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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Valens.
AD 364-378. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.42 g, 12h).
Decennalia
issue. Antioch mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 372. D N VALEN S PER F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA R O MANORVM, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines; Christogram above; ANOBA. RIC IX 16d1; Depeyrot 38/3; Biaggi 2250 var. (officina). Near EF, traces of underlying luster.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVI (14 August 1991), lot 366.
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Valens.
AD 364-378. AV 1½ Scripulum (16mm, 1.69 g, 6h).
Decennalia
issue. Antioch mint. Struck AD 367/8. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory seated right on cuirass and round shield, pointing to and holding round shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XV in four lines; Christogram to right; AN. RIC IX 26.1; Depeyrot 36/1; Biaggi 2263 (this coin). Good VF, toned, traces of underlying luster, traces of deposits on reverse. Rare.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2263.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.47 g, 12h).
Decennalia
issue. Antioch mint, 9th officina. Struck AD 372. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory seated right on cuirass and round shield, pointing to and holding round shield inscribed VOT/XV; Christogram to right; ANOB Θ. RIC IX 22b2; Depeyrot 38/5; Biaggi 2241 var. (officina). Superb EF, traces of underlying luster. Rare.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 12h). Consular issue. Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck January AD 368. D N VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and scepter / VOTA PV BLICA, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, each nimbate and in consular robes, and holding mappa and scepter; in exergue, bound captive vis-à-vis; S N Є. RIC IX 16a var. (officina); Depeyrot 19/1(officina unlisted); Biaggi 2243 (this coin). Good VF, deep red toning in devices, a couple of die breaks at 12 o’clock on obverse. Very rare with officina E.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2243.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.41 g, 12h). Consular issue. Thessalonica mint. Struck January AD 365. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and scepter / SALVS REI P, Valentinian, diademed and in military attire, standing left, head right, right foot on bound captive to left, holding labarum in right hand and Victory standing left on globe in left; star to right; SMTES. RIC IX 3a1; Depeyrot 30/1; Biaggi 2235. Good VF, light scratch in obverse field.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 April 1993), lot 396.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 12h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 364. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, holding globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; stars above throne back; ASISC. RIC IX 2a1; Depeyrot 26/1; Biaggi –. Choice EF, traces of underlying luster, minor mark in hair.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.47 g, 12h). Aquileia mint. Struck September AD 364. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Valentinian, diademed and in military attire, standing left, head right, holding labarum in right hand and Victory standing left on globe in left; SMAQ. RIC IX 2a1; Paolucci 611; Depeyrot 12/1; Biaggi –. Choice EF. Rare.
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Valentinian I.
AD 364-375. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint, 3rd officina. Struck mid-AD 373-April AD 375. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Valentinian and Valens enthroned facing, holding globe between them; above, Victory facing with wings spread, palm frond between; TROBT. RIC IX 17b.6; Depeyrot 43/1; Biaggi 2237. EF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1726.
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Jovian.
AD 363-364. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 12h). Sirmium mint. Struck 363/4. D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Jovian, diademed and in military attire, standing facing, head left, holding labarum in right hand; to left, bound captive left with head right; * SIRM •. RIC VIII 110; Depeyrot 6/4; Biaggi 2228 (this coin). Choice EF.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2228.
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Nepotian.
Usurper, AD 350. Æ (24mm, 4.65 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Struck 350. FL NEP CONST ANTINS AVG (
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), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; annulet at top of reath / VRBS ROMA, Roma enthroned left, shield at side, holding in right hand Victory, standing right on globe and holding wreath, and scepter in left; RЄ. RIC VIII –; Bastien,
Émissions
, –; LRBC –; Gemini XII, lot 437 corr. (there legend read as CONST-ANTINVS; same dies). VF, even hard brown surfaces. Extremely rare, only the second example known.
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Decentius.
Caesar, AD 350/1-353. AR Heavy Miliarense (24mm, 5.24 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 350/1. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Decentius, in military attire, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left; TR. Cf. RIC VII 298 (referencing a specimen in the BN at 4.95 g, but with PRINCITI in the rev. legend) = RSC 7; cf. Bastien 38 (same); cf. Gnecchi 3 and pl. 33, 9 (Magnentius; for rev.) = Bastien 37 = Vienna Inv. 35239. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, a few light marks, some porosity. Extremely rare as a light miliarense and apparently unknown as a heavy one. Probably struck just after the elevation of Decentius as Caesar.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.40 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 7th officina. Struck AD 347-355. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in four lines; SMAZ. RIC VIII 84; Depeyrot 6/4; Biaggi –. Superb EF, deposits on reverse.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.52 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 347-355. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in four lines; SMAЄ. RIC VIII 83; Depeyrot 6/3; Biaggi 2137 var. (officina). Superb EF.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.57 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 340-351. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG, rosette-and-laurel-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in four lines; SMNC. RIC VIII 33; Depeyrot 3/4; Biaggi –. EF, a couple of small scratches on obverse at 12 o’clock, evidence of having possibly been placed in a bezel.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.58 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 340-351. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG, pearl-diadmed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in four lines; SMN(B[with tail]). RIC VIII 31; Depeyrot 3/3; Biaggi –. Choice EF.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.44 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 351-355. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVGV, pearl-diadmed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif in left / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; CONS. RIC VIII 96; Depeyrot 3/4; Biaggi 2141. Superb EF, slightly irregular flan. Attractive portrait coin.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.37 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 337-340. D N CONSTA NTIVS AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA CONSTANTI AVG, Victory seated right on cuirass and round shield, pointing to and holding round shield inscribed VOT/XV; to right, winged Genius standing left, holding shield; CONS. RIC VIII 9; Depeyrot 1/8; Biaggi 2175. Superb EF.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.43 g, 6h).
Quadricennalia
(?) issue. Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 355-357. FL IVL CONST ANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear in right hand over shoulder and ornate shield in left / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; RSMP (palm). RIC VIII 293; Depeyrot 14/1; Biaggi –. Near EF, small bump in obverse field. Rare.