Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6

Date: 2025-01-22 16:00:00 (3 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 . 5694
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 8.07 g, 3h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled head of female (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis; A • HIRTIVS • PR around from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari (D53/R258); CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; RBW 1634. Toned, flan flaw, light scuff, minor marks and deposits. VF.


Ex collection of Z.P., Austria (Roma E-Sale 78, 17 December 2020), lot 1232.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5695
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.21 g, 9h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right; star of eight rays to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on star. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 49 (A35/R19); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41; RBW 1679. Toned, reverse slightly off center, porosity, minor scratches and marks. Near VF.


Ex Casa de Subastas de Madrid 634 (21 October 2022), lot 2177.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5696
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.84 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mussidius Longus, moneyer. Laureate head right / Rudder, cornucopia on globe, winged caduceus, and apex. Crawford 494/39a; CRI 116; Sydenham 1096a; RSC 29; RBW 1742. Deeply toned, some tooling, scratches and marks under tone. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5697
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. 42 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.70 g, 4h). Military mint traveling with Antony in Greece. Bare head right, wearing beard / Facing head of Sol on disk within distyle temple. Crawford 496/1; CRI 128; Sydenham 1168; RSC 12a; RBW –. Lightly toned, area of small scrapes and marks. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5698
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798. Attractive iridescent toning, some scratches and marks under tone. Good VF. In high relief.


From the CLA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5699
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.01 g, 1h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798. Toned, light find patina, minor scratch under tone. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5700
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.63 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798. Lightly toned, light hairlines. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5701
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 40 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.65 g, 7h). Corcyra(?) mint. Bare head right; lituus to left / Prow of galley right; star of seven rays above. Crawford 521/2; CRI 258; Sydenham 1179a; RSC 10c; RBW 1805 var. (number of rays). Golden toning, test cut, slight porosity, minor marks. VF.


Ex Artemide XLVI (3 December 2016), lot 331.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5702
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.75 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; RBW 1842. Toned, a few light marks. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5703
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XX across lower field. Crawford 544/36; CRI 380; Sydenham 1243; RSC 57; RBW 1848. Toned, minor scratches. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5704
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 4.00 g, 1h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head right / Equestrian statue of Octavian galloping left, his right hand extended. Crawford 518/2; CRI 299; Sydenham 1317; RSC 227; RBW 1802. Toned, reverse slightly off center, slight porosity. VF.


From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 2, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen AG, 21 October 1966), lot 994.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5705
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.55 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy; Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Winged thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326b; RSC 514; RBW 1808. Toned, light deposits, a few scratches, light hairlines. VF.


From the Henry A. Sauter Collection. Ex Superior Stamp & Coin.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5706
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.94 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy; Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Winged thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1b; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326; RSC 514a; RBW 1808 var. (rev. legend). Attractively toned, edge split, flan crack, delamination error. Good VF.


Ex Keystone 11 (3 March 2023), lot 183; R. Ratto FPL IX (1933), no. 1322.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5707 AI Rec
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.07 g, 12h). Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, moneyer. Open right hand left / Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder in left hand. Crawford 546/6; CRI 413; Sydenham 1282; RIC I 534; RSC 500; RBW 1855. Toned, banker’s mark, old collector’s ink on reverse, minor scratches under tone. Near VF.


From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Arnaldo Cunietti-Ferrando Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5708 AI Rec
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Victory standing right on prow of galley, holding palm frond over shoulder and wreath / Octavian, holding branch and reins, driving triumphal quadriga right. CRI 416; RIC I 264; RSC 115. Toned, light reverse die rust, slightly off center, banker’s mark, hairlines. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5709 AI Rec
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.96 g, 3h). 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 and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124. Toned, banker’s mark, hairlines. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5710 AI Rec
The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.63 g, 12h). “Aegypto Capta” commemorative. Uncertain eastern mint (Pergamum?). Struck 28 BC. Bare head right; below, small capricorn right / Crocodile standing right; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 432; RIC I 545; RSC 4. Toned, scratches, some details enhanced. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6001 AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.84 g, 4h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. Head right, wearing oak wreath / Two laurel branches (or trees) upright. RIC I 33a; RSC 47. Attractively toned, some faint hairlines, reverse struck off center. Good VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6002 AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head left, wearing oak wreath / DIVVS • IVLIVS across field, comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 37b; RSC 97. Old cabinet toning, banker’s mark on obverse, granular surfaces, marks and scratches under tone, edge marks. VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Morton & Eden 91 (7 December 2017), lot 344.

The ‘Julian star’ was the comet that appeared in the evening skies shortly after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. This was taken as a sign of his divinity.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6003 AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R •/ CL • V in two lines. RIC I 42a; RSC 294. Attractively toned, slightly granular surfaces, minor marks, edge scrape. Near VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 126 (22 September 2014), lot 3500.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6004 AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.79 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. Bare head right / Oak wreath with ties upward. RIC I 75a; RSC 210. Deep iridescent toning, numerous scratches under tone, slightly granular surfaces, a few edge tests. Good VF.


From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Morton & Eden 91 (7 December 2017), lot 345.