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 . 6213
Constantine VI & Irene, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. 780-797. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 790-792. Crowned facing busts of Constantine VI, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, and Irene, wearing loros and holding cruciform scepter; cross above, • between / Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. DOC 2; cf. Füeg C.4.20/Ir.4.10 (for similar obv. and for rev.; same rev. die as illustration for 4.22); SB 1591. Toned, die marks, weakness, edge filing, minor scratches. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5178
CILICIA, Issos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (27mm, 10.81 g, 9h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grape bunch to left, B to right, | below throne / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena facing slightly left. Casabonne Series 2, D12/R1; SNG BN 420 (same dies); SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Hunterian –; BMC 67 (Tarsos). Toned, some minor porosity, cleaning scratches in obverse margin, scrape on reverse. EF. Overstruck on a stater of Tiribazos from Tarsos, with types Baal / Lion attacking bull (cf. Casabonne Group D; cf. SNG BN 332; cf. SNG Levante 105).
From the GTP Collection. Ex CNG inventory 900449 (November 2011); Peus 401 (3 November 2010), lot 414; R. Sussmeyer Collection (Elsen 93, 15 September 2007), lot 316; Elsen 77 (13 December 2003), lot 145.
From the GTP Collection. Ex CNG inventory 900449 (November 2011); Peus 401 (3 November 2010), lot 414; R. Sussmeyer Collection (Elsen 93, 15 September 2007), lot 316; Elsen 77 (13 December 2003), lot 145.
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.
Ex Casa de Subastas de Madrid 634 (21 October 2022), lot 2177.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6500
ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 710. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.17 g, 6h). Aethiliraed series (E), type 105. Mint in east Kent. ‘Porcupine’ right, wavy line below / AÞILI/RAD (in Runic) in two lines around central line; all within double pelleted border. Abramson 92-10; MEC 8 Series AEÐ; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 294-6; North 155; SCBC 780. Toned, slightly worn obverse dies. Near EF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, May 2010. Ex Bruun Rasmussen 764 (11 December 2006), lot 5396.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, May 2010. Ex Bruun Rasmussen 764 (11 December 2006), lot 5396.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6505
ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.99 g, 6h). Series K, type 32a. Mint in Essex or Kent. Diademed and draped bust right, holding cross, knot behind head / Serpent-headed wolf coiled clockwise. Abramson 39-10; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 493 (same dies); MEC 8 Series Kb; North 89; SCBC 803D. Deep iridescent toning. EF. A beautiful example.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, August 2012.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, August 2012.
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.
Ex Keystone 11 (3 March 2023), lot 183; R. Ratto FPL IX (1933), no. 1322.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6009
AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 4h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. Aquila, toga picta over tunica palmata, and wreath / Slow quadriga right; the car is ornamented at front and on side with Victories, surmounted by four miniature horses galloping right. RIC I 99; RSC 78. Lightly toned, hairlines, a couple of small edge marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6030
AI Rec
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 27 BC. Bare head right / Bull standing right. RIC I 475; RSC 28. Atractively toned, scratches under tone. Good VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6287
BOTSWANA, Republic. 1966-pres. Proof AV 150 Pula (28mm, 16.10 g, 12h). Commemorating the 10th anniversary of independence. Llantrisant mint. Dated 1966 and 1976. Head of Seretse Khama left / Coat-of-arms with zebra supporters. KM 10; Friedberg 2. Proof.
From the Drewry Family Collection.
From the Drewry Family Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6044
AI Rec
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.53 g, 9h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51-52. Laureate head right / Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin, and holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC I 62; von Kaenel Type 44; RSC 68. Toned, flan flaw on obverse, slightly granular surfaces, reverse struck slightly off center, minor edge marks. VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex London Coins 157 (3 June 2017), lot 1722.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex London Coins 157 (3 June 2017), lot 1722.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6302
CHINA, Foreign Enclaves. Hong Kong. Victoria. Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901. AR Dollar (38mm, 26.66 g, 12h). Hong Kong mint. Dated 1868. Crowned head left within border / Legend in Hànzì on floral quadrilobe; all within border. Pridmore 3; KM 10. Toned. In PCGS encapsulation 50722821, graded XF Details, cleaned.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Kagan’s (25 August 1977), lot 3308A (part of).
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Kagan’s (25 August 1977), lot 3308A (part of).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6305
COMOROS, Sultanate of Ngazidja (Grand Comore). Said Ali bin Said Omar. AH 1303-1309 / AD 1886-1892. AR 5 Francs (37mm, 24.97 g, 3h). Paris mint; différents: cornucopia and fasces. Dated AH 1308 A (AD 1890/1). Flags of France and the Comoros crossed in saltire and legend in four lines in Arabic; all within wreath / Miscellaneous weaponry. MCF 3; Davenport 3; KM 9. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6928246-015, graded UNC Details, spot removed.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6307
CUBA, First Republic. 1902-1961. AV 10 Pesos (27mm, 16.69 g, 6h). Philadelphia mint. Dated 1915. Bare head of José Martí right / Coat-of-arms wihtin wreath; liberty cap above. KM 20; Friedberg 3. Lightly toned, hairlines. Good VF.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Christie’s New York (20 September 1994), lot 191 (part of).
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Christie’s New York (20 September 1994), lot 191 (part of).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6059
AI Rec
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ As (28mm, 10.69 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa October AD 68. Laureate head right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus and vindicta. RIC I 423. Mottled dark green and red patina, smoothing. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5002
ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (21mm, 8.48 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X : X (mark of value) below / Blank. EC Group XII, Series 58.81 (O32 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 152. Old cabinet tone, trace deposits, a little off center. VF.
Ex Malter XIV (8 June 1980), lot 32.
Ex Malter XIV (8 June 1980), lot 32.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5005
LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 7.68 g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder over shoulder / Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean Lion; to left, shell above club and bow. Work 30 (same dies); Van Keuren 48; HN Italy 1376. Old collection tone, some die wear and weakness to strike, light graffiti in field on obverse, delaminations on reverse. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5006
LUCANIA, Laos. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.77 g, 12h). Man-headed bull standing left, head right; horizontal acorn in exergue / Man-headed bull standing right. Sternberg 15 (V11/R9); HN Italy 2277; SNG ANS 136 = Sartiges 221; SNG Fitzwilliam 446; SNG Lloyd 288 = Bement 146; SNG Lockett 363; SNG Newham Davis 19; Kraay-Hirmer 216 = Seltman, Greek, pl. 18, 1 = BMC 3 (all from the same dies). Lightly toned, some die wear, minor scratches on reverse. VF.
From the Hesiod Collection. .
From the Hesiod Collection. .
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5264
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazakes. Satrap of Mesopotamia, circa 331-323/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.76 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, "Mazakes symbol" and MZD[K] (in Aramaic) to right. Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 214–9; Van Alfen, Owls, Group IIIa, 79 (same obv. die); Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies, pl. 26, b–c. Some weakness to strike, light roughness, scratches on reverse. Good VF. Rare without test cut.
Mazakes is best known as the Persian satrap who took over Egypt after Sabakes fell in battle against Alexander the Great's army at the Granicus, and later handed over the province peacefully to the Macedonian king. Imitative owls in the name of Mazakes have been known for some time, and all were originally attributed to his satrapy in Egypt. However, it was clear that stylistic elements separated the coinage into two general groups. More recent hoards, especially the 1973 Iraq hoard, have shown that one of the groups of imitative owls was certainly not struck in Egypt, but somewhere in the territory of modern day Iraq. In his analysis of the 1973 hoard, M. Price ("Circulation at Babylon in 323 B.C." in W.E. Metcalf, ed., Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner [New York, 1991], pp. 63–72) changed the findspot from Iraq to the more specific cite of Babylon, based on anecdotal evidence (p. 63), and gave the series of Mazakes' owls to the city. However, such an assignment has forced numismatists to conduct mental gymnastics in order to rationalize the presence of Mazakes' coins at Babylon (cf. Van Alfen, Owls, pp. 27–33, and Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 215–7, for a summary of the previous research). It is clear that the attribution of the owls to Babylon is almost certainly incorrect, and other find evidence suggests an attribution to somewhere further north, perhaps in the satrapy of Mesopotamia (cf. Le Rider, op. cit., p. 217–9). In any event, this coinage clarifies the historical record regarding the disposition of Mazakes following his hand-over of Egypt, upon which subject the literary evidence is silent. As noted by Le Rider (op. cit., p. 215), one can compare Mazakes to other Persians who peacefully welcomed Alexander to their domains: Mazaios, who handed over Cilicia, was later made satrap in Babylon, and Mithrenes, who surrendered Sardes, was made satrap in Armenia. Also, the Persian noble Amminapes, who met Alexander in Egypt with Mazakes, was later made satrap of Parthia and Hyrkania. Thus, one would expect Mazakes to receive similarly favorable treatment, appointment to some position of authority. Interestingly, Mesopotamia is the only satrapy that is not addressed in the literary evidence when Alexander is organizing his eastern territories. As these tetradrachms of Mazakes are found in that region, and date to the period after Alexander's conquest, it is reasonable to suggest that Mazakes may have been appointed as satrap of Mesopotamia. It was also in the adjacent satrapy of Babylonia that Mazaios was allowed to strike a coinage in his name and types (influenced by his prior issues at Tarsos) for local use, and similar issues of local type and weight are known to have been issued at mints throughout the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates, from the time of Alexander to Seleukos I. Thus, these Athenian type tetradrachms likely constitute a local coinage of Mazakes, struck in the satrapy of Mesopotamia while he reigned there.
Mazakes is best known as the Persian satrap who took over Egypt after Sabakes fell in battle against Alexander the Great's army at the Granicus, and later handed over the province peacefully to the Macedonian king. Imitative owls in the name of Mazakes have been known for some time, and all were originally attributed to his satrapy in Egypt. However, it was clear that stylistic elements separated the coinage into two general groups. More recent hoards, especially the 1973 Iraq hoard, have shown that one of the groups of imitative owls was certainly not struck in Egypt, but somewhere in the territory of modern day Iraq. In his analysis of the 1973 hoard, M. Price ("Circulation at Babylon in 323 B.C." in W.E. Metcalf, ed., Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner [New York, 1991], pp. 63–72) changed the findspot from Iraq to the more specific cite of Babylon, based on anecdotal evidence (p. 63), and gave the series of Mazakes' owls to the city. However, such an assignment has forced numismatists to conduct mental gymnastics in order to rationalize the presence of Mazakes' coins at Babylon (cf. Van Alfen, Owls, pp. 27–33, and Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 215–7, for a summary of the previous research). It is clear that the attribution of the owls to Babylon is almost certainly incorrect, and other find evidence suggests an attribution to somewhere further north, perhaps in the satrapy of Mesopotamia (cf. Le Rider, op. cit., p. 217–9). In any event, this coinage clarifies the historical record regarding the disposition of Mazakes following his hand-over of Egypt, upon which subject the literary evidence is silent. As noted by Le Rider (op. cit., p. 215), one can compare Mazakes to other Persians who peacefully welcomed Alexander to their domains: Mazaios, who handed over Cilicia, was later made satrap in Babylon, and Mithrenes, who surrendered Sardes, was made satrap in Armenia. Also, the Persian noble Amminapes, who met Alexander in Egypt with Mazakes, was later made satrap of Parthia and Hyrkania. Thus, one would expect Mazakes to receive similarly favorable treatment, appointment to some position of authority. Interestingly, Mesopotamia is the only satrapy that is not addressed in the literary evidence when Alexander is organizing his eastern territories. As these tetradrachms of Mazakes are found in that region, and date to the period after Alexander's conquest, it is reasonable to suggest that Mazakes may have been appointed as satrap of Mesopotamia. It was also in the adjacent satrapy of Babylonia that Mazaios was allowed to strike a coinage in his name and types (influenced by his prior issues at Tarsos) for local use, and similar issues of local type and weight are known to have been issued at mints throughout the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates, from the time of Alexander to Seleukos I. Thus, these Athenian type tetradrachms likely constitute a local coinage of Mazakes, struck in the satrapy of Mesopotamia while he reigned there.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5015
LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 340-334 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.62 g, 6h). Theta Group. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; Θ behind neck / Lion standing right; Φ above, Θ below. Williams Period V, 270.I (O155/R211); HN Italy 1284; SNG Copenhagen 1549 (same dies). Iridescent tone, slight die shift on reverse. Good VF.
Ex Nomos 20 (10 July 2020), lot 43.
Ex Nomos 20 (10 July 2020), lot 43.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5273
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 4.36 g, 12h). Chalkis ad Libanon mint. Dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Kleopatra (32/1 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena advancing left, holding shield and spear; dates in legend. Svoronos –; Olivier & Aumaître 234 (D16/R56); RPC I 4773.11 (this coin); HGC 9, 1453; DCA 478. Earthen dark green surfaces, off center. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5025
SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Warrior, nude, riding right, preparing to cast javelin / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 28 (O9/R11); HGC 2, 362; Boston MFA 241 (same dies); Hunterian 10 (same dies). Delaminations and roughness, cleaning marks. VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.