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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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 375
JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.75 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Two upright trumpets; pellet between, “For the freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew, a few letters retrograde) around. Mildenberg 166 (O21/R86); Hendin 6458; Meshorer 277; Bromberg 517 (same dies); Shoshana II 20257 (same dies); Sofaer 138 (same obv. die); Spaer 230 (same dies). Iridescent tone, overstruck on a denarius of Domitian (RIC II 773, Rome mint, 95–96 CE). Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 592
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 12h). Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, moneyer. Open right hand left; IMP • CAESARI above, SCARPVS • IMP below / Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder in left hand; DIVI • F downward to right, AVC • PONT downward to left. Crawford 546/6; CRI 413; Sydenham 1282; RIC I 534; RSC 500; BMCRR Cyrenaica 5 = BMCRE 689; BN 894; Kestner –; RBW 1855. Deep cabinet tone with bright blue and red iridescence, roughness, a few scrapes. Near VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1068.
L. Pinarius Scarpus had been appointed by Antony to command his four legions in Cyrenaica against Octavian's African army, under the command of Cornelius Gallus. After learning of Antony's defeat at Actium, Scarpus transferred his allegiance to Octavian. This issue was struck shortly after the battle of Actium, the open hand signaling a gesture of friendship toward Octavian.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1068.
L. Pinarius Scarpus had been appointed by Antony to command his four legions in Cyrenaica against Octavian's African army, under the command of Cornelius Gallus. After learning of Antony's defeat at Actium, Scarpus transferred his allegiance to Octavian. This issue was struck shortly after the battle of Actium, the open hand signaling a gesture of friendship toward Octavian.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 631
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.78 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Victory, draped, standing right on prow, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand and wreath in extended right hand / Octavian, holding reins in left hand and branch in right, driving triumphal quadriga right, the car ornamented with figures on its front and side panels; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 416; RIC I 264; RSC 115; BMCRR Rome 4343-5 = BMCRE 617-9; BN 98-104. Toned, minor porosity, slight scrape on reverse. Near EF.
Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 684; Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 409; LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 333 (hammer 2,400 CHF).
Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 684; Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 409; LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 333 (hammer 2,400 CHF).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 632
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.62 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left; IMP CAESAR across field. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124; BMCRR Rome 4349-51 = BMCRE 633-6; BN 68-71. Trace deposits and hairlines, residual luster. Near EF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 123 (33 May 2023), lot 583.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 123 (33 May 2023), lot 583.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 633
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features resembling Octavian / Octavian, as city founder, veiled and wearing priestly robes, holding whip in extended left hand and plow-handle in right, plowing right with yoke of oxen; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 424; RIC I 272; RSC 117; BMCRR Rome 4363-5 = BMCRE 638-40; BN 92-6. Toned over lustrous surfaces, trace of die rust on obverse. EF.
This issue refers to the foundation of Nicopolis in Epirus by Octavian during the Actian campaign. This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow.
This issue refers to the foundation of Nicopolis in Epirus by Octavian during the Actian campaign. This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 634
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.88 g, 7h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 17-16 BC. S • P • Q • R • IMP CAESARI, bare head right / QVOD • VIAE • MVN • SVNT •, double triumphal arch placed on a viaduct; on arch, Augustus standing right in a biga of elephants, holding branch in right hand, crowned by Victory, who stands behind him. RIC I 140; Bahrfeldt 190/5 (same dies); Calicó 263 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 432 = BMCRR Rome 4462 (same dies); BN 1261 (same dies); Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –; CNR IV 165/1 (this coin). Lovely reddish tone, mount marks on edge. Near VF. Very rare and missing from most collections. An interesting countermark on the obverse, perhaps from the renaissance era, that lost its silver inlay, possibly from the Gonzaga/Este Collection.
Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Part I, Sotheby’s Zurich, 10 November 1972), lot 234; Joseph Grafton Milne Collection; H. Osborne O’Hagan Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 July 1908), lot 57; Sir Edward Bunbury Collection.
Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Part I, Sotheby’s Zurich, 10 November 1972), lot 234; Joseph Grafton Milne Collection; H. Osborne O’Hagan Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 July 1908), lot 57; Sir Edward Bunbury Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 635
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.83 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / SIGNIS downward to left, RECEPTIS upward to right, Mars, helmeted, naked except for chlamys behind, standing left, head right, holding aquila in right hand and signum cradled in left over left shoulder. RIC I 80a; Calicó 268 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE –; BN 1095; Biaggi 140 (this coin); Mazzini 258 (this coin); CNR IV 173 (this coin). Good VF. Wonderful portrait of fine style. Extremely rare.
Ex MACM inventory MMoCA33C; Lanz 148 (with Numismatica Bernardi, 4 January 2010), lot 73; Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica & Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 152; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 140; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (publ. 1957).
Ex MACM inventory MMoCA33C; Lanz 148 (with Numismatica Bernardi, 4 January 2010), lot 73; Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica & Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 152; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 140; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (publ. 1957).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 636
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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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 637
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.85 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15-12 BC. RIC I 168; Lyon 20, 7 (D76/R78); Calicó 214 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 457 = BMCRR Gaul 169 (same dies); BN 1388; Biaggi –. A few scratches and marks, traces of earthen deposits, flan flaw and die break on obverse, file cut, scrapes, and marks on edge. Near EF.
Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 708; T. Harrison Garrett (†1888) Collection.
Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 708; T. Harrison Garrett (†1888) Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 638
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.89 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / [I]MP • 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 170; Lyon 27; Calicó 215; BMCRE 459-60 = BMCRR Gaul 173-4; BN 1394-5; Adda 10; Biaggi 112; Mazzini 143; Künker 312, lot 2746 (same dies). Minor marks. Near EF.
From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex Spink America (3 May 1995), lot 568.
From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex Spink America (3 May 1995), lot 568.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 639
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X in exergue, bull butting right, left foreleg raised, lashing his tail. RIC I 167a; Lyon 19; RSC 137; BMCRE 451-3 = BMCRR Gaul 163-5; BN 1373-82. Lustrous, light peripheral toning on obverse. EF.
Ex Tauler & Fau 60 (24 June 2020), lot 134; Gorny & Mosch 261 (4 March 2019), lot 632.
Ex Tauler & Fau 60 (24 June 2020), lot 134; Gorny & Mosch 261 (4 March 2019), lot 632.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 640
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.57 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X in exergue, bull butting right, left foreleg raised, lashing his tail. RIC I 167a; Lyon 19; RSC 137; BMCRE 451-3 = BMCRR Gaul 163-5; BN 1373-82. Toned, hairline flan crack. In NGC encapsulation 6290949-004, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 652.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 652.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 641
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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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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.
Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 655; Christophe Joron-Derem (23 March 2016), lot 48.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 643
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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.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, purchased from Baldwin’s, 24 April 2014.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 644
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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).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 645
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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).
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).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 646
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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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 647
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.88 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Laureate head right / L • MESCINI VS • RVFVS, Mars, wearing crested helmet, naked except for a cloak falling over his right arm, standing left on low pedestal, holding transverse spear in right hand and parazonium in left; S • P • Q • R/V • PR • RE/CAES in three lines on pedestal. RIC I 351; RSC 463a; BMCRE 86 = BMCRR Rome 4479; BN 331-6. Lightly toned, faint hairlines. Near EF. Well centered on a broad, round flan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 648
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.79 g, 10h). Rome mint; L. Vinicius, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Bare head right / [L •] VINICIVS in exergue, triumphal arch, surmounted by facing quadriga, in which Augustus stands, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left; smaller arch on either side, surmounted by archer on left and by slinger on right; S • P • Q • R/IMP CAE in two lines on entablature of arch. RIC I 359; RSC 544; BMCRE 77-8 = BMCRR Rome 4477-8; BN 348-51; Elkins, Monuments Figure 57. Toned, banker’s mark and shallow scratch in field under tone on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 638; Richard Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 782.
The reverse depicts the Parthian Arch. This coin solves an archaeological problem of the Arches in the Forum, where only one base has been found for the two arches built (the Actian and the Parthian). The Parthian Arch was the Actian Arch. Builders added one smaller arcade on each side of the existing Actian Arch which is quite recognizable as the central arcade of the new arch, with the quadriga on its top. The two side arcades support Parthian archers.
The transformation of the former Actian Arch may be explained by three factors. There was significant economy in just adding to the existing arch. Space in the Forum was limited. The Actian Arch hadn’t been welcomed or appreciated by the people of Rome. The “official” version behind Actium had been the declaration of war on Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. This had not fooled the well-informed citizens and inhabitants of Rome, who knew that Mark Antony had been the actual enemy defeated. A triumphal arch celebrating a victory over other Roman citizens must have seemed inappropriate. Augustus seized the opportunity of making the controversial celebration of Actium disappear inside a consensual Parthian victory triple Arch.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 638; Richard Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 782.
The reverse depicts the Parthian Arch. This coin solves an archaeological problem of the Arches in the Forum, where only one base has been found for the two arches built (the Actian and the Parthian). The Parthian Arch was the Actian Arch. Builders added one smaller arcade on each side of the existing Actian Arch which is quite recognizable as the central arcade of the new arch, with the quadriga on its top. The two side arcades support Parthian archers.
The transformation of the former Actian Arch may be explained by three factors. There was significant economy in just adding to the existing arch. Space in the Forum was limited. The Actian Arch hadn’t been welcomed or appreciated by the people of Rome. The “official” version behind Actium had been the declaration of war on Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. This had not fooled the well-informed citizens and inhabitants of Rome, who knew that Mark Antony had been the actual enemy defeated. A triumphal arch celebrating a victory over other Roman citizens must have seemed inappropriate. Augustus seized the opportunity of making the controversial celebration of Actium disappear inside a consensual Parthian victory triple Arch.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 649
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.