Triton XXIII - Session 3
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXIII - Session 3 . 716
Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.86 g, 6h). "Dacia Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-109/110. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Dacian, wearing peaked cap and shirt with long sleeves, and breeches, seated left on round shield, right knee drawn up, head resting on right hand, which is propped on right knee, left arm across knee; oblong or hexagonal shield to left and right; to left, trophy, consisting of helmet, cuirass, round and two oblong shields in saltire; at foot of trophy to left, two spears and round shield; to right, curved sword and oblong shield. RIC II 564 var. (bust type); Woytek 326bD3 (this coin); Strack 365α; Banti 244 var. (number and configuration of arms); BMCRE 785-91 var. (same); BN 528-9 var. (same). Glossy green patina, light smoothing. Near EF. Attractive. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 25 May 2001. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 533; Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1731; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXI.1 (January 1973), no. 88; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 32.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.36 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107-108. IMP TRΛIΛNO ΛVG GER DΛC P M TR P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Trophy of arms set on stump, consisting of helmet at top, with three oval shields; above, two curved swords to left and two spears to right; below, two crossed greaves. RIC II 147a var. (number and configuration of arms); Woytek 269b–2; Strack 141α var. (same); RSC 99 var. (same); BMCRE 355; BN 295 var. (same). Lustrous, traces of deposits on obverse. EF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 121 (29 January 2001), lot 286.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP • TRAIANO • AVG • GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINC, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 123 var. (bust type); Allen Series 42, Type VIII – (dies – [unlisted obv. die]/VIII.17); Woytek 292f (same rev. die as illustration); Strack 150β; Calicó 1001a; BMCRE 313 (same rev. die); BN 422-4; Biaggi 471; Jameson –; Mazzini 70 v. Lustrous. EF. A powerful portrait.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-109/110. IMP CΛES NERVΛE TRΛIΛNO ΛVG GER DΛC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical spear in left, right foot on helmet, left foot on head of Dacian; to left and right of cuirass, two round shields and one oblong shield. RIC II 489; Woytek 332bD; Strack 372α; Banti 128; BMCRE 778; BN 518-9. Even dark green patina. Good VF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 709085 (November 1998).
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.29 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. IMP TRΛIΛNO AVG GER DΛC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRAIANA in exergue, Via Traiana, bare to waist, reclinging left, head turned back to right, holding wheel of eight spokes on right knee and resting left arm on rocks, holding branch in left hand. RIC II 266; Woytek 398b; Strack 179α; RSC 648; BMCRE 487-91; BN 671 var. (bust type). Minor flan flaw on obverse. EF. Well struck on a round flan. From the San Vicente Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear (2003-2004).This evocative reverse celebrates Via Traiana, depicting the highway as reclining female figure holding a wheel. This could refer to the Italian Via Trajana, constructed at the emperor's expense from AD 109 to 113, which ran 205 miles from Brindisium to Beneventum and largely replaced the old Appian Way. A second major artery, the Via Traiana Nova, stretching from Syria to Egypt, was also constructed at about the same time as part of the runup to Trajan's offensive against the Parthian Empire.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.07 g, 6h). "Parthia Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck 20 February-autumn AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS VI P P S • P • Q • R around, PARTHIΛ CΛPTΛ in exergue, two Parthian captives seated on ground left and right, back to back, with trophy between them: each captive is seated on a shield, resting head on hand, which is propped on knee: in front of each captive, bow in bow case erect. RIC II 324; Beckmann, Trajan, Group E (dies e5/PC4); Woytek 560f2 (same rev. die); Strack 247β; Calicó 1035; BMCRE 603-5; BN 863; Biaggi 496; Jameson –; Mazzini 184. Toned. VF. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.02 g, 6h). Cyrene mint. Struck AD 100. AYT KAIΣ NEP TPAIA N ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ∆HMAPX EΞ YΠAT Γ, horned head of Zeus-Ammon right. RPC III 3; BMC 56-7 (Caesarea); Sydenham, Caesarea 178. Lovely light cabinet toning, minor flan crack. EF.
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Hadrian, with Divus Trajan. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 1, August-December AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT ΛVG G D PΛRT, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right / DIVO • TRAIANO PATRI AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Divus Trajan right. RIC II.3 28 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 24a; Strack 10η; Calicó 1412 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 44 (same dies); Biaggi 564 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini 2 (same dies). Lustrous, attractive light toning. With NGC Photo Certificate 4936619-005, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Two excellent high-relief portraits. One of the finest known. From the Provence Collection.Publius Aelius Hadrianus, born to an aristocratic family in Roman Spain, lost his biological parents by AD 86 and became the ward of the future emperor Trajan, another Spaniard. As a young man, Hadrian began a career in the Roman government and military, and in about AD 100 married Sabina, a favored great-niece of Trajan. He also cultivated the friendship of Trajan's wife Plotina. Though widely regarded as a favorite for the succession, Hadrian was not formally named Caesar until Trajan fell fatally ill in Cilicia while returning from his great eastern campaign. It was not a universally popular choice and rumors immediately spread that Hadrian's adoption was stage-managed by Plotina after Trajan had already died. Hadrian, serving as governor of Syria, took immediate action to secure the throne, inducing the eastern legions to acclaim him as emperor by means of a hefty bonus. He then wrote to the Senate declaring his accession a fait accompli, but requesting his formal designation as emperor along with the deification of Trajan. With no real alternative, both requests were readily granted. This spectacular aureus, pairing Hadrian's portrait with that of the newly deified Trajan, was struck in Rome during the first months of the reign to mark both the accession of a new emperor and the creation of a new god, who is pointedly named as his father (DIVO TRAIANO PATRI AVG).
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 2, AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA PARTH F, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DIVI NER NEP • P M TR P COS, FORT RED in exergue, Fortuna, draped, seated left, feet on footstool, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II.3 46; cf. RIC II 10; Strack 19γ1; Calicó 1257a (same rev. die as Calicó 1257b); BMCRE 34, note; Biaggi 607; Jameson 100 var. (bust type); Mazzini 741. Toned, a few shallow scratches on obverse. Good VF. From the San Vicente Collection. Ex Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 120.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 3, AD late 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS III, CLEM in exergue, Clementia, draped, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over altar to left and holding scepter in left hand. RIC II.3 497; RIC II 116; Strack 60; RSC 212b; BMCRE 251, note. Attractively toned, with underlying luster. EF. Bold portrait. From the San Vicente Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 719983 (April 2000).
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 4, circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus. RIC II.3 709; RIC II 193; Strack 195α; Calicó 1233a (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 448-50; Biaggi 598; Jameson –; Mazzini 422. Lustrous. EF.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 4, circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Sol, radiate, naked but for cloak on left arm, holding reins, and mounting quadriga right. RIC II.3 725 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 167 (same rev. die as illustation); Strack 163α; Calicó 1207 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 377 (same dies); Biaggi 582 (this coin); Jameson –; Mazzini –. A few scratches, scattered marks. EF. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 38 (21 March 2007), lot 57; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 302; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 582; M. L. Vierordt Collection (Schulman, 5 March 1923), lot 1293.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (26mm, 9.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 8, circa AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust right / FELICITA TI ΛVG, Galley left over waves with five rowers; at prow, mast and sail; at stern, aquila, vexillum, acrostolium, and arch over gubernator. RIC II.3 1301; RIC II 719; Strack 837ζ; cf. BMCRE 1458. Glossy dark brown surfaces, a few minor cleaning marks. Good VF. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 233 (6 October 2015), lot 2363.Between the years AD 119 and 136, the emperor Hadrian travelled throughout the Roman Empire, visiting various provinces to take stock of his inheritance and calm the disquiet which had arisen in the later years of Trajan's reign. His travels can be divided into two major episodes. The first tour was designed to shore-up Rome's northern borders and began sometime around AD 119 when Hadrian first visited the provinces of Gaul and Germania Inferior and Superior. The emperor then crossed the Channel to Britannia where, during his stay, construction began on a 73-mile long wall across the north of the province. In AD 122-123, Hadrian spent time in Hispania, then travelled East to Asia Minor. The remainder of this first tour was spent in the Balkans and Greece, touring such areas as Dacia and Achaea, before returning to Rome, via Sicily, in AD 126.Hadrian's second tour began in AD 128, when he set out on a short tour of the provinces of Africa and Mauretania. Returning for a brief stay in Rome, Hadrian then went again to Asia Minor, and continued into the Levant. In AD 130, Hadrian moved on to Egypt, where he visited Alexandria. It was while Hadrian was on tour in Egypt that his favorite, Antinoüs, mysteriously drowned in the Nile. The Bar Kochba revolt in Judaea forced Hadrian to remain in the region until AD 135. In AD 136, Hadrian returned to Italia, ending his long travels.Inasmuch as Hadrian traveled to some of the eighteen provinces by ship, the present reverse type is related to Hadrian's famous "travel series".
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.27 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 9, circa AD 130. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus, naked to waist, reclining left, holding cornucopia in right hand, resting left arm on sphinx; to left, hippopotamus standing right; below, in water, crocodile right. RIC II.3 1437 (same obv. die as illustration); cf. RIC II 312; Strack 309βο var. (reed in left hand); Calicó 1159 var. (same); BMCRE 867 (same obv. die); Biaggi 670 var. (same); Jameson –; Mazzini –; Triton XVII, lot 691 (same dies). Toned, a few minor marks and some faint hairlines. VF. Rare. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 5055.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.20 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, Aegyptos, draped, lotus on head, reclining left, holding up sistrum in right hand and resting left arm on basket; to left, ibis standing right on column. RIC II.3 1477 (same dies as first illustration); RIC II 296 (same rev. die as illustration); Strack 295ζο; Calicó 1190 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 793 (same dies); Biaggi 575 (this coin); Jameson –; Mazzini 105 v. (this coin). VF. Very rare. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 220; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.22 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust left / AEGYPTOS, Aegyptos, draped, reclining left, holding up sistrum in right hand and resting left arm on basket, snake to right of basket; to left, ibis standing right (not on column). RIC II.3 1478 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 296; Strack 2951/ζ; Calicó 1186 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 796 var. (bust type; same rev. die); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Toned. VF. Very rare. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XIV (21 September 2017), lot 726; Heidelberger Münzhandlung 64 (20 November 2014), lot 2559.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.11 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust left / AFRICA, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, placing right hand on neck of lion standing left, and resting left arm on basket of fruits; to right of basket, two stalks of grain. RIC II.3 1490 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 298; Strack 2961/ζο; Calicó 1194 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 810 (same dies); Biaggi 578 (same obv. die); Jameson –; Mazzini –. Toned, some scratches and contact marks, scrape on reverse. Near EF. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Lanz 145 (with Bernardi, 5 January 2009), lot 145, acquired from Peus in 1951.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.00 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head left / HISP ANIA, Hispania, draped, reclining left, holding up olive branch in right hand and resting left arm on rock; to left, a rabbit right. RIC II.3 1530 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 305 (same rev. die as illustration); Strack 3031/θο; Calicó 1273 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 844 (same dies); Biaggi 615 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini 828 (same dies). Toned. Good VF. Struck in high relief from dies of artistic merit. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3056 (3 August 2017), lot 30016.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.16 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / HIS PANIA, Hispania, draped, reclining left, holding up olive branch in right hand and resting left arm on rock; to left, a rabbit left. RIC II.3 1531 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 305; Strack 303ζο; Calicó 1272 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 843 (same dies); Biaggi 614 (this coin); Jameson –; Mazzini 824 (same dies). Toned, edge test cut. VF. Slightly higher grade reverse. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 224.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.02 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust left / NILVS, Nilus, naked to waist, reclining left, holding cornucopia in right hand and reed in left, resting left arm on sphinx; to left, hippopotamus standing right; below, in water, crocodile right. RIC II.3 1549 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 308; Strack 3071/ζο; Calicó 1290 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 855 (same dies); Biaggi 624 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini –; Künker 133, lot 8818 (same dies); NAC 41, lot 81 (same dies); CNG E-219, lot 447 (same dies). Toned. VF. Very rare. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 632.Struck from a single pair of dies, this very rare aureus was part of a larger issue of commemorative coinage struck in Rome following Hadrian's return from the eastern provinces in AD 134 – a visit partly in connection with the Bar Kokhba revolt (AD 132-135). While Hadrian's previous travels throughout the empire had been remembered on earlier Rome mint issues – most notably the galley coinage – the coins commemorating specific provinces were all struck between AD 134 and AD 136. Strack posited a date of AD 137 for this issue, supposing that the emperor was in the East to oversee the coup de grâce of Simon bar Kochhba and his followers at Betar in AD 135, returning sometime shortly after. Hadrian, however, who was suffering from increasingly poor health, was known to be in Rome during the last four years of his life, during which time he received an imperial salutation for the Roman victory over Bar Kochhba. In AD 136, he was present at the dedication of the Temple of Venus and Rome, and in AD 137, he appointed Aelius as his successor. Given Hadrian's return to Rome prior to the actual conclusion of the war, this aureus, along with the issuance inter alia of the other "province" commemorative coinage, must have been struck between AD 134 and AD 136. The province of Egypt, in accordance with its strategic and economic importance (and possibly reflecting the special place it held in the emperor's heart), was commemorated with three reverse types: the province Aegyptus, the city of Alexandria, and the river-god Nilus.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust left / ΛDVENTVI AFRICΛE, Hadrian, bareheaded, togate, standing right, raising right hand and holding volumen in left; to right, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod in center and holding grain ears in left hand; prostrate calf between tripod and Africa. RIC II.3 1552 (this coin cited; same dies as illustration); cf. RIC II 315; Strack 3121/ζο (same dies as illustration); Calicó 1172 (this coin illustrated); cf. BMCRE 786; Biaggi 571 = Mazzini 8 (this coin); Jameson –. Toned, a few faint hairlines. Good VF. Very rare. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 221; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 594.