Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)
Lots: 1152
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 193
ISLANDS off ILLYRIA, Pharos. Pharos. Circa 350-320 BC. Æ (24mm, 14.01 g, 8h). Bearded head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath / Goat standing left; coiled serpent to left, [ΦAPIΩN in exergue]. Visonà, Greek-Illyrian Ph9 (same dies); HGC 6, 18; SNG Morcom 949 (this coin). Dark green-brown patina. Near VF. Very rare.
From the John Morcom Collection.
From the John Morcom Collection.
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BITHYNIA, Claudiopolis (as Bithynium). Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Assarion (22.5mm, 6.15 g, 6h). M AYP ANT ΩNINOC A, laureate head right / BIΘYNIЄΩN, three goats playing. RG 57; RPC VI Online 3665 corr. (obv. legend); BMC 13. Brown patina, some roughness. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC, none in CoinArchives.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from John Jencek.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from John Jencek.
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EPEIROS, Federal coinage (Epirote Republic). Circa 148-50 BC. AR Drachm (21.5mm, 5.05 g, 7h). Bearded head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; monogram to left / Eagle, with closed wings, standing right on thunderbolt; AΠEI-PΩTAN at sides; all within wreath. Franke Group II, Series 2, 52–3 var. (V–/R38 [unlisted obv. die]); HGC 3, 171; BM 1866,1201.1458 (same rev. die). Bright surface, minor flan flaw on reverse. Superb EF.
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LYDIA, Sardis. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (34mm, 26.06 g, 11h). Aurelius Herakleidianos, strategos. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛiΠΠOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / ЄΠ CTP AYP HPAKΛЄIΔIANOY CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩK, Chrysanthina wreath enclosing XPYCANΘINA A. Hochard 2133 (D309/R653); Kurth 681; RPC VIII Online 20239 (this coin cited). Brown patina, some smoothing and cleaning marks. VF. Very rare.
From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 1795; Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 311.
The Chrysanthina flower, modern Mediterranean Strawflower, gave its name to the Chrysanthian Games, founded between 150 and 175 AD. The games honor Persephone, who was said to be picking these flowers in a field near Sardis when she was abducted by Hades and taken to be his wife as queen of the underworld. The prize wreath given to the winners of these games was made of these flowers.
From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 1795; Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 311.
The Chrysanthina flower, modern Mediterranean Strawflower, gave its name to the Chrysanthian Games, founded between 150 and 175 AD. The games honor Persephone, who was said to be picking these flowers in a field near Sardis when she was abducted by Hades and taken to be his wife as queen of the underworld. The prize wreath given to the winners of these games was made of these flowers.
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AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon. Circa 340-300 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 8.46 g, 5h). Pegasos flying left; A below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; APΓEI above, to right, crested Corinthian helmet left. Pegasi 11; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 12; BCD Akarnania 132–3; HGC 4, 783. A couple of minor flan flaws, hairlines. Near EF.
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AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon. Circa 340-300 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.35 g, 12h). Pegasos flying left; A below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; ΔI and shield with strap to right. Pegasi 19; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 16; BCD Akarnania –; HGC 4, 756. Hairlines. Good VF.
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Septimius Severus, with Geta as Caesar. AD 193-211. Æ (36mm, 27.43 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. AY K Λ Π CЄ ΓЄTAC KAI ΛOY CЄΠ CЄYHPOC, laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius, gorgoneion on breastplate vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI ΠP IOYΛIAΔOY TOY IЄPOKΛЄOYC CTPATONIK/ЄΩN, Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding transverse scepter in left hand; at feet right, lighted altar. SNG von Aulock 2679. For c/m: Howgego 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, slight die shift on reverse. Near EF. 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 Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (38.5mm, 24.59 g, 12h). Claudius Nikephoros, son of Dionysios, prytanis. Struck circa AD 202-203. ANTΩ NINOC NЄA Θ HP ΠΛAYTIΛΛA [AYΓO]Y, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis draped bust of Plautilla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI KΛ NЄIKHΦOPOY ΔIONYCIOY 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. CNG E-563, lot 461; CNG E-306, lot 255, otherwise unpublished. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, flan adjustment marks. Near EF. Very rare, one of the finest known.
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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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RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR Rouble (33mm, 12h). St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1910 ЭБ. Bare head left / Crowned double-headed eagle facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; collared coat-of-arms on breast, coats-of-arms on wings. Bitkin 64; KM (Y) 59.3. Iridescent toning. In NGC encapsulation 6928237-005, graded AU 58.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
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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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SPAIN, Kingdom. Felipe IV el Grande. 1621-1665. AR 8 Reales (41mm, 27.24 g, 12h). Segovia mint; mm: aqueduct. Dated 1632 R. Crowned coat-of-arms / Quartered coat-of-arms of Spain within polylobe. Calicó y Trigo 570; ME 6285; KM 111. Toned, hairlines. AU.
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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 (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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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.21 g, 2h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXIII, 1’–3’; Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; Dewing 1593; Gulbenkian 518. Lightly toned, underlying luster, slight die wear on obverse, trace deposits on reverse. Near EF. Well centered. Early post-454 issue.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 17.18 g, 2h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXIII, 1’–3’; Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; Dewing 1593; Gulbenkian 518. Lightly toned, underlying luster. Near EF. Well centered. Early post-454 issue.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.20 g, 4h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘ[E] to right; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXIII, 1’–3’; Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; Dewing 1593; Gulbenkian 518. Edge split, slightly off center on reverse. Near EF. Early post-454 issue.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
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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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Orbiana. Augusta, AD 225-227. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special marriage emission of Severus Alexander, AD 225. SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane / CONCORDI A AVGG, Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and double cornucopia in left. RIC IV 319 (Alexander); BMCRE 287-9 (Alexander); RSC 1. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 8209274-015, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
Ex Brian Henry Grover Collection (Roma E-Sale 72, 25 June 2020), lot 1204 (hammer £1900).
Ex Brian Henry Grover Collection (Roma E-Sale 72, 25 June 2020), lot 1204 (hammer £1900).
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.18 g, 11h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXIII, 1’–3’; Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; Dewing 1593; Gulbenkian 518. Faintly toned, underlying luster, a little die wear on obverse. EF. Well centered. Early post-454 issue.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
The certain elements of the style of this tetradrachm, particularly the palmette on Athena’s helmet and the stance of the owl, suggest that this coin was among the earliest issues in the ubiquitous “frontal eye”/classical tetradrachms of the mid-late 5th century at Athens, as these features more closely resemble those found on the later groups of early-mid 5th century issues analyzed by Chester Starr.
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Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Double Sestertius (31.5mm, 25.30 g, 11h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 2nd-3rd emissions, late AD 249-mid 250. [IMP] C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / V[ICT]O[RIA AV]G, S C across field, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 126a; Banti 29 (this coin illustrated); Gnecchi III 6, pl. 161, 4. Dark green-brown patina, chipping at edge. Near EF.
Purchased by the consignor from Harlan J. Berk.
Purchased by the consignor from Harlan J. Berk.