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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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 (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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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.76 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. CAESAR • AVG[V ST]VS • TR • POT, laureate head right / L • MESCINIVS • RVFVS III VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVG/ LVD/ SAEC in five lines; XV SF across field. RIC I 355; RSC 461; BMCRE –; BN 339. Good VF, toned, minor marks, areas of light porosty. Very rare.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs Collection, acquired from John Jencek, January 2010.
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Claudius.
AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.63 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, with right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, with left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC I 39; von Kaenel Type 24; RSC 58; BMCRE 40-1; BN 51. Good VF, toned, smoothing on edge.
From the J. Eric Engstom Collection.
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Aelia Eudocia.
Augusta, AD 423-460. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.40 g, 6h).
Vicennalia
issue. Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck under Theodosius II, AD 422/8. AEL EVDO CIA AVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right;
manus Dei
above, crowning her / VOT XX MVLT XXX, Victory standing left, holding long cross in right hand; star in upper left field; Г//CONOB. RIC X 228; MIRB 20b; Depeyrot 75/2; Biaggi –. Good VF, a few field marks.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 756.
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Theodosius I.
AD 379-395. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 12h). North Italian mint. Struck AD 383. D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Theodosius I and Valentinian II enthroned facing, holding globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; between, pellet above palm frond; COM. RIC IX 55c (Thessalonica); cf. Ulrich-Bansa,
Moneta
p. 96 and pl. III, C; Depeyrot 2/3; Biaggi –. EF.
Includes Spink stock ticket, dated 1 January 1959 (not in
Numismatic Circular
).
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Nero.
AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left on ornamented throne, holding patera in right hand and resting left at side. RIC I 60; RSC 314; BMCRE 90-3; BN 228. EF, lightly toned, a few marks, some shallow edge tests. Wonderful portrait.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stack’s (8 April 1989), lot 290; Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (1 April 1987), lot 439.
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Galba.
AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 27.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa August-October AD 68. IMP • SER • SVLP • GALBA • CAES • AVG • TR • P , laureate and draped bust right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and
vindicta
in left. RIC I 309; ACG – (Officina E; dies unlisted); BMCRE 71; BN 147-150. VF, even brown surfaces, some red. Struck on a broad flan.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.85 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Aquillius Florus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. L • AQ[VILLIV]S • FLOR VS • III VIR, radiate head of Sol right / CAESAR • AVGVSTVS above, S • C • in exergue, slow quadriga right with modius-shaped car in which is a flower. RIC I 303; RSC 357; BMCRE 38 = BMCRR Rome 4543; BN 169-71. Good VF, dark gray cabinet tone, shallow scratch on obverse and some deposits under tone. Rare.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (6 November 1996), lot 406; Lanz 28 (7 May 1984), lot 403; V.C. Vecchi 10 (10 October 1983), lot 289.
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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 II.
AD 375-392. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. Struck AD 388-392. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDI A AVCCC, Constantinopolis enthroned facing on lion throne, head right, with right foot on prow, holding scepter in right hand and globe in extended left; S//CONOB. RIC IX 69b2; Depeyrot 47/5; Biaggi 2288 (this coin). EF, toned, a few minor marks.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2288; Münzen und Medaillen AG XVII (2 December 1957), lot 630.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.68 g, 5h). Uncertain mint (Pergamum?). Struck 28 BC. CAESAR [DIVI F] COS • VI, bare head right; small capricorn below neck / AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below, crocodile standing right on ground line. RIC I 545; RSC 4; BMCRE 653-4 = BMCRR East 246-7; BN 928-30. VF, darkly toned, a couple banker’s marks on obverse, some marks under tone, several edge tests. Rare.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 859; Stack’s (7 December 1989), lot 3257; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack’s, 3 May 1978), lot 753.
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Constans.
AD 337-350. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.50 g, 12h).
Decennalia
issue. Aquileia mint. Struck AD 340-350. FL IVL CONS TANS P F AVG, rosette-and-laurel-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / OB VICTORIAM TRIVMFALEM, two Victories standing, vis-à-vis, holding wreath inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XV between them; SMAQ. RIC VIII 39; Paolucci 373; Depeyrot 3/1; Biaggi 2120 var. (rev. legend). EF, a few circulation marks, small hairline die break at edge of reverse.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.69 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 120-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate heroic bust right, slight drapery / PROVID ENTIA DEORVM, S C across field, Hadrian, togate, standing facing, head left, holding
volumen
in left hand, extending right hand to receive scepter from eagle on left, flying right. RIC II 589b; Strack 554ε; Banti 617; BMCRE 1204. Near EF, light olive-green patina, area of dark gray on reverse. A handsome coin.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 940; Golden Horn Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 2294, where it realized $6,000.
This fascinating reverse type is meant to emphasize the legitimacy of Hadrian's rule: Jupiter's symbol, the eagle, bestowing on the emperor a scepter.
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Theodosius I.
AD 379-395. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 6h).
Decennalia
issue. Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 388-392. D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDI A AVGGG, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, with right foot on prow, holding scepter in right hand and wreath inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XV in four lines in left; A//CONOB. RIC IX 71b1; Depeyrot 47/1; Biaggi 2298 (this coin). Choice EF, toned.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2298; Münzen und Medaillen AG XIII (17 June 1954), lot 781.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, AQ VA/TRAIANA in two lines in exergue, flanked by S C, Genius of the Aqua Traiana, holding reed in right hand and resting left arm on urn from which water flows, under arched grotto supported by two columns. RIC II 463; Woytek 359b; Strack 407; Banti 15; BMCRE 873; BN 526. Good VF, black-green patina.
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Theodosius I.
AD 379-395. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.47 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck June AD 389-390. D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Valentinian II and Theodosius enthroned facing, holding a globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; palm frond between; L-D//COM. RIC IX 38b; Lyon 204; Depeyrot 17/2; Biaggi –. EF, light toning in devices.
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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.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck December AD 343-November AD 344. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS P F AVG, rosette-and-laurel-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA DD NN AVGG, Victory standing left, holding trophy set on long staff in right hand and palm frond in left; TR. RIC VIII 122; Depeyrot, p. 108, 4 note; Biaggi 2177. Choice EF, lustrous.
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temp.
Severans.
Early 3rd century AD. AV Imitation “Quinarius” (15mm, 2.91 g, 5h). Barbarous imitation. AИOVD (retrograde C)ΛVOИI, laureate head right / OXPΩMEN, lion advancing left; EVTVXV (
Good Luck
in Greek) in exergue. Apparently unpublished. EF, obverse and reverse die flaws.
For similar imitative types used as jewelry, see King,
Elagabalus
1 = Göbl,
Antike
2615, and Göbl, Antike 2616
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P C OS III, Neptune standing left, holding acrostolium in right hand and trident in left. RIC II 72; Strack 100Δ; Calicó 1314; BMCRE 125; Biaggi 635. VF, a few shallow scratches on obverse.