Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6

Date: 2025-01-22 16:00:00 (4 weeks from now)

Lots: 1402

Total starting: $ 322,887.00

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Auction Summary

La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6" se llevará a cabo el 22 de enero de 2025, y contará con un total de 1402 lotes de monedas. Entre las piezas más destacadas se encuentran varias monedas de oro y plata que reflejan la rica historia numismática de diversas civilizaciones. Por ejemplo, el AV Aureus de Julio César, datado en el 46 a.C., es notable no solo por su antigüedad, sino también por su diseño que incluye emblemas del augurato y el pontificado, lo que lo convierte en un objeto de gran interés para los coleccionistas. Otro ejemplar destacado es el AV 5 Guineas de George II, que aunque presenta reparaciones, sigue siendo una pieza valiosa por su historia y rareza. Además, el AV Stater de Ptolemy I Soter, que es extremadamente raro, añade un atractivo especial a la subasta. Las monedas de la época de los Seleúcidas también son notables, con varias tetradracmas que muestran la influencia de Alejandro Magno. En general, esta subasta promete ser un evento emocionante para los entusiastas de la numismática, con una variedad de monedas que abarcan desde la antigüedad clásica hasta el periodo medieval.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6575
PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (18mm, 1.37 g, 2h). Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class A2. Thetford mint; Willem Ma, moneyer. Struck 1158-circa 1163. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + [PI]LLEN : M[A] ON [: TEF], cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. Cf. BMC 743-747a; North 952/2; SCBC 1337. Lightly toned. Near VF. Rare moneyer.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6577
PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (19mm, 1.40 g, 4h). Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class C2. Carlisle mint; Willem, moneyer. Struck circa 1163-1167. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + PILLAm : ON : CAR, cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. BMC 219 (same dies); North 957; SCBC 1339. Toned, slightly wavy flan, edge splits, scratches. Near VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Vecchi 13 (4 September 1998), lot 1679.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6578
PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (20mm, 1.51 g, 3h). Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class C1. Lincoln mint; Raulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1163-1167. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + RA[PV... : ON : LIN]CO, cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. BMC 407a (same dies); North 956; SCBC 1339. Toned, double struck, usual areas of weak strike. Near VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Seaby, August 1976.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5521
EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Potin Tetradrachm (20mm, 8.03 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 295/6). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Isis right, wearing headdress of solar disk and plumes; L I A (date) across field. Köln 3343; Dattari (Savio) 5943 & 10727; K&G 120.131-2 corr. (bust); RPC X Online 76331; Emmett 4145 (R5). Brown and green patina, minor marks. VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions IV, 21 September 1988), lot 352.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6067
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.62 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck January-June AD 70. Laureate head right / Pax seated left, holding olive branch and caduceus. RIC II.1 29; RSC 94h. Attractively toned. Good VF. Bold portrait.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 127 (8 December 2014), lot 2027.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6580
PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (20mm, 1.48 g, 2h). Short Cross type, class Ib1. London mint; Alain, moneyer. Struck 1180-circa 1182. Crowned bust facing, holding scepter / + ΛLΛIN · ON · LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 251 (same dies); North 963; SCBC 1344. Old cabinet toning. VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Coin Galleries FPL IV.1 (1966), no. 5778 (there as Henry III).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6581
PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 12h). Short Cross type, class Ic. London mint; Raul, moneyer. Struck circa 1185-circa 1189. Crowned bust facing, holding scepter / + RAVL · ON · LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 606-7; North 964; SCBC 1345. Toned. Good Fine.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIII.1 (Winter 1998), no. SP1090.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5268
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.98 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 19 (on Cyprus [Paphos?]). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΠT above ΣΩ. CPE 473; Svoronos 390; SNG Copenhagen –. Uneven toning, slight roughness, cleaning scratches, minor doubling on obverse. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6582
PLANTAGENET. Richard I. 1189-1199. AR Penny (18mm, 1.36 g, 7h). Short Cross type, class II. London mint; Raul, moneyer. Struck in the name of Henry II, circa 1189-circa 1190. Crowned bust facing, holding scepter / + RΛVL · ON · LVND, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 685 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); North 965; SCBC 1346. Toned. Good Fine.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5526
EGYPT, Alexandria. Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (17mm, 7.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 294/5). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Draped bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with tainia and lotus petals; to right, combined caduceus and palm frond; L Γ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10791–2; K&G –; RPC X Online 76193; Emmett 4226 (R5). Brown and green patina, light porosity with trace deposits. VF. Extremely rare, five recorded in RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.23 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 69-70. Laureate head right / AVG within oak wreath. RIC II.1 1392 (R2); RPC II 803; RSC 36b. Toned, some deposits and roughness. Good VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Spink 223 (26 March 2014), lot 1140.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6331
FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. WM Essai de 5 Francs (36mm, 20.04 g, 5h). Paris mint. Dies by Brenet. Dated 1831. LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DE FRANÇAIS, bare head right / 5/ FRANCS/ 1831 within wreath. Mazzard 1065; KM –. Lustrous and prooflike. UNC.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6076 AI Rec
Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Foreparts of two capricorns, left and right, back to back, supporting round shield inscribed S C; globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); RSC 497. Traces of deposits. EF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 127 (8 December 2014), lot 2033.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6078 AI Rec
Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 2.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 76. Laureate head right / Jupiter standing facing, holding patera over lighted altar and scepter. RIC II.1 874 (Vespasian); RSC 106. Dark find patina, deposits, scratch on reverse. Good VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 127 (8 December 2014), lot 2034.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5535
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (20.5mm, 5.39 g, 11h). Memphite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / MEM ΦI, Isis standing facing, head left, wearing basileion with vulture headdress, holding Uraeus with her right hand and small figure of Ptah in her left; L IA (date) to lower right. Köln 3411; Dattari (Savio) 6299; K&G N29.8; RPC III 6390; W&G III.1b; Emmett 1246.11. Red-brown patina, roughness, minor deposits. VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 465-450 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.49 g, 1h). Horse advancing right; wreath above / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group III, 301 (same dies); HGC 2, 373. Toned, softly struck. VF.


Ex Craig Whitford (29 November 1993), lot 29.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5540
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 4.46 g, 12h). Ombite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΓY NA IK, Hathor/Aphrodite standing facing, head left, holding a ram and fold of her chiton; L IA (date) in legend. Köln 3391; Dattari (Savio) 6244; K&G N12.1; W&G 1; Emmett 1245.11; Kellner p. 106, pl. 5, Abb. 20 (this coin). Dark brown patina. Near VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 984, K047.
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IRELAND. John. As Lord of Ireland, 1172-1199. AR Halfpenny (15mm, 0.78 g, 4h). Second (‘DOMinus’) coinage, group 1b. Dublin mint; Norman, moneyer. Struck circa 1185/90-1208/9. Crowned facing head / Voided cross potent, with annulet in each quarter. Withers VI 2/b; SCBC 6205. Toned. VF. An attractive example of this crude issues.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, February 2009.
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IRELAND. John. As Lord of Ireland, 1172-1199. AR Halfpenny (15mm, 0.69 g, 7h). Second (‘DOMinus’) coinage, group 1b. Dublin mint; Rodberd, moneyer. Struck circa 1185/90-1208/9. Crowned facing head / Voided cross potent, with annulet in each quarter. Withers VI 5/d; SCBC 6205. Toned. VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, February 2009.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (13mm, 1.61 g, 11h). Phthemphuti nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΦΘEMΦ, young Harpokrates/Herakles nude, seated left on lotus flower, right hand to mouth, holding club over left shoulder; L IA (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6353; K&G N42.3; RPC III 6421; W&G II.2; Emmett 1303.11 (R3). Red-brown patina, deposits, smoothing, cleaning marks. Near VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 217 (30 November 2021), lot 480.
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IRELAND. John. As King, 1199-1216. AR Penny (17mm, 1.40 g, 2h). Third (‘Rex’) coinage. Dublin mint; Roberd, moneyer. Struck 1208/9-circa 1211/2. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter; rosette to lower right; all within triangle / Sun, moon, and three stars within triangle. SCBC 6228. Toned. VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, February 2009.