Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 583
The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus. Spring 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.62 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legatus. Diademed head of Libertas right; C • CAÍÍi • iÂp upward to left, LeiBerTAÍ upward to right / Capis and lituus; LeNTuLuÍ/ÍpiNT in two lines below. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; Sydenham 1307; RSC 4; BMCRR East 77; Kestner 3767; RBW 1762. Iridescent tone, slight roughness, flan crack. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Baranowsky (25 February 1931), lot 1268.
Libertas was a prominent feature on the coinage of the assassins of Caesar, who designated themselves liberatores, those who freed Rome from the indignity of monarchial rule.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Baranowsky (25 February 1931), lot 1268.
Libertas was a prominent feature on the coinage of the assassins of Caesar, who designated themselves liberatores, those who freed Rome from the indignity of monarchial rule.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 585
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g, 10h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M ANT • I(MP) (AV)G III VIR R • P C M BARBAT Q P around / Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; BMCRR East 100; Kestner 3793-5; RBW 1798. Toned, with hints of iridescence, minor edge surface and marks. 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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The Triumvirs. Octavian and Mark Antony. Late 39 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 1.97 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Gaul. Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right; III • VIR • downward on left, R • P • V• upwards on right / Clasped right hands holding caduceus; M • ANTON C • CAESAR around. Crawford 529/4b; CRI 304; Sydenham 1195; King 81; RSC 67a (Mark Antony); BMCRR East 130; Kestner 3813; RBW 1818. Deep cabinet toning with vibrant iridescence, scrapes and off center 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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 591
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Summer 37 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Mint in southern or central Italy. Bare head right, wearing beard; IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around and to right. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91; BMCRR Gaul 116-8; Kestner 3831; RBW 1826. Toned, with iridescence, minor marks, areas of weak strike, scratch and collector’s inventory number 599 on obverse. 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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Q. Fufius Calenus and Mucius Cordus. 68 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (21mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Jugate heads right of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet; HO to left, VI(RT) to right; KALENI below / Italia standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, vis-à-vis Roma standing left, foot on globe and holding scepter in left hand, clasping right hands; to left, winged caduceus above I (TA); RO to right, CORDI in exergue. Crawford 403/1; Sydenham 797; Fufia 1; BMCRR Rome 3358-63; Kestner 3299-300; RBW 1445. Deep cabinet tone with iridescence, small scrape on obverse. EF.
From the CLA Collection.
From the CLA Collection.
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Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; star of nine rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching with wand held in right hand a globe set on base; Q • POMPONI downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; BMCRR Rome 3628-32; Kestner 3385-6; RBW 1488. Deeply toned, faint scratches under tone, edge marks. Good VF.
From the CLA Collection.
From the CLA Collection.
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Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.77 g, 3h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, wearing cruciform earring, necklace of pendants, and her hair collected into a knot at back of head, which is decorated with jewels; lituus to left, FAVSTVS downward to right / Sulla, togate, seated left on raised seat; on left, Bocchus, king of Mauretania, kneeling right, offering an olive branch; to right, Jugurtha, king of Numidia, kneeling left, his hands tied behind him; FELIX downward to upper right. Crawford 426/1; Sydenham 879; Cornelia 59; BMCRR Rome 3824; Kestner 3455; RBW 1525. Toned, porosity, flan crack. Good VF.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia and divided it between several members of the royal family, in defiance of Roman decrees. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as quaestor in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia and divided it between several members of the royal family, in defiance of Roman decrees. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as quaestor in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.09 g, 5h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; AP monogram to outer left, OXY monogram to outer right. SC 379.3c; ESM 155μ (same dies); HGC 9, 128g. Attractively toned, minor doubling on reverse. Good VF. Well centered and high relief.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ (18mm, 3.33 g, 2h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 2nd series, circa 339/8-334 BC. Head of Asklepios left, wearing laurel wreath; AΣKΛEHΠ-I-O-[Σ] around / Hound at bay left; monogram above, ΣYPA[KOΣIΩN] in exergue. Castrizio Series II, 4 corr. (obv. type); CNS 84; HGC 2, 1511; SNG Morcom 721. Dark green patina, some encrustation. VF. Very rare, and exceptional for issue.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Collection C. G. (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 166; Coin Galleries (23 May 1990), lot 74.
Most of the standard references refer to the portrait on this issue as that of Zeus, but the reading of the legend around the portrait clearly identifies it as Asklepios.
From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Collection C. G. (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 166; Coin Galleries (23 May 1990), lot 74.
Most of the standard references refer to the portrait on this issue as that of Zeus, but the reading of the legend around the portrait clearly identifies it as Asklepios.
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.06 g, 12h). Rome mint. L. Livineius Regulus, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Victory standing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; REGVLVS downward to left, L • LIVINEIVS downward to right. Crawford 494/25; CRI 157; Sydenham 1107; RSC 443; BMCRR Rome 4260; Kestner 3731; RBW 1731. Toned, with light iridescence, minor marks. Good VF.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 597; Goldman Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 969; Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 276.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 597; Goldman Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 969; Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 276.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESARI AVG[VST]O, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R • in exergue, triumphal quadriga right; the chariot is ornamented on side and with Victory at front, in it is an aquila and a miniature, galloping quadriga right. RIC I 108a; RSC 272; BMCRE 394 = BMCRR Rome 4430; BN 1179. Lightly toned and faint hairlines. Good VF.
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ISLANDS off SICILY, Melita. 150-146 BC. Æ (21mm, 4.61 g, 1h). Veiled head of female right / Tripod; MELI-TAS at sides. Coleiro 11; Perassi 71–3; CNS 11 corr. (ethnic); SNG Copenhagen (Vol. 8) 471–2; SNG Morcom 939 (this coin). Green-brown patina, some cleaning scratches on reverse. VF. Excellent condition for the type.
From the John Morcom Collection.
From the John Morcom Collection.
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FRANCE, Second Republic. 1848-1852. AR Essai de 10 Centimes (31mm, 10.01 g, 5h). Paris mint. By Alard. Dated 1848. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Marianne left, wearing rooster-crested helmet and wreath of laurel, oak, and grain ears / LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ, 10/ CENTIMES/ 1848 within wreath. Edge: plain. Mazzard 1302b; KM –. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6924486-006, graded MS 64. Top Pop.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales (37mm, 12h). Columnario type. Mexico City mint. Dated 1761 Mo MM. Crowned coat-of-arms; cross between HI / Crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners; all set on waves. Yonaka, Mexico M8-61d; Gilboy M-8-39a; BW 28.4; KM 105. In NGC encapsulation 3356414-001, graded AU 55.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Hemidrachm (32mm, 15.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 68/9). ΣEPOYI ΓΑΛΒΑ AYTO ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒA, laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L B (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 17.25; RPC I 5348; Emmett 178.2 (R4). Brown patina, cleaning scratches. VF. Struck on an oversized flan. Very rare, this coin finer than any specimen published in RPC or in CoinArchives.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Roma Numismatics, 30 July 2011.
Galba continued Nero’s emphasis on the production of billon tetradrachms at the Alexandrian mint. His bronze coinage, while not quite as rare as Nero’s, is known only from his second regnal year. The authors of RPC cite only five examples for this hemidrachm type, with an additional four in CoinArchives.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Roma Numismatics, 30 July 2011.
Galba continued Nero’s emphasis on the production of billon tetradrachms at the Alexandrian mint. His bronze coinage, while not quite as rare as Nero’s, is known only from his second regnal year. The authors of RPC cite only five examples for this hemidrachm type, with an additional four in CoinArchives.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.84 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X across field, ΛCT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. RIC I 171a; Lyon 28/6 (D116/R123); RSC 144; BMCRE 461 = BMCRR Gaul 175; BN 1397 (same dies). Toned, minor marks, faint hairlines, trace of die rust on obverse. Good VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Morton & Eden 68 (10 June 2014), lot 76.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Morton & Eden 68 (10 June 2014), lot 76.
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FRANCE, Third Republic. 1870-1940. AR Essai de 5 Francs (38mm, 26.22 g, 6h). Struck 1870s. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, bust of Léon Gambetta facing slightly left; below, triangle, clasped hands, and rooster / LES FRANÇAIS UNIS SONT INATTAQUABLES, winged genius of France standing right, inscribing tablet set on column; 5 F flanking; all within wreath of oak and laurel; rooster below. Mazzard 2337; KM –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6924486-011, graded MS 63.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.78 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 13-14. [CAES]AR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PA[TRIAE], laureate head right / TI CAESAR in exergue, AVG F TR POT [XV], Tiberius standing right, driving triumphal quadriga, holding eagle tipped scepter in left hand, laurel branch, and reins in right hand; all horses facing right. RIC I 222; Lyon 90; RSC 300; BMCRE 512; BN 1688-9; CNR VI 822 (this coin). Wonderful old cabinet tone, struck slightly off center. Good VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Spink 233 (2 December 2015), lot 554; Sir Charles Oman and son Collection (Part I, Christie’s, 2 July 1968), lot 54b (part of).
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Spink 233 (2 December 2015), lot 554; Sir Charles Oman and son Collection (Part I, Christie’s, 2 July 1968), lot 54b (part of).
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.95 g, 8h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. P • PETRON • TVRPILI[AN III • V]IR •, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries; FERO below bust / CAESAR AVGVS[TVS SIG]N 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 289 (R3); RSC 486; BMCRE p. 4, note *; BN 139. Attractive cabinet tone, small flan flaw on obverse. Good VF. Very rare. When Carradice and Buttrey published RIC II.1, they knew of only one example, in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 24 April 2014.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 24 April 2014.
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Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 23.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 35-36. DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R, OB/ CIVES/ SER in three lines on shield within oak-wreath supported by two capricorns; globe below / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR P[OT] XXXVII around large S • C. RIC I 63 (Tiberius); BMCRE 109-10 (Tiberius); BN 93-5 (Tiberius); CNR VI 927/2 (this coin). Green-brown patina, some porosity, small flan flaw on obverse. VF.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 506; Bolaffi 33 (29 November 2018), lot 330; Dr. Giorgio Giorgi Collection (M. Ratto, 26 January 1955), lot 198.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 506; Bolaffi 33 (29 November 2018), lot 330; Dr. Giorgio Giorgi Collection (M. Ratto, 26 January 1955), lot 198.
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THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 275/50-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.92 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPO[Y], Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in inner left field, helmet above ΠO monogram. Karayotov I – (catalog no. 127); Topalov 988; HGC 3, 1567; Black Sea Hoard 192 (OF/R27 – this coin). Lightly toned, minor doubling. Near EF. Very rare issue, none seen by Karayotov, two in Pella, and only seven in CoinArchives.
Ex “Black Sea” Hoard.
Ex “Black Sea” Hoard.