Triton XXI Sessions 1 & 2
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (27mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / BACIΛICCHC KΛEOΠATPAC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419-21; BMC 4-5; Noske 382; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 1 (this coin). EF, attractive reddish brown patina with traces of green. Excellent portrait. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Numismatica Aretusa SA (Lugano–Franco Chiesa), March 1978.Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, was one of the most celebrated personalities of the ancient world. She is depicted here in her jubilant years, shortly after her ascension to the throne, circa 49 to 46 BC. This portrait of Cleopatra corresponds to the rare original marble, with its mutilated nose, which is preserved in the Vatican Museum (Museo Gregoriano Profano, Inv. 38511) – it was found in 1784 at the Villa dei Quintili on the Via Appia near Rome.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (27mm, 18.58 g, 12h). First series, struck circa 30-28 BC. [ΘΕΟ]Υ ΥΙ[ΟΥ], bare head right / [ΚΑΙCΑ]ΡΟC ΑΥ[ΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟC], eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Köln 1; Dattari (Savio) 2; K&G 2.5; RPC I 5001; Emmett 1; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 2 (this coin). Good VF, attractive reddish brown and green patina. Exceptional for issue. The first Roman Alexandrian coin. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 1.The first coinage of the new province of Egypt was a direct copy of the bronze coinage of Cleopatra, the last Ptolemaic ruler, with the portrait of Augustus replacing the Queen's. Egypt, wealthy and a vital source of grain for the empire, was to be never allowed again as a potential leaping-off point for a rival emperor. The new province was held under tight control by the emperor. Its governor was to be an equestrian prefect answerable to Augustus, with a legion under his direct command. The Senate would have no say in the administration of the province, and in fact, senators were forbidden to travel there without permission.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Obol – 40 Drachmai (21mm, 8.46 g, 12h). First series, struck circa 30-28 BC. ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΥ, bare head right / [ΚΑΙC]ΑΡΟC ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ[ΤΟΡΟC], eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, M to right. Köln 2; Dattari (Savio) 3; K&G 2.10; RPC I 5002; Emmett 2; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 3 (this coin). VF, dark brown patina with touches of green. Exceptional for issue, and very rare. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Vecchi 9 (4 December 1997), lot 363.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Augusta (Livia). As wife of Augustus, 38 BC-AD 14. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (26mm, 13.35 g, 12h). Second series, struck circa 19-3/2 BC. [ΛΙ]ΟVΙΑ CΕΒΑC[ΤΟΥ], head right / Filleted cornucopia. Köln 35; Dattari (Savio) 57 & 6608; K&G 3.1; RPC I 5006; Emmett 50 (R4); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 4 (this coin). Good VF, attractive dark brown patina, some faint scratches. Extremely rare, and one of the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 12, with Nomos AG, 11 April 2003), lot 281; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 262 (March 1966), lot 22.Even though this type lacks the denominational abbreviation (Π) seen on the issues of Cleopatra VII and Augustus, it is considered to be the same denomination (80 Drachmai) and continues the series.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Tiberius, with Divus Augustus. AD 14-37. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 20/21). TIBEΡIOΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ]ΣΤΟΣ, laureate head of Tiberius right; L Z (date) below chin / ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. Köln 48; Dattari (Savio) 78; K&G 5.10; RPC I 5089; Emmett 60.7; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 5 (this coin). Choice EF, attractively toned. One of the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Mercato Numismatico, 1985. Ex Marcel Jungfleisch Collection (Part II, Sotheby & Co., 9 March 1972), lot 3.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Antonia. AD 41-54. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 41/42). [TI] KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP, laureate head of Claudius right; L B (date) below chin / ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Antonia right. Köln 62-3; Dattari 114; K&G 12.3; RPC I 5117; Emmett 73.2; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 9 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Nice silver content. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Empire Coins 8 (7 December 1987), lot 315.This tetradrachm type was only issued during the first three regnal years of Claudius' reign, and honors his deceased mother, Antonia Minor. Claudius bestowed the title of Augusta (ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ) posthumously on Antonia in AD 41, who was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, Augustus' sister.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Messalina. AD 41-54. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.82 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/43). TI KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP, laureate head of Claudius right; L Γ (date) to right / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙ ΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing facing, head left, holding two small figures and grain ears, and leaning upon column to right. Köln 75; Dattari 123; K&G 12.22; RPC I 5131; Emmett 74.3; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 10 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck for issue. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Künker 124 (16 March 2007), lot 8116.The reverse type depicts Valeria Messalina, Claudius' third wife, in the guise of Demeter. The two small figures in her right hand are identified as Britannicus and Claudia Octavia, her two children by Claudius.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Britannicus, Antonia, and Octavia. AD 41-54. BI Didrachm (20mm, 5.56 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/43). [TI KΛAY] KAI CEBAC ΓEPM, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / Crossed cornucopias, each surmounted by female bust (Antonia and Octavia), vis-à-vis; between them, bust of a boy right (Britannicus), which is above AYTO/KPA in two lines. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 118; K&G 12.24; RPC I 5135; Emmett 75.3 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 6 (this coin); B. Lichocka, "Claudius's Issue of Silver Didrachms in Alexandria: Emperor's Children and Crossed Cornucopias" in Ètudes et Travaux XXVI (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2013), pp. 428-45 (this coin cited). Near VF, toned, some roughness. Extremely rare, and one of the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex UBS 83 (8 September 2009), lot 171.An extremely rare coin, and the only collectible didrachm (billon or otherwise) issued in Alexandria during the Roman Imperial period. (Erik Christiansen in The Roman Coins of Alexandria lists two unique didrachms for Nero, regnal years 3 and 4, the first in Athens, the second in Berlin.) Claudius also issued a billon drachm (RPC I 5136), which is of equal rarity.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Dichalkon (15mm, 2.57 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 49/50). Laureate head right / Frog seated right on ground line; L I (date) above. Köln 96 & 3448; Dattari 170; K&G 12.68 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 5179; Emmett 100.10; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 8 (this coin). Good VF, mottled green patina. Rare and very attractive. One of the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Italo Vecchi, London, August 1993.The frog is a representation of Heqet, an Egyptian goddess of fertility, who is often identified with Hathor. To the Egyptians, the frog was an ancient symbol of fertility, related to the annual flooding of the Nile. Heqet was considered the wife of Khnum, who formed the bodies of new children on his potter's wheel.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Obol (22mm, 4.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 50/51). [TI KΛ]AY KAI CEBA[C ΓEPM], laureate head right / Right hand holding two stalks of grain and three poppies; to either side of grain and poppies, AYT OKPA; below hand, [L IA] (date). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 151; K&G 12.73; RPC I 5184; Emmett 89.11; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 7 (this coin). EF, attractive reddish brown patina. A wonderful piece that is normally seen heavily circulated. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Emporium Hamburg 66 (17 November 2011), lot 182.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Agrippina Junior. Augusta, AD 50-59. Æ Diobol (26mm, 10.42 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 of Claudius (AD 52/53). AΓPIΠΠINA [CЄBAC]TH, draped bust of Agrippina Junior right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Draped bust of Euthenia right, wearing wreath of grain ears; [Є]YӨH NIA/L IΓ (date) across field; two grain ears to lower right. Köln 110-2; Dattari (Savio) 179 (this coin); K&G 13.4; RPC I 5194; Emmett 103.13; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 11 (this coin). Good VF, reddish brown and green patina. An untouched and attractive coin. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Sammlung Amadeus (Giessener Münzhandlung 100, 20 November 1999), lot 452; Kunst und Münzen AG XXII (2 April 1981), lot 263; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 179.According to Emmett, this type was coined for Claudius' regnal years 11-13 and 15. Agrippina Junior, wife and niece of Claudius, is assimilated to the goddess Euthenia (Abundance), the wife of Nilus, and symbol of agricultural prosperity, who appears on the reverse. The excellent and realistic portrait of Agrippina recalls, in particular, the marble head that resides in the collection of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Catalog No. 636).
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Agrippina Junior. Augusta, AD 50-59. Æ Obol (20mm, 4.08 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 of Claudius (AD 52/53). AΓPIΠΠINA CЄBA[CTH], draped bust of Agrippina Junior right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Modius between two torches; [L I] Γ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 181; K&G 13.5; RPC I 5196; Emmett 105.13 (R4); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 12 (this coin). Good VF, attractive reddish brown patina with traces of green. Very rare. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Schweizerischer Kreditanstalt, Bern, 20 May 1978.Continuing Agrippina's assimilation to Euthenia, a modius (kalathos), another symbol of the Nile's fertility and prosperity, is depicted on the reverse of this very rare obol.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57). NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head right / ΠΡΟΝ • ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical scepter with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5203; Emmett 120.3; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 13 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck for issue. Rare. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 196 (7 March 2011), lot 2281.On this rare type, Nero appears on the reverse wearing a radiate crown with a legend declaring him as the "new Augustus".
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero, with Poppaea. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 62/63). NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIC CЄB ΓЄP AYTO, laureate head of Nero right / ΠΟΠΠ[ΑΙΑ CЄB]ACTOY, draped bust of Poppaea Sabina right; before, star; across field, L ЄNA (date). Köln 155; Dattari (Savio) 194; K&G 14.73 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5267; Emmett 128.9 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 14 (this coin). EF, toned. Exceptional and one of the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Empire Coins 8 (7 December 1987), lot 337.Extremely rare issue for the first year of Poppaea being introduced on Nero's Alexandrian coinage, with Nero still being depicted wearing a laurel wreath versus the radiate crown of later years.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.26 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 63/64). NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP, radiate head right / AY[T]O KPA, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing taenia and calathus; L I (date) before. Köln 160–1; Dattari (Savio) 251–2; K&G 14.77 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5274; Emmett 133.10; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 15 (this coin). EF, toned. Well struck on a broad flan. Very rare this nice. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII (4 December 1990), lot 425.The image of Zeus Sarapis, the greatest deity of the Greco-Egyptian pantheon, appears here for the first time on the tetradrachms of Nero and corresponds to the canon statuary present at the Serapeum of Alexandria.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/67). NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) below chin / [ΣEBAΣTOΦOPOΣ], corbita with helmsman under sail to right; two dolphins in water. Köln 186; Dattari (Savio) 264; K&G 14.99 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5296; Emmett 121.13; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 16 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Great surfaces and struck on broad flan. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Italo Vecchi, London, December 1977.There appear to be two different varieties of this type – one with dolphins and one without. Most likely, it commemorates Nero's visit to Greece in AD 66-67.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero, with Divus Augustus. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/67). NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) below chin / ΘΕΟΣ [Σ]ΕΒ[ΑΣΤΟΣ], radiate head of Divus Augustus right. Köln 177-80; Dattari (Savio) 184; K&G 14.100 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5294; Emmett 113.13; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 17 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Nice metal for issue. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Künker 89 (8 March 2004), lot 1750.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero, with Tiberius. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/67). NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) below chin / TIBEPIOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head of Tiberius right. Köln 187-9; Dattari (Savio) 185; K&G 14.101 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5295; Emmett 134.13; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 18 (this coin). EF, toned. Great metal quality with excellent portraits. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 564 (April 1993), lot 31; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part IV, Glendining, 21 February 1961), lot 3017 (part of).
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/68). NE[PΩ KΛAV K]AIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust left, wearing aegis; L I∆ (date) below chin / H[PA] APΓEIA, diademed, veiled, and draped bust of Hera right; star below chin. Köln 200-1; Dattari (Savio) 236; K&G 14.110 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5315; Emmett 122.13; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 19 (this coin). EF, toned. Nice metal quality. Exceptional bust of Nero. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (21 September 1988), lot 261.An interesting coin that has been overstruck on the Apollo Aktios type (RPC I 5317), with Apollo's quiver behind his shoulder visible. Also, AKTIOΣ is faintly visible beneath HPA. This coin is part of the series that commemorates Nero's visit to Greece in AD 66-67.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Drachm (38mm, 36.04 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/68). NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, laureate head right; L I∆ (date) below chin / ΖΕΥΣ ΚΑΠΕΤ[ΩΛΙΟΣ], Zeus enthroned left, holding vertical scepter with his right hand and thunderbolt with his left; at his feet, eagle standing left, head right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 281 (this coin); K&G 14.118 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5285 (this coin cited; attributed to RY 11 in error); Emmett 140.14 (R5); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 20 (this coin). EF, dark brown surfaces with traces of green, twice holed in antiquity – which do not affect any significant part of the design. Exceptional and one of the classic rarities of the series. The authors of RPC cite only two examples: this coin, and an example in the ANS collection. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen AG FPL 50 (November 1982), lot 151; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 281.This coin is one of the great rarities of the Alexandrian series, with only one other specimen having been offered for sale (Marcel Jungfleisch Collection, Sotheby's, 1972, lot 26, which also was holed twice in antiquity). Another, heavily worn example resides in the collection of the American Numismatic Society in New York City (mistakenly attributed to regnal year 11). Nero issued a prodigious amount of billon tetradrachms at the Alexandria mint. It has been speculated that this was part of his fund-raising campaign to rebuild Rome after the devastating fire of AD 64 (he melted down the higher silver content tetradrachms already in circulation, and replaced them with the lower silver content billon tetradrachms). As a result, bronze coinage in general was neglected during Nero's reign in Alexandria, especially the larger denominations – hemidrachm and drachm.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.81 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 68). ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ [ΣΟ]ΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥΤ, laureate head right; L A (date) below chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΔΡΕΑ, draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant-skin headdress. Köln 217; Dattari (Savio) 298-9; K&G 17.1; RPC I 5326; Emmett 170.1; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 21 (this coin). EF, toned. Exceptional surfaces. Wonderful portraits of Galba and Alexandria. Amongst the finest known. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1097.