity. VF. Very rare, only three specimens known to Ganchow and RPC.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.87 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia, slight drapery; M • ANTONIVS IMP • COS • DESIG • ITER ET TERT • around / Dionysus, holding cantharus in right hand and thyrsus in left, standing left on cista mystica flanked by interlaced serpents; III • VIR • downward to left, R • P • C upward to right. Hiltmann, Type 2; RPC I 2202 (Cistophoric Mint); CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Toned, with hints of iridescence and luster, graffito in field on obverse. Good VF.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Goldman Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 950; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 136.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Goldman Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 950; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 136.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus (as Octavian). 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.82 g, 1h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck 28 BC. iÂp • CAeÍAr • Diui • F • COÍ • ui • LiBerTATiÍ • p • r • uiNDex •, laureate head right / Pax, draped, standing left, holding caduceus with her right hand; behind her, in right field, a snake emerging from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath; pAx in left field. Sutherland Group I, 69 var. (O48/R– [rev. die unrecorded]); CRI 433; RPC I 2203 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 218. Toned, with hints of iridescence and some luster, minor scratches and porosity on reverse. Good VF.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 12.08 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAE-SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, garlanded and filleted altar decorated with stags standing vis-à-vis. Sutherland Group VIγ, 366 (O123/R22, this coin illustrated); RPC I 2215 (Cistophoric Mint); RSC 33. Deeply toned, minor porosity, die flaws, a few light scratches. Near EF.
Ex Neal Archer Collection (Noble Numismatics 122, 19 November 2019), lot 3193; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 513; A. Hess 207 (1 December 1931), lot 918.
Ex Neal Archer Collection (Noble Numismatics 122, 19 November 2019), lot 3193; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 513; A. Hess 207 (1 December 1931), lot 918.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 11.38 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAE SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right, head left, cornucopia on its back; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group VIα 417 var. (O156/R– [rev. die unlisted]); RPC 2213 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 16. Toned, minor marks. Near EF.
Ex Naville Numismatics 71 (13 February 2022), lot 370.
The capricorn represents Augustus’ birth sign and appeared often as a coin type during his reign. Adding the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, to the back of the capricorn symbolizes the prosperity brought about by the emperor, whose victories are symbolized by the laurel wreath.
Ex Naville Numismatics 71 (13 February 2022), lot 370.
The capricorn represents Augustus’ birth sign and appeared often as a coin type during his reign. Adding the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, to the back of the capricorn symbolizes the prosperity brought about by the emperor, whose victories are symbolized by the laurel wreath.
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CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Diva Faustina Senior, with Galerius Antoninus. Died AD 140/1 and before AD 138, respectively. Æ As or Dupondius (27mm, 10.56 g, 12h). Dies likely produced in Rome. Struck AD 140/1. ΘЄA ΦAYCTЄINA, veiled and draped bust of Diva Faustina right / M ΓAΛЄPIOC ANTωNINOC AYTOKPATOPOC ANTωNINOY YIOC, bareheaded and draped bust of Galerius Antoninus right. Overbeck, Galerius 9-16 (Vs:9/Rs:1); Parks 22; RPC IV.3 Online 8345. Brown patina, smoothing. EF. Very rare.
Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus was the son of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior. He died in infancy or childhood, before Antoninus became emperor in AD 138; a sepulchral inscription for him is in the Mausoleum of Hadrian. This provincial issue is the only coin naming him.
Of the sixteen specimens illustrated in RPC, a third of the museum pieces are casts or outright forgeries, illustrating how difficult it was for the major museums to acquire authentic specimens for their permanent collections. Of the remaining sales records, most have been tooled to some degree. While this coin shows evidence of smoothing there are no signs of tooling; this is the finest known example.
Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus was the son of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior. He died in infancy or childhood, before Antoninus became emperor in AD 138; a sepulchral inscription for him is in the Mausoleum of Hadrian. This provincial issue is the only coin naming him.
Of the sixteen specimens illustrated in RPC, a third of the museum pieces are casts or outright forgeries, illustrating how difficult it was for the major museums to acquire authentic specimens for their permanent collections. Of the remaining sales records, most have been tooled to some degree. While this coin shows evidence of smoothing there are no signs of tooling; this is the finest known example.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Mark Antony & Cleopatra VII of Egypt. 36 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.25 g, 1h). Struck circa 36-34 BC. BACIΛICCA KΛЄOΠATPA ΘЄA NЄωTЄPA, diademed bust of Cleopatra right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / ANTωNIOC AVTOKPATωP TPITON TPIωN ANΔPωN, bare head of Antony right. McAlee 174; RPC I 4094; Prieur 27; HGC 9, 1361. Toned, porosity, surface cracks and scratches. VF.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.08 g, 12h). Dated year 30 of the Actian Era (with Cos. XIII, 2 BC). KAIΣAPOΣ ΣE BAΣTOY, laureate head right / ETOVΣ Λ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond in right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=VΠΑTOV) and IΓ (consular iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 185; RPC I 4156; Prieur 55; DCA2 288. Lightly toned, with slight porosity. Superb EF. Well centered and struck.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod IV Philip. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ (13mm, 2.08 g, 11h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 34 (CE 30/1). Head right / LΛΔ (date) within wreath. Meshorer 108; Hendin 6263; RPC I 4950; Sofaer 143. Dark brown surfaces, slight roughness. VF. Very rare. Finer than any specimen in CoinArchives.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (20.5mm, 8.00 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 7 (43/4 CE). [BAΣIΛEYΣ] MEΓAΣ A[ΓPIΠΠAΣ ΦIΛOKAIΣA], laureate head right / [KAIΣAPIA H ΠPOΣ TΩ] CE BACTΩ ΛI MENI, Tyche Soterios standing left, holding rudder in right hand and palm frond in left; L Z (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 6280; RPC I 4985 corr. (palm frond not cornucopia); Sofaer 165-6. Earthen brown surfaces, smoothing, cleaning marks. Near VF. Rare.
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JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.53 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT KAI AN TωNЄINOC C, laureate bust right, slight drapery / ΔHMAPX Є Ξ VΠATOCTO Δ, laureate head of Caracalla right above eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed; to right, filleted thyrsos. Meshorer, Aelia 87a corr. (bust, rev. legend); Prieur 1613 corr. (same); Sofaer –. Lightly toned, light porosity, minor marks and scratches. Good VF. Extremely rare, two known to Bellinger and Prieur.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Britannicus, Antonia, and Octavia. AD 41-54. BI Didrachm (19mm, 6.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). TI KΛAY KAI CEBAC ΓEPM, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / AYTO/KPA in two lines, crossed cornucopias, each surmounted by female bust (Antonia and Octavia), vis-à-vis; between them, bust of a young boy right (Britannicus). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 118; K&G 12.24; RPC I 5135; Emmett 75.3 (R3); B. Lichocka, “Claudius’s Issue of Silver Didrachms in Alexandria: Emperor’s Children and Crossed Cornucopias” in Ètudes et Travaux XXVI (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2013), pp. 428-45. Toned, small spots of verdigris. Near EF. Very rare. Nine specimens known to RPC, all in well worn condition; this is the finest known.
An extremely rare coin, and the only collectible didrachm (billon or otherwise) issued in Alexandria during the Roman period. (Erik Christiansen in The Roman Coins of Alexandria lists two unique didrachms for Nero, regnal years 3 and 4, the first in Athens, the second in Berlin). Claudius also issued a billon drachm (RPC I 5136), which is of equal rarity.
An extremely rare coin, and the only collectible didrachm (billon or otherwise) issued in Alexandria during the Roman period. (Erik Christiansen in The Roman Coins of Alexandria lists two unique didrachms for Nero, regnal years 3 and 4, the first in Athens, the second in Berlin). Claudius also issued a billon drachm (RPC I 5136), which is of equal rarity.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. Æ Drachm (33.5mm, 19.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 76/7). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head of Vespasian right; L ENAT (date) in legend / • AYTOKRATOPOΣ TITOY • KAIΣAPOΣ, laureate head of Titus right. Köln 313; Dattari (Savio) 352; K&G 20.65; RPC II 2456; Emmett 209.1. Dark brown surfaces, slight roughness, trace deposits, scrapes. Near EF. Rare. Superior to any recorded in RPC.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Hemidrachm (27mm, 13.52 g, 11h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Pharos of Alexandria surmounted by two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (trumpet), lantern surmounted by statue holding situla in right hand and scepter in left, entryway at bottom right; L EN∆E KATOV (date) around. Köln 975; Dattari (Savio) 1932 & 7856; K&G 32.423; RPC III 5673; Emmett 1103.11 (R3). Brown surfaces, some roughness and scrapes, smoothing. Good VF.