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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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 1 - 2 - Session 2, 550
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.78 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTO NINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / TR POT XV C OS IIII, Annona seated left, holding grain ears over modius with her right hand, cradling a cornucopia with her left arm; S C across field, ANNONA AVG in exergue. RIC III 891; BMCRE 1892; Banti 29. VF, dark green patina with patches of brown.
From the A.K. Collection. Ex Frankfurter Münzhandlung 103 (7 December 1960), lot 141.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P XII, laureate head right / COS IIII, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC III 177d; Calicó 1502; Biaggi 706 var. (bust type); BMCRE 649. Choice EF, lustrous.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141. ANTONINVS PI VS P P TR P COS III, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERΛLITΛS/ ΛVG II in two lines in exergue, Antoninus, togate, seated left on chair set on low platform in center; to left on platform, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, with both hands emptying coins out of cornucopia into the fold of a toga, held out in both hands by citizen, togate, standing right on the ground. RIC III 74b; Strack 92; Calicó 1560; BMCRE 216 (same dies); Biaggi 734 var. (bust type). Good VF, a few shallow marks. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1254; Münzen und Medaillen AG 53 (29 November 1977), lot 270.
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Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS •, bareheaded and draped bust right / TRIB POT COS, PIE TAS across field, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing right, holding up right hand and holding acerrum in left hand; to right, lighted and garlanded altar. RIC III 454b; Strack 406ζo (Hadrian); Calicó 1597; BMCRE 1017 var. (Hadrian–bust type); Biaggi 747. Good VF, underlying luster.
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Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CΛES HADRI ANTONINVS, bare head right / ΛVG PIVS • P • M TR • P • COS • DES II, Pietas, draped, standing right, holding acerrum in left hand, raising right hand over lighted and garlanded altar to right. RIC III 13; Strack 19; Calicó 1469; BMCRE 27 (same dies); Biaggi 698. EF, lustrous, small spot of die rust on obverse, traces of deposits on reverse.
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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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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS • AVG COS III P P, laureate head right / FORTV N A AVG, S C across field, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 759; Strack 669; Banti 422; BMCRE 1507. EF, natural brown patina, some red, a pair of short flan cracks. Struck in high relief.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 645.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HΛDRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / AFRICA, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, placing right hand on neck of lion standing left, and resting left arm on basket; grain ears behind. RIC II 298c; Strack 296ζo; Calicó 1198 (same dies); BMCRE 808; Biaggi 578 var. (bust left). Good VF, toned, a couple hairlines on obverse. Very rare with obverse head right.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left on serpent-entwined basket and holding sistrum; at feet to left, column surmounted by ibis standing right. RIC II 296h var. (bust type); Calicó 1189a (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 575 var. (bust type); BMCRE 7936 var. (same). VF, a few minor marks. Rare.
Hadrian's extended imperial tour of the provinces lasted for a large portion of his years as emperor. In order to take stock of his inheritance as well as calm the disquiet which had arisen in the later years of Trajan's reign, the new emperor traveled throughout the provinces, reestablishing the Roman order, and reconnecting with local governments, ultimately ensuring the
Pax Romana
for another half-century.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Medallion (40mm, 41.69 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 128-132. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / IOVI/ OPTIMO/ MAXIMO/ S P Q R in four lines within oak wreath; [COS III] in exergue. Gnecchi III 80, pl. 145, 4; Banti 459; RIC II 971c; Strack 452α2; BMCRE p. 447, note *. Good VF, brown and dark gray patina, some roughness in spots, edge splits. Of the greatest rarity and interest.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (1 April 1987), lot 478.
All the references cited are quoting the Paris specimen, which seems to share an obverse die with this medallion. The reverse die appears to be the same as Gnecchi pl. 145, 5. The NFA catalog notes:
Of this type Harold Mattingly writes in the Introduction to the British Museum Catalogue (p. clxix) ‘The oak-wreath dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus may be connected with the bestowal of the title of P P on Hadrian. To the Greek world Hadrian appeared as a
Zeus Olympios...
The dediction may be one of thankfulness to the god who, for the blessing of Rome, had bestowed his scepter on Hadrian.”
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus. RIC II 193d; Strack 195θ; Calicó 1233a; BMCRE 449; Biaggi 598. Choice EF, lustrous, lightly toned. Bold portrait.
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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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 1 - 2 - Session 2, 538
Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIA N HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III around, GEN P R across field, Genius, naked to waist, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 123; Strack 66η; Calicó 1267a (same obv. die); BMCRE 273 var. (no break in obv. legend); cf. Biaggi 611. VF, underlying luster, traces of deposits. Very rare bust variety.
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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.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIA N HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt upward in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC II 64 var. (bust type); Strack 93 var. (same); Calicó 1304b; BMCRE 107 var. (same); cf. Biaggi 630-1. VF, toned.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter standing, slightly right, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC II 63c var. (bust type); Calicó 1301c (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 629 var. (bust type); BMCRE 101–5 var. (same). Good VF, toned with underlying luster in the devices. Rare, only one example in CoinArchives.
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Hadrian.
AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS II, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on statuette of Spes. RIC II 39a var. (cornucopia below throne); Strack 33η var. (same); Calicó 1205a var. (same–same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 59 var. (same); Biaggi 581 var. (same). Near EF, underlying luster. Well executed portrait struck in high relief. The rare variety without cornucopia below throne.
Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 5007.
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Matidia.
Augusta, AD 112-119. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Trajan, AD 112-117. MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE · F ·, draped bust right, wearing double stephane, necklace and elaborate coiffure / PIETAS AVGVST, Pietas standing left, placing hands on heads of two children, Sabina and Matidia, who stand on either side, raising hands to her. RIC II 759 (Trajan); Woytek 728.1; Calicó 1157; Biaggi 559; BMCRE 659; BN 910–1. VF, even surfaces. Struck in high relief. Very rare.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.07 g, 6h). “Parthia Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck after 20 February–circa autumn AD 116. IMP • CAES NER • TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate heroic bust right, wearing aegis / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, PΛRTHIΛ CΛPT[Λ] in exergue, two captives, seated on ground to left and right, back to back, with trophy between them: each captive is seated on a shield, dressed in a garment with long sleeves and ending in breeches, and rests head on hand, which is propped on knee: in front of each captive, bow in bow-case erect: trophy consists of helmet, shields, cuirass, greaves, and cloaks. RIC II 325 var. (globe below bust); Woytek 560tt1 var. (same–same rev. die); Strack 247ε (same rev. die); Calicó 1037; BMCRE 606 var. (same); BN 864 var. (same–same rev. die); Biaggi 498. VF, toned. Rare.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIII/S • C in two lines in exergue, Trajan seated right on
sella castrensis
set on high platform, two officers at his side, haranguing a group of six soldiers who hold two signa and an aquila. RIC II 656; Woytek 548v2; Strack 463ζ; Banti 78; BMCRE 1017; BN 843. Good VF, dark green patina, minor roughness.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue,
Arcus Traiani
(triumphal entrance) of the
Forum Traiani
: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by four horses between two figures flanking trophy on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 255 var. (six horses on rev.); Woytek 403v; Strack 207; Calicó 1029; Biaggi 493; BMCRE 510 corr. (bust type); BN 685–7 var. (bust type and six horses on rev.). VF, traces of luster in the devices. Very rare, only one example in CoinArchives.