Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6
Date: 2025-01-22 16:00:00 (1 month from now)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5319
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IBERIA, Romula. Divus Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia). Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 24.15 g, 6h). Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37. Radiate head of Divus Augustus right; star above, thunderbolt before / Head of Livia left, set on globe; crescent above. ACIP 3360; RPC I 73; Burgos 2014. Dark brown patina, light roughness, smoothing. VF.
From the CLA Collection. Ex CNG inventory 730556 (April 2002).
The style of the obverse is identical to an as struck in Rome, and dated to 15-16 AD (RIC I 72 [Tiberius]). The reverse demonstrates the development of the Julio-Claudian dynastic in the early years of Tiberius' reign. The portrait of Livia, known as Julia Augusta by the dictates of Augustus' will, demonstrates an increased divine association of the dowager empress; the crescent consciously parallels the star above the head of the Divus Augustus. The legend formula is apparently unknown elsewhere. The phrase genetrix orbis may allude to Venus Genetrix, the divine ancestress of the gens Iulia as well as mater or parens patriae, titles which the Senate bestowed on Livia.
From the CLA Collection. Ex CNG inventory 730556 (April 2002).
The style of the obverse is identical to an as struck in Rome, and dated to 15-16 AD (RIC I 72 [Tiberius]). The reverse demonstrates the development of the Julio-Claudian dynastic in the early years of Tiberius' reign. The portrait of Livia, known as Julia Augusta by the dictates of Augustus' will, demonstrates an increased divine association of the dowager empress; the crescent consciously parallels the star above the head of the Divus Augustus. The legend formula is apparently unknown elsewhere. The phrase genetrix orbis may allude to Venus Genetrix, the divine ancestress of the gens Iulia as well as mater or parens patriae, titles which the Senate bestowed on Livia.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5652
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.68 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Diademed head of Venus right / Octavian advancing left, extending arm and holding spear. CRI 397; RIC I 251; RSC 70; CNR V 428/19 (this coin). Old cabinet toning, remnants of collector’s inventory number in red in exergue on reverse, edge test cuts. VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 335.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 335.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5653
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.59 g, 10h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopia. CRI 399; RIC I 252; RSC 69. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, banker’s mark and scratches under tone on obverse, . VF. A wonderful portrait and a very pretty coin in hand.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5654
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 g, 9h). Uncertain Italian mint (Rome?). Bare head right / Mercury or Apollo seated right on rock, playing lyre; petasus slung on his back. CRI 401; RIC I 257; RSC 61; CNR V 408/8 (this coin). Deep old iridescent cabinet toning, numerous scratches, a couple of contact marks, struck slightly off center. VF. Wonderful portrait of Octavian.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Joseph Martini Collection (Part 3, R. Ratto [19], 24 February 1930), lot 1401.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Joseph Martini Collection (Part 3, R. Ratto [19], 24 February 1930), lot 1401.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5655
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.72 g, 12h). 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. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, slightly granular surfaces, some deposits, minor marks . VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5656
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Naval and military trophy facing, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield, and crossed spears, set on prow of galley right; crossed rudder and anchor at base. CRI 419; RIC I 265a; RSC 119. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, banker’s mark and collector’s inventory number 606c on obverse, a few scratches under tone on reverse. VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5657
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.79 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Octavian’s Actian arch (arcus Octaviani), showing a single span surmounted by Octavian in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP • CAESAR on the architrave. CRI 422; RIC I 267; RSC 123; Elkins, Monuments Figure 44. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, collector’s inventory number 606e on the obverse, hairlines, . Good VF. An important achitectural reverse, depicting Octavian’s Actian Arch, which was demolished about a decade after it was built.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5658
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 11h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Helmeted head of youthful Mars right, wearing slight beard / Circular shield, inscribed CAESAR around upper part of rim, the boss ornamented with star, lying on top of sword and spear in saltire. CRI 428; RIC I 274; RSC 44; CNR V 365/10 (this coin). Attractive iridescent tone, slightly granular surfaces, collector’s inventory number 611 in red on the obverse. Near VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 329.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 329.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5659
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. 29-28 BC. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.47 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond, on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect. CRI 429; RIC I 276; King 1; RSC 14. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, bankers’ marks, a couple of scratches, and collector’s inventory number 601 in red on obverse. Good VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5707
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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.
From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Arnaldo Cunietti-Ferrando Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 5708
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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
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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
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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
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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.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6002
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Morton & Eden 91 (7 December 2017), lot 345.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6005
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.73 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / OB/ CIVIS/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath with wreath ties drawn upward. RIC I 77a; RSC 208. Wonderfully deep toning. Good VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 182, 16 September 2020), lot 575.
From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 182, 16 September 2020), lot 575.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6006
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. Bare head right / SIGNIS above, RECEPTIS below, S P Q R around, round shield inscribed CL • V; aquila and signum flanking. RIC I 86a; RSC 265. Toned, some find patina. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 5 & 6 . 6007
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. Bare head right / SIGNIS above, RECEPTIS below, S P Q R around, round shield inscribed CL • V; aquila and signum flanking. RIC I 86a; RSC 265. Deep cabinet toning, bankers’ marks. 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 . 6008
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. Bare head left / SIGNIS above, RECEPTIS below, S P Q R around, round shield inscribed CL • V; aquila and signum flanking. RIC I 86b; RSC 267. Toned, granular surfaces, marks and scratches, die break on reverse, edge marks. Good VF.
From the Mesogeios Collection.
From the Mesogeios Collection.