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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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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1137
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Grade: -
HANOVER. William IV, with Adelaide. 1830-1837. Proof AV Medal (33mm, 27.52 g, 12h). Coronation. By W. Wyon, after F. Chantrey. Dated 8 September 1831. WILLIAM THE FOURTH CROWNED SEP: 8 1831, head of William right / ADELAIDE. QUEEN CONSORT. CROWNED SEP: 8 1831, diademed head of Adelaide right. BHM 1475; Eimer 1251. In NGC encapsulation 6906580-002, graded PF 62 Ultra Cameo.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Stack’s (4 March 1988), lot 2055.
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Grade: -
HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV Medal (36mm, 30.46 g, 12h). Coronation. By B. Pistrucci. Dated 28 June 1838. VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F. D., draped bust left, wearing bandeau / ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGUM, Victoria seated left on throne, holding scepter and orb, and receiving crown from Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia standing to left; to far right, lion standing facing, with forepaw resting upon thunderbolt; in three lines in exergue, INAUGURATA/ DIE JUNII XXVIII/ MDCCCXXXVIII. BHM 1801; Eimer 1315. In NGC encapsulation 6906580-007, graded MS 61.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex NASCA (16 July 1979), lot 1915.
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Grade: -
EGYPT, Ottomans. Isma'il. As khedive, AH 1284-1296 / AD 1867-1879. AV 500 Qirsh – Beşyüz kuruşluk (37mm, 42.59 g, 12h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dually dated AH 1277 and RY 15 of Abd al-'Aziz (AD 1876). Toughra of Abd al-'Aziz; floral spray to right; 500 sh in Arabic (value) below / zarb/fi/misr in Arabic in three lines; AH date below; RY above be of zarb. Damalı 32-MS-A1-15; Sultan –; Pere –; KM 265 corr. (date); Friedberg 16. In NGC encapsulation 6929996-004, graded MS 62. Extremely rare. A mintage of only 56 specimens recorded.


From the Collection of an Alexandrine Numismatist, formed before 1955.
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Grade: EF
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Uncertain mint (Actium?). Bare head right; M • ANTONIVS • AVG • IMP • IIII • COS • TERT III • VIR • R • P • C around / Victory standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm; all within wreath. Crawford 545/2; CRI 388; Sydenham 1211a; RSC 81; BMCRR East 228; Kestner –; RBW 1851. Toned, with some luster, faint hairlines. Superb EF. An outstanding strike.
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Grade: Good VF
The Triumvirs. Octavian, Divus Julius Caesar, and Agrippa. 38 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Agrippa in Gaul or Octavian in Italy. Laureate head of the deified Julius Caesar right, vis-à-vis bare head of Octavian left; DIVOS IVLIVS upward to left, DIVI F downward to right / M · AGRIPPA COS/DESIG in two lines. Crawford 534/2; CRI 306; Sydenham 1330; RSC 129; BMCRR 100–1; Kestner –; RBW –. Deep cabinet tone, minor marks. Good VF.


Ex Alba Longa Collection (Áureo & Calicó 339, 14 November 2019), lot 1061 (hammer €15,000).

Marcus Agrippa was Octavian’s boyhood friend, lieutenant, and and eventual chosen heir, adopted by the then-known Augustus in 17 BC to ensure a smooth succession. Agrippa's prominence in political affairs was emphasized in 13 BC, when two of the three moneyers included Agrippa on their coin types. Succession was not to be, however, as Agrippa died the following year.

This coin names Agrippa as “consul designate”, in anticipation of his consulship the following year. It was probably minted in Gaul under Agrippa, who was named governor of Transalpine Gaul in 39 or 38 BC. It was in the latter year, the year this coin was struck, that Agrippa put down an uprising of the Aquitanians.
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Grade: Near EF
CARTHAGE. Circa 270-264 BC. AV 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (22mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with [ten] pendants / Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis Group IX, 391–2 (same obv. die); CNP 76; MAA 26; SNG Copenhagen 181; Basel 569; Gulbenkian 384; Kraay & Hirmer 210. A little die wear and small scrape on obverse, minor nick at edge on reverse, edge bump. Near EF.
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Grade: -
GREECE, First Hellenic Republic. Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias. Governor, 1828-1831. Pattern CU 10 Lepta (34mm, 15.81 g, 6h). Aegina mint. Dated 1828. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ★ ★ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ αωχα, phoenix rising from flames, head upturned to left, with wings spread; rays to upper left, long cross above / ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι · Α · ΚΑΠΟΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ · 1828 ·, 10/ ΛEΠTA within wreath of palm frond and oak branch. Chase 161b-A.a; Divo –; Karamitsos –; KM Pn4. In NGC encapsulation 6917299-002, graded MS 64 BN. Extremely rare variety with five-pointed stars in legend. Top Pop.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

This coin, bearing five-pointed stars on the obverse rather than the usual six, is considered to be an extremely rare pattern, struck for presentation to Kapodistrias and the National Assembly for their approval. It is so rare as to be termed “uncollectable” by Chase.
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Grade: Near EF
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IANVM CLVSIT PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA, closed doors of the Temple of Janus. RIC I 50 and 58; Calicó 409; BMCRE 64-6; BN 211-2; Biaggi 224; Elkins, Monuments Figure 76; Adda 30; Biaggi 224; Mazzini 114. Lustrous and attractive. Near EF. An interesting architectural reverse type with the closed doors of the Temple of Janus, sending the signal to the Roman people that there was no war.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA37C; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 983; New York Sale XX (7 January 2009), lot 401.

The Temple of Janus was one of Rome’s most ancient centers of worship. It was said that Romulus had built it after he made peace with the Sabines, and that it was king Numa who decreed that its doors should be opened during times of war and shut during times of peace. In all of Roman history until the reign of Nero, the temple doors had been shut perhaps five or six times – once under king Numa (who originated the tradition), once at the end of the Second Punic War, three times under Augustus, and, according to Ovid, once under Tiberius.



In AD 65, when peace had been generally established in the Empire, Nero understandably requested the closing of the temple’s doors. He marked the event with great celebrations and trumpeted his policy of peace by issuing a large and impressive series of coins. The inscription on this issue announces “the doors of Janus have been closed after peace has been procured for the Roman People on the land and on the sea." The doors of the temple probably remained closed for less than a year, being opened again with the onset of strife in Judaea in 66.
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Grade: Near EF
KINGS of PERSIS. Vahbarz (Oborzos). 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.29 g, 3h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed head right, wearing kyrbasia / Figure in Achaemenid royal attire, with bow and quiver over shoulder, standing right, holding in his left hand the hair of a Greek hoplite kneeling right, wearing military attire and with shield on left arm, who he is preparing to slay with a dagger held in his right hand; whwbrz to left; krny in Aramaic to right; wntwy in Aramaic in exergue. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 532Aa = K&M 2/16a = Alram, Neue = Peus 316, lot 259 (same dies); van't Haaff, Persis, Type 532Ab = K&M 2/16b = New York Sale XXXVIII, lot 241 = Sunrise 567 = Zeno #163856 = Müseler, Dating, Fig. 13 (same dies); Alram –. Lightly toned, with iridescence, hint of deposits, uncertain Aramaic graffiti on reverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, the third example known.
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Grade: -
INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901. AV Mohur (25mm, 12h). East India Company Type II, Variety 1 issue. Calcutta mint. Dated 1841 (but struck 1850/1). VICTORIA QUEEN, young head left; date below, no serif on crossbar of 4; incuse W. W. on truncation of neck / EAST INDIA COMPANY, lion advancing left; palm tree behind; in exergue, ONE MOHUR above, yek ashrafi (= one ashrafi) in Persian. UCI 3.7; Pridmore 22; Friedberg 1595a. In NGC encapsulation 4863667-080, graded MS 62.
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Grade: Good VF
Vitellius. AD 69. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / PONT MAXIM, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated right on throne, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 106; Calicó 571; BMCRE 33; BN 70; Adda 46; Biaggi 282; Mazzini 71. Some shallow scratches, a couple of minor edge marks. Good VF.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA40C; Künker 168 (12 March 2010), lot 7701; Künker 89 (8 March 2004), lot 2123.

The last of Nero’s immediate three successors, Vitellius was declared emperor by his troops while campaigning in lower Germania in January, AD 69. His reign was short lived however, as Vespasian was hailed emperor in Judaea only a few months later. Vitellius’ troops gave little resistance as Vespasian entered Italy. As Vespasian’s army approached Rome, Vitellius attempted to abdicate but was prevented by the Praetorians and his backers, who rioted and burned down the Temple of Jupiter. Vitellius was ultimately dragged out of his hiding place and brutally murdered, his body thrown down the Gemonian Stairs.
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Grade: -
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Netherlands East Indies. Dutch East India Company. 1602-1799. AR Ducatoon (44mm, 32.67 g, 12h). Dordrecht mint in Holland. Dated 1739. Knight on horseback right, holding sword and reins; crowned coat-of-arms below / Crowned coat-of-arms with crowned leonine supporters; below, VOC monogram within ornate frame. Edge: reeded. Scholten 28b; Delmonte, Argent 1061; Davenport 417; KM 71. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6898643-003, graded MS 64. Top Pop. A superb example with exceptional eye appeal.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Grade: -
ROMANIA, Principality. Carol I. As Domnitor, 1866-1881. AV 20 Lei (21mm, 6.44 g, 6h). Bucharest mint. Dated 1870 C. Bare head left / Denomination and date within wreath. MBR 24; KM 7; Friedberg 2. In NGC encapsulation 6890893-008, graded MS 64. Very rare. Mintage of 5000.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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Grade: good
RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. Pattern AR Rouble Novodel (37mm, 19.87 g, 12h). Bank (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1801 СПБ AI. Б · · АЛЕКСАНДР I ИМІІ ИСАМОД · ВСЕРОСС, bare head right; СПБ below / МОНЕТА · РȢБЛЬ · 1801, Crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, holding scepter and globus cruciger; collared coat-of-arms on breast; crown above; A I flanking tail. Edge: plain. Bitkin H645; cf. KM Pn52. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6917299-001, graded UNC Details, rev spot removed.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 700.
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Grade: EF
KINGS of BOSPOROS. Asander. As archon, circa 47-43 BC. AV Stater (22mm, 8.14 g, 12h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated RY 4 (44/3 BC). Bare head right / APXONTOΣ AΣANΔPOY BOΣΠOPOY, Nike, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left, standing left on prow left; ЄT Δ (date) across upper field, monogram to inner left. Frolova & Ireland § 6, 5 (O3/R4) = Natwoka 3; Anokhin 1312 corr. (date); MacDonald 189/2 corr. (date); RPC I 1842.1 corr. (date); HGC 7, 199 corr. (date); DCA2 515; SNG BM Black Sea 961 = GPCG pl. 51, 1 (same dies); Adams III 2046 (same dies). Underlying luster, a few minor metal flaws on obverse. EF. Well centered. Extremely rare, one of only 6 examples published (the others: Adams III 2046; BM 961; CNG 72, lot 692; Morton & Eden 86, lot 14 = CNG 84, lot 575; and Frolova & Ireland pl. LXI, 3).


Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Triton XXIII, 14 January 2020), lot 285; Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (19 March 2002), lot 1230.

The date of this issue has long been debated, with some numismatists reading the delta as an alpha, but the die studies of Natwoka and Frolova & Ireland conclusively show that this issue must be dated year 4.
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Grade: EF
MYSIA, Lampsakos. Circa 394-350 BC. AV Stater (16.5mm, 8.47 g, 1h). Head of maenad left, wearing wreath of ivy, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos 11 var. (unlisted dies); SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 7393; Gulbenkian 682; Jameson 1438 = Traité II 2556, pl. CLXXI, 23. Minor marks, slight die shift on reverse. EF. Very rare, one of only two in CoinArchives.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Kovacs XV (1 October 2003), lot 93; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 411.

Lampsakos depended upon the traffic between the Aegean and the Black Sea and possessed an excellent harbor in a strategic position guarding the eastern entrance to the Hellespont opposite Gallipolis. The city was known to have existed under the name of Pityusa before it received colonists from the Ionian cities of Phokaia and Miletos (Strabo xiii, p. 589). In the sixth and fifth centuries BC, Lampsakos passed successively under Lydian, Persian, Athenian, and Spartan control. Its tribute of twelve talents, as a member of the Delian League, and production of electrum staters in the fifth century BC, attest to its commercial wealth. Following the example and standard of the Persic daric, Lampsakos was the first Greek city to make regular issues of gold coinage, which enjoyed an international circulation from Sicily to the Black Sea. As at Kyzikos, the quality of engraving was very high, and types changed frequently: about forty types were produced in a period of about sixty years. Many of the types featured Chthonic deities, those whose powers came from the earth, such as Demeter and Dionysos.
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Grade: EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Anlaf Guthfrithsson. 939-941. AR Penny (20mm, 1.23 g, 1h). York mint; Athelferd, moneyer. + A·NL··ΛF CVNVNC ·, raven with wings displayed, head left / + A·ÐEL·FERD MIHET, small cross pattée. CTCE group IV; cf. SCBI 34 (BM), 1237-43 (for type); North 537; SCBC 1019. Toned. EF. Very rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex St. James 24 (23 September 2013), lot 9.

A remarkable coin struck by Anlaf in York, after he seized the Northumbrian kingdom on the death of Aethelstan in 939. Described by Grierson’s protégé Mark Blackburn as ‘one of the most dramatic coin designs in the English series,’ on the obverse we find a raven with outstretched wings, a classic Viking symbol. This symbolism could, according to Blackburn, dually also serve in a Christian context. For, “the raven is [also] associated with Saint Oswald (a Northumbrian royal saint) ... [Thus one] can speculate whether the designers were subtly appealing to a dual audience.”
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Grade: -
Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVGVSTI N, Constantine, wearing military attire and paludamentum billowing behind him, on horseback galloping right, raising right hand and holding shield on left arm; three enemies impaled with spears strewn about below; SMT. RIC VII 35; Depeyrot 12/12; Biaggi –; Mazzini –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 2113106-062, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Extremely rare. One of two known, this coin the far superior example. The Laffranchi Collection example, cited in RIC, is the other, which is also the example sold by Rollin & Feuardent in 1909. A wonderful reverse composition.


Ex MDC Monaco 11 (21 April 2023), lot 402; Nomisma S.p.a. 34 (28 April 2007), lot 372; Giessener Münzhandlung 48 (2 April 1990), lot 961.
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Grade: Near EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.47 g, 2h). Cross and Lozenge type. Winchester(?) mint; Dunna, moneyer. Struck circa 875-880. + ÆLFR ED REX SΛ, diademed and draped bust right / + DVN NΛ · MON ETΛ, cross pattée within lozenge over long beaded cross; crossbars at lozenge ends. Watlington Hoard 171 (dies Clo113/CLr127); Blackburn & Keynes 42-3 var. (legends); SCBI 67 (BM), 1430 var. (same); North 629; SCBC 1058. Deep cabinet toning, scratch. Near EF. Extremely rare. Only two known to Blackburn & Keynes in 1998, with an additional two in the Watlington Hoard.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, April 2000. Ex Patrick Finn inventory, 1990s.

Alfred the Great (871-899), King of Wessex, succeeded his brother Aethelred I and bought a respite so that he could strengthen Wessex against future Danish attacks. He is the only English monarch to ever earn the epithet “the Great.” Alfred implemented legal, administrative, and military reforms that ensured that his successors would unite all England and end the Danish threat. A scholar, he translated into English Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and, in tandem with his biographer Bishop Asser, sponsored a general revival of letters and arts in England. In 878, he negotiated the Treaty of Wedmore dividing England into an expanded Kingdom of Wessex and the Danelaw. In 880, Alfred recaptured London and in celebration struck splendid pennies bearing the city’s monogram.
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Grade: Good VF
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 510-500 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 8.13 g, 12h). Taras, nude, riding dolphin right, extending left hand, right hand resting on dolphin’s back; TARAS (retrograde) to left, scallop shell below, dot-and-cable border around / Incuse of obverse type; [T]ARAS in relief to right, radiate border. Fischer-Bossert Group 1, 12 (V6/R5); Vlasto 69 (same obv. die); HN Italy 826; SNG Lloyd 108 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 294. Toned, traces of find patina, a few hairlines, minor nick on edge. Good VF. Excellent metal for issue.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 199.

The city of Tarentum was founded in the late 8th century BC by Spartan colonists on the north coast of the gulf of the same name, on a rocky islet at the entrance to the only secure harbor. It was Sparta's only colony and maintained close relations with its mother city. The official founder of the city was believed to be the Spartan leader Phalanthos. Ancient tradition, however, tells how Taras, the son of Poseidon and a local nymph, Satyra, was miraculously saved from a shipwreck by his father, who sent a dolphin on whose back he was carried to shore, at which spot he founded a city.

Blessed with fertile land, Tarentum became famous for olives and sheep. It possessed a fine harbor, great fisheries and profitable exports of wool, purple dye, and pottery. It adopted a democratic form of government circa 475 BC, and thereafter became the leading Greek city in southern Italy. Its success led to continual difficulties with its neighbor cities, though, and on four occasions Tarentum required expeditions from Greece to help overcome its aggressors. The last of these expeditions was led by the famed Epeirote, Pyrrhos. Following his withdrawal from the city, Tarentum was occupied by the Romans.

It was not until late in the 6th century that Tarentum felt the need to produce coinage. It did so by copying the broad, thin fabric with incuse reverse type already in use by Metapontum, Sybaris, Poseidonia, Kaulonia, and Kroton. Tarentum quickly grew in power and wealth. As with many cities that began coinage at the time, the types depicted relate to the city's foundation, both in its historical and mythological forms. Taras’ prosperity is exemplified by its vast coinage, which was continuous from circa 510 BC until the end of the Second Punic War.