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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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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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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Domitian.
As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75. CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVT, Spes walking left, holding flower with her right hand, lifting hem of her chiton with her left hand. RIC II 787; Calicó 912; BMCRE 154; Biaggi 426. Choice VF, toned, underlying luster, small rim bruise on reverse at 11.
Ex Goldberg 69 (29 May 2012), lot 3524.
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Magnus Maximus.
AD 383-388. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.42 g, 12h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 383/4. D N MAG MA XIMVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Maximus, diademed and in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand and in left, Victory standing left on globe holding wreath and palm frond; star in left field; pellet in upper right field; SMTR. RIC IX 76; Depeyrot 50/1 corr. (position of star); Biaggi 2309; S 20631 (this coin illustrated on the cover of the 2014 edition). Good VF, toned, light scrapes on obverse and reverse. Rare.
Ex Spink 225 (22 September 2014), lot 689.
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Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan on horseback riding right, thrusting spear at Dacian soldier falling down before horse; Dacian looking back at Trajan. RIC II 209; Woytek 202cA; Strack 80; Calicó 1109 = Biaggi 538 (same dies); BMCRE 245 note; BN 365 (photo switched with 364 in plates). Good VF, toned. Rare variety with aegis.
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Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II F COS, bare head left / IVVEN TAS, Juventas, draped, standing left, holding patera in left hand and with right dropping a grain of incense on candelabrum to left. RIC III 423b (Pius); Calicó 1875 (same obv. die); BMCRE 268, note (Pius); Biaggi 857 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, underlying luster, a small edge mark.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right / TR POT XIX COS IIII, Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe and
volumen
. RIC III 256a; Strack 300; Calicó 1673; Biaggi 772; BMCRE 864. Near EF, underlying luster.
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Titus.
As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. T CAES IMP VESP CENS, laureate head right / PONTIF TRI POT, Titus, togate, seated right, feet on footstool, holding scepter in right hand and branch in left. RIC II 555 (Vespasian); Calicó 753; BMCRE 114-5 (Vespasian); BN 95/96 (Vespasian, same obv./rev. dies); Biaggi 371. Good VF, scrape on obverse, traces of deposits, a few minor edge marks.
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Libius Severus (Severus III).
AD 461-465. AV Tremissis (14mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Ravenna (or Rome) mint. D N LIB SEVE RVS P F AVC, ornate diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Latin cross pattée within wreath; large central jewel above; COMOB. RIC X 2709 (Ravenna); Depeyrot 25/3 (Ravenna); Lacam, Pl. XCVII, Type B, Variété 1 (Rome); DOCLR 898; Biaggi 2373 (this coin). VF, toned, traces of deposits in devices, small scratch on cheek. Rare.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2373.
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Gordian II.
AD 238. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.84 g, 11h). Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO-RIA AVGG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond with left arm. RIC IV 2; BMCRE 28; RSC 12. EF, toned, small flan crack.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stack’s (9 December 1992), lot 3329; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s New York, 21 June 1990), lot 793.
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Gordian I.
AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.57 g, 7h). Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas, draped, seated left on throne, holding transverse scepter in right hand, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 5; BMCRE 11; RSC 10. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Christie’s (18 February 1992), lot 54; Auctiones 5 (2 December 1975), lot 696.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (17mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 156-157. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right / TR POT X X COS IIII, Victory, winged and draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond upright in left. RIC III 266a; Strack 316; Calicó 1675; BMCRE 888; Biaggi 774. Near EF, toned, lustrous.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. I • O • M/ • S • P • Q • R • V • S/ PR S • IMP • CAE/ QVOD • PER EV/ R • P • IN • AMP / AT • Q • TRAV/ S • E in seven lines within oak wreath / L • MESCINIVS RVFVS • III • VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVGV/ COMM/ CONS in five lines; S C across field. RIC I 358; RSC 462; BMCRE 91-3 = BMCRR Rome 4483-5; BN 345-6. EF, iridescent tone. Rare, and better than all examples in CoinArchives.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Vecchi 9 (4 December 1997), lot 120.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.94 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CΛESΛR • ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F • PΛTER • PΛTRIΛE, laureate head right / ΛVGVSTI • F • COS • DESIG • PRINC • IVVENT, C • L • CAESARES • in exergue, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on ground between them; behind the shields, two spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176b; BMCRE 513-8; BN 1648-50; Biaggi 92. VF, toned, slight wave to flan, some minor marks and earthen deposits.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing hair fastened in bun at back of head / CONCOR DIA, dove standing right. RIC III 503a (Pius); Strack 507; Calicó 2045a (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 923; BMCRE 1089 (Pius). Near EF, lightly toned, 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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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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Vitellius, with his children.
AD 69. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck citca late April-20 December. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head / LIBERI · IMP · GERM · AVG ·, draped busts of Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Junior and Vitellia, vis-à-vis. RIC I 101; Jucker 11; BMCRE 28; BN –; RSC 4; Pecunem 30, lot 437 (same rev. die). EF, dark toning with traces of golden iridescence in the devices, hint of deposits at outer edges, a couple of small marks under tone. Exquisite pugnacious portrait of Vitellius and detailed portraits of his children. Difficult to find in high grade and fine style.
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Tiberius.
AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.78 g, 6h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CAESAR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch; ornate chair legs, with footstool. RIC I 29; Lyon 153; Calicó 305c; Biaggi 170; BMCRE –; BN 13–6. Choice EF, underlying luster, a few minor contact marks.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AR Miliarense (25mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 324/5. Diademed head right; plain diadem band / CONSTANTINVS AVG, four military signa; SMN. RIC VII 86; RSC 106c. Near EF, toned, light scratch under tone on neck. Extremely rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1154; Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 576.
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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.