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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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.70 g, 6h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ORIE NS AVG, Sol, radiate and nude but for chlamys draped over shoulders, standing slightly right, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left; RSR. RIC V.5 107 (forthcoming); RIC V 570; RSC 74 (same dies as illustration); Shiel p. 110, 63-4 (same dies as illustrated examples on pl. K). Toned, porosity, light cleaning scratches, slightly off center on reverse. VF. Extremely rare. Only four examples noted in RIC V.5. An excellent example for this difficult issue.


From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Gordon S. Parry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 79, 17 September 2008), lot 1218; New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 350.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 8h). Saxoniorvm type. Canterbury mint; Manna, moneyer. Struck 839-circa 844. + EÐELVVL·F REX, cross pattée over cross pattée in saltire / + MΛNNΛ MONETΛ, SΛX/ONIO/RVM in three lines. Naismith C100m; SCBI 67 (BM), 1102; North 596; SCBC 1044. Toned. Good VF. Rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 712908 (Spring 1999); L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 393; Glendining (27 May 1987), lot 362.

Aethelwulf (839-858), King of Wessex and son of Ecgberht, sealed a marriage alliance with King Burgred of Mercia, which later proved decisive in checking the Viking Great Army. A pious man, he not only consolidated royal power, but also managed to make a pilgrimage to Rome in 855-856. He willed to his sons Æthelbald (858-860) and Æthelberht (860-865) the Kingdoms of Wessex and Kent, respectively. The realms were united on Aethelbald’s premature death.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Halfpenny (15mm, 0.52 g, 8h). London monogram type. London mint. Struck circa 880. ELF RED R, diademed and draped bust right / Londonia monogram; small crosses above and below; pellet to left. Cf. MacKay, London Ie, unlisted dies; cf. SCBI 42 (South-Eastern), 758 (for similar); North 645; SCBC 1063. Deeply toned, edge chip. Near EF. Very rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, December 1996. Ex J. Linzalone Collection (Stack’s, 7 December 1994), lot 2354.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadwig. 955-959. AR Penny (21mm, 1.45 g, 2h). Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). York mint; Heriger, moneyer. + EADPIG RE+ o, small cross pattée / (HE)RIG/ER MO in two lines; three crosses between, quatrefoil above, trefoil below. CTCE; SCBI 34 (BM), 793 (same dies); North 724; SCBC 1122. Richly toned. Good VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 April 1975), lot 1482.

Eadwig All-Fair (955-959), son of King Edmund and his first wife Aelfgifu and great-grandson of Alfred the Great, was proclaimed king of all England at his accession on 23 November 955.
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Leo VI the Wise, with Constantine VII. 886-912. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 908-912. + IҺS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧm, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing on suppedion, armrests with eight pellets, draped and nimbate, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left / LЄOҺ ЄT COҺS(τ retrograde)AҺ(τ retrograde)´ AЧςς´ ROm´, crowned facing figures of Leo, holding globus cruciger in right hand, and Constantine, holding globus cruciger in left hand, both wearing loros decorated with a cross at end and together holding patriarchal cross between them with left and right hands respectively. DOC 2; Füeg 3.A.1 (same rev. die as illustrated example); SB 1725. Toned, light scuffs, spots of slight tooling on obverse. EF.
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AV Guinea. Dated 1813. Early coinage. Sixth bust. Military type. Bull, Gold 737; SCBC 3730. Hairlines, scratch. AU.
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CHINA, Qīng dynasty. Wénzōng (Xiánfēng). AD 1851-1861. Æ 1000 Cash (62mm, 108.10 g, 12h). Board of Revenue mint. Cast March-August 1854. Xian Feng Yuan Bao in Hànzì characters / Dang Qian (Value One Thousand) in Hànzì characters and boo chiowan in Manchu script. Hartill 22.714. Brown surfaces, scattered bumps, marks, and scratches, central hole slightly smoothed. VF. An exceptionally heavy example, with this type normally weighing from 60-85 g. Rare thus.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.18 g, 8h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo, nude, testing two arrows in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; ΠΑ monogram to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 378.3a; ESM 140; HGC 9, 128g; McClean 9255 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, with some iridescence. EF. Superb portrait.


Ex Long Valley River Collection (Roma XX, 29 October 2020), lot 300; Hess-Divo 328 (22 May 2015), lot 66; Gorny & Mosch 151 (9 October 2006), lot 212.
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AV Medal (29mm, 13.21 g, 3h). Coronation. By T. Simon. Dated 23 April 1661. CAROLVS · II · D · G ANG · SCO · FR · ET HI · REX, crowned and mantled bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Garter / EVERSO · MISSVS · SVCCVRRERE · SECLO · XXIII · APR · I66I, Charles enthroned left, being crowned by Victory flying to right from above. MI 472/76; Eimer 221. In NGC encapsulation 6906580-004, graded AU Details, removed from jewelry.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Lepczyk 58 (27 July 1984), lot 712.
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PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328/3-311 BC. AV Daric (13.5mm, 8.33 g). Babylon mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ΛY to left, [M to lower right] / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 1; Babelon, Perses 120 = de Luynes 2786; Traité II 768. Compact flan, area of weak strike on obverse. EF. Very rare.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Buddy Ebsen Collection (Superior, 7 June 1987), lot 4230.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CΛESΛR • ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F • PΛTER • PΛTRIΛE, laureate head right / AVGVSTI • F • COS • DESIG • PRINC • IVVENT, C • L • CAESARES • in exergue, Caius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on ground between them; behind the shields, two spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176b; BMCRE 513-8; BN 1648-50; Biaggi 92-3; Mazzini 42. Hairlines, edge scrapes and filing, slight bend in flan. VF.


Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 655; Christophe Joron-Derem (23 March 2016), lot 48.
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Augustus, with Tiberius as Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.78 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 13-14. CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PΛTRIΛE, laureate head of Augustus right / TI CΛESΛR • ΛVG • [TR • P]OT • XV •, bare head of Tiberius right. RIC I 226; Lyon 88; RSC 2 (Tiberius and Augustus); BMCRE 507; BN 1682-4. Lightly toned, some faint hairlines and porosity, area of soft strike, die break on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. Near EF. Two excellent portraits.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 24 April 2014.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC, or king, 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.75 g, 1h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 306-300 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck with tiny Δ in scales / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, monogram, Corinthan helmet right, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 70; Svoronos 164; Zervos Issue 29, dies 518/c; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; SNG Lockett 3393; Weber 8226. Toned, traces of undertype. EF. Well centered.


From the JTB Collection. Ex North River Collection (Triton XXVI, 10 January 2023), lot 424; RCM Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 587; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 372.

Ptolemy I Soter, the son of a Macedonian nobleman, was a friend and intimate of Alexander III the Great from boyhood and accompanied him on his great career of conquest, from 333-323 BC. Upon Alexander’s death in 323 BC, Ptolemy was granted the prized satrapy of Egypt, the richest of the formerly Persian provinces. Alone among the Diadochi (”successors”), he was content with his sphere of influence and did not risk all to succeed Alexander. However, he was not above using the great conqueror’s image and reputation to secure his own position. He hijacked Alexander’s funeral cortege as it was proceeding back to Macedon and had his embalmed corpse formally interred at Memphis in Egypt; later the body was relocated to a splendid mausoleum in Alexandria. Ptolemy’s early coinage is modeled on that of Alexander and carries the conqueror’s image and name, as seen on this remarkable tetradrachm, which shows Alexander wearing an elaborate elephant-skin headdress in honor of his victories in India, backed with a striking image of Athena in a fighting stance. Ptolemy declared his own kingship in 305/4 BC and was the only one of Alexander’s Successors to die peacefully, in his bed, in 282 BC, having founded a dynasty that would last three centuries.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 5h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. • TVRPILIANVS III • VIR •, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries; FE RON below bust / CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN RECE, bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a signum, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 15–7 = BMCRR Rome 4526-8; BN 127–37. In NGC encapsulation 4936333-008, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 121 (6 October 2022), lot 778; Ernst Justus Haeberlin Collection (Cahn [83], with A. Hess Nachf., 17 July 1933), lot 3237. Reportedly also ex “Mossberg” Collection (1946).
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GERMANY, Eichstätt (Bishophric). Sede Vacante. 1790. AR Doppeltaler (53mm, 56.04 g, 12h). Dated 1790 W. Empty throne on pedestal below baldachin in throne room; above, patron saints Willibald and Walburgis in clouds below streaming eye of God / Oak tree with shields on branches, each inscribed with the name of a member of the college of canons of Eichstätt, before city scene. Cahn 148; KM 90; Davenport 2212. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6928245-001, graded MS 65.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 260-245 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.49 g, 11h). 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; no control marks. Marinescu Issue 26, 64 (O29/R61); Müller –; HGC 3, 1374; Triton XXIII, lot 165 (hammer $9500) = Rauch 74, lot 189 (same dies). A few light scratches on obverse, a couple of bumps on edge. EF. Extremely rare, only seven examples known to Marinescu.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from A. Kosoff, March 1968. Reportedly ex Jules Furthman Collection.
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GERMANY, Kirchberg (County) & Weißenborn (Lordship). Kajetan Josef Fugger von Zinnenberg-Adlshofen & Johann Karl Alexander Fugger von Wörth-Nordendorf. 1720-1791 & 1706-1784. AR Taler (41mm, 12h). In the name of Josef II, Holy Roman Emperor. München (Munich) mint. Dated 1781. Coat-of-arms surmounted by two ornately crested helmets / Crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, holding sword and scepterl globus cruciger on breast. Davenport 2252; KM 1. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 173916-008, graded MS 65.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

The Fugger family began their rise to prominence as successful weavers in Augsburg. After several generations, the family developed into a powerful force in the world of banking and trading. Around 1473, the Fuggers began a long and profitable relationship with the Habsburg dynasty by serving as financiers for the royal family’s political and military ventures. In 1530, in recognition of their rise as a noble family, they received titles to the towns of Kirchberg and Weißenborn. They were later given the right to mint their own coinage.
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.64 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; A to upper right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6; HPM p. 99, 21; HGC 6, 334; BMC 29–30; Hirsch 147–8; Prospero 243 (this coin). Old cabinet tone, a little die rust. Good VF.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 14 December 2014. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 243; Vinchon (9 December 1983), lot 95; Naville X (15 June 1925), lot 484.
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GERMANY, Schwarzenberg (Principality). Johann Adolf. 1646-1683. AR Taler (44mm, 29.00 g, 12h). Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1682. Armored and draped bust right / Collared coat-of-arms surmounted by elector’s cap. Davenport 7699; KM 5. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 2156453-001, graded MS 63. Rare.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.69 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Last emission, from 1 January AD 41. C CAESAR • AVG PON • M • TR • POT IIII • COS • IIII •, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / DIVVS [• AVG •] PATER • PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. RIC I 31 (Rome); Lyon 185 (D–/R222 [unlisted obv. die]); RSC 8; BMCRE p. 150 note †; BN –. Toned. Near EF. Very rare, Lyon lists only one example (in the Ashmolean). Two excellent portraits.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Spink 248 (25 September 2017), lot 79 (hammer £6,500).

Since Caligula was assassinated on 24 January AD 41, issues dated TR P IIII, which began on 1 January, are among the rarest for this emperor, since they were minted for less than a month.
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 28.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT •, laureate head left / AGRIPPINA on left, DRVSILLA above, IVLIA on right, S C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas), head right, holding cornucopia in right hand and leaning on column, and placing left hand on shoulder of Drusilla (as Concordia), head left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; on right, Julia (as Fortuna), head left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 33; BMCRE 36-7; BN 47-9. Brown patina, minor roughness, some smoothing in fields. VF.


Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, 21 May 1981.