Triton XIX Sessions 1 - 2
Date: 2016-01-05 00:00:00
Lots: 235
Total starting: $ 1,188,180.00
Total realized: $ 2,225,425.00 (+87.30%)
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Nerva.
AD 96-98. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 96. IMP NERVΛ CΛES ΛVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right / FORTVNΛ ΛVGVST, Fortuna standing facing, head left, holding rudder with right hand, cradling cornucopia with her left arm. RIC II 4; Calicó 963; BMCRE 10 note; Biaggi –. Good VF, toned, underlying luster. Boldly struck. Rare.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Status International Auction (I.S. Wright, 2 December 1998), lot 3062.
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Nero Claudius Drusus.
Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 27.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. NERO • CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P • IMP • P • P, S C in exergue, Claudius, bareheaded and togate, seated left on curule chair, holding out branch in right hand and resting left hand on lap; around the chair are scattered arms–spears, shields, cuirass, helmet. RIC I 109 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 72; BMCRE 208-211a (Claudius); BN 198-203 (Claudius). EF, red-brown and tan river patina. Struck on a broad flan. Amazing details and surfaces.
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Marcus Aurelius.
AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P X IX IMP II COS III, Felicitas, draped, standing left, right foot set on globe, holding up caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 133; MIR 18, 98-4/37; Calicó 1894a (same dies); BMCRE 362; cf. Biaggi 863. Near EF, toned, underlying luster.
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Agrippina Junior and Nero.
Augusta, AD 50-59, and as Caesar, AD 50-54, respectively. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.67 g, 2h). Rome mint. Struck AD 55. NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, jugate bareheaded busts right, of Nero, a fold of cloak on back of neck, and of Agrippina, draped / AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, EX S C in field, Divus Claudius, radiate, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand and Divus Augustus, radiate, holding patera in right, scepter in left, driving quadriga of elephants left. RIC I 6; Calicó 397a; BMCRE 7; BN 10-12; Biaggi 218. VF.
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Maximianus.
First reign, AD 286-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.78 g, 12h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 295. MAXIMI ANVS P AVG, laureate head right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing right, cradling infant in arms; at feet at either side, children standing with hands raised; PTR. RIC VI 70b; Calicó 4715 = Biaggi 1800 (same obv. die); Depeyrot 2A/2. EF, lustrous. Very rare.
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Otho.
AD 69. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / PAX ORB IS T ERRARVM, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and caduceus in left. RIC I 3; Calicó 524; BMCRE 1-2; BN 2; Biaggi 270. Near VF, a few shallow marks. Rare.
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Aelius.
Caesar, AD 136-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head left / TRIB POT COS II, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia seated left, feet on footstool, holding patera in extended right hand, leaning left arm on cornucopia set on seat. RIC II 443c (Hadrian); Strack 398; Calicó 1445 (same rev. die); BMCRE 999 (Hadrian–same rev. die); Biaggi 689 (same rev. die). Good VF, areas of significant luster, a few tiny contact marks.
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Nerva.
AD 96-98. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.40 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 96. IMP NERVΛ CΛES ΛVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA • EXERCITVVM •, clasped right hands. RIC II 2; Calicó 954; BMCRE 4-5; Biaggi –. Good VF, underlying luster. An attractive specimen, and rare as such.
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Marcus Aurelius.
AD 161-180. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 175. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXIX, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERAL • AVG • VI • IMP VII COS III, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding up abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 319; MIR 18, 303-2/37; Calicó 1881 (same obv. die); BMCRE 620 (same dies); Biaggi 859 (same obv. die). Choice EF, lustrous.
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Vespasian.
AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.23 g, 6h). ‘Judaea Capta’ commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 79. IMP CΛESΛR VESPΛSIΛNVS ΛVG, laureate head right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory, draped, right leg bare, stepping left and setting round shield on trophy, below which sits a captive left, veiled, mourning, with head propped on right hand. RIC II 1067; Hendin 1470 corr. (COS number); Calicó 684; BMCRE 245; BN –. Good Fine, toned. Extremely rare, the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris does not have an example, and Calicó uses only a line drawing, rather than a photo to illustrate this issue.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint; C. Marius C.f. Tro(mentina tribu), moneyer. Struck 13 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right; lituus to left / C • MA[R]IVS • TR-O below, III VIR above, bare heads right of Lucius, Julia, and Caius; wreath above Julia. RIC I 404; RSC 1 (Caius, Lucius, Julia, and Augustus); BMCRE 106 = BMCRR Rome 4650; BN 526. Good VF, area of weakness on obverse and corresponding reverse, banker’s mark on neck. Exceptional metal for issue. Very rare.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 796; Jacquier FPL 17 (Autumn 1995), no. 384.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.46 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / FELIX PROCESSVS COS IIII AVG N, Constantine, in toga, standing left, holding globe in right hand and baton in left; SMT. RIC VII 26; Calicó –; Depeyrot 12/2; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1206.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.52 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck July AD 310. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / PRINCIPI • IV VENTVTIS, Constantine, diademed, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left. RIC VI 814; Calicó 5185b; Depeyrot 15/7 corr. (pellet not noted in rev. legend); Biaggi 1988. Superb EF, lustrous, a few small scrapes on portrait, ‘X’ graffito in field of reverse.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG, bare head right / CONCORDIΛE ΛVGVSTOR, COS II in exergue, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius, togate, facing each other, clasping right hands, each holding
volumen
in left hand. RIC III –; MIR 18, 4-12/10; Calicó 2110 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE p. 390, note *; Biaggi 948 var. (same). Choice EF, lustrous. Rare.
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Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / HIL Λ R ITΛS, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 684 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 15-2(b); Calicó 2057; BMCRE 98 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 929. Superb EF, lustrous, tiny deposit on reverse.
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Gallienus.
AD 253-268. Æ Medallion (34.5mm, 27.99 g, 7h). Rome mint. 6th–11th emissions, AD 261-268. GALLIENVS PIVS FEL AVG, bearded head right, wearing lion skin headdress / MONETA AVG, the
Tres Monetae
, each standing left on ground line, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; at feet of each to left, a heap of coins. Gnecchi 20; MIR 36, 754k; Banti 36 (this coin illustrated); Cohen 645; Mazzini 645 (this coin). VF, dark green-brown patina, areas of roughness, traces of prior gilding. Very rare.
Ex Erich von Schulthess-Rechberg Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 23 March 1961), lot 355; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 645.
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Elagabalus.
AD 218-222. AV Aureus in contemporary mount (32mm, 10.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 218-219. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR ANTONINI • AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond with left arm. RIC III 154; Thirion 59; Calicó 3038; BMCRE 30-1; Biaggi 1295. EF, scuff on the reverse of the mount at 8h that does not affect the coin.
Ex Sternberg FPL 6 (July 1994), lot 117.
For a similar Elagabalus aureus in an ancient mount from the Beaurains–or Arras–hoard, see NFA Auction IX (New York City, 10 December 1980), lot 573 (illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue). That piece was one of eight known gold pendants of the necklace “originating from the famous Beaurains hoard,” and a “reconstruction of the necklace is illustrated on plate xi....of
Le tresor de Beaurains (dit d’Arras)
.” The other seven pendants from the Beaurains necklace consisted of aurei of Hadrian (two pieces), Faustina Junior, Commodus, Caracalla, Julia Domna, and Postumus. The Postumus piece, once owned by Edward T. Newell, is today part of the American Numismatic Society’s collection.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.29 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 167. L VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / TR P VII • IMP IIII COS III, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding up wreath in right hand and palm frond sloped at left shoulder in left. RIC III 572 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 149-12/15; Calicó 2196 (same dies); BMCRE 449 note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 970 var. (bust type). FDC, lustrous. In NGC encapsulation, graded Ch MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 312-313. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, aquila between two signa; PTR. RIC VI 815; Calicó –; Depeyrot 17/9; Biaggi 2000. Choice EF, lustrous.
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Trebonianus Gallus.
AD 251-253. AV Binio (23mm, 4.81 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 1st emission, struck late AD 251. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAX AVGG, Pax, draped, standing facing, head left, holding branch with her right hand and transverse scepter with her left. RIC IV –; Calicó 3338a (illustrating Münzen und Medaillen AG 44, lot 104); cf. Biaggi 1408 (same obv. die). EF, lustrous, light scratch on reverse. Very rare.
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Philip I.
AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.26 g, 11h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 244. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAET FVNDATA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand, rudder in left. RIC IV 35a; Bland,
Gold
, 3 var. (dies PI 07/– [obv. die for issue 4, rev. die unlisted]); Calicó 3249 (R4); Biaggi 1379. Near EF, tiny flaw below eye. Very rare issue, only six examples cited in Bland’s recent die study.