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 III.
AD 421. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AVC, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath in raised right hand and cradling palm frond in left; R-V//CON. RIC X –; Ranieri –; Depeyrot 11/4 = Biaggi 2331 (this coin). VF, toned, some deposits, a few marks. Unique.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2331; Hess-Leu (4 April 1963), lot 279.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.65 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P V • IMP II COS II, Victory, winged, draped from her waist down, standing right, holding stylus in right hand, with left supporting a shield inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines on a palm tree. RIC III 534; MIR 18, 106-12/37; Calicó 2179; BMCRE 383; Biaggi 962 var. (no drapery, same obv. die as 960). EF, toned, lustrous.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.64 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 162. IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left / CONCORDIΛE ΛVGVSTOR TR P II, COS II in exergue, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius, togate, facing each other, clasping right hands, each holding
volumen
in left hand. RIC III 470 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 29-12/27; Calicó 2121 (same obv. die); BMCRE p. 411, note †; Biaggi 951 (same obv. die). EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. Extremely rare variety with a draped and cuirassed bust left. A particularly artistic portrait.
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Constantius II.
AD 337-361. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Arelate (Arles) mint. Struck AD 355-360. FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif in left / GLORIA RE I 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; pellet between; eagle sitting left on top of wreath; KONS(TAN). RIC VIII 233 var. (no eagle or pellet); Depeyrot 5/1 var. (same); Biaggi 2145 (this coin). EF, toned, traces of deposits in devices. Attractive local style.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2145.
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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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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 9h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / P • PETRON • TVRPILIAN • III • VIR, winged Siren standing left, holding a flute in raised right hand and another flute in left hand at her side. RIC I 296; RSC 490; BMCRE 27-8 = BMCRR Rome 4540-1; BN 154-6. Near EF, toned, traces of deposits. Very rare, especially in this grade.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.47 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 3rd officina. Struck AD 324. CONSTANT INVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VICTOR OMN IVM GENTIVM, Constantine, diademed and in military attire, standing facing, head left, holding labarum set on three steps in right hand and shield set on ground in left; at feet to left, two figures kneeling right in supplication with hands raised; bound captive to right; SMNГ. RIC VII 82; Calicó –; Depeyrot 35/4; Biaggi 2005. Near EF, traces of underlying luster, a few minor marks.
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Lucilla.
Augusta, AD 164-182. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-162. LVCILLΛE ΛVG ΛNTONINI ΛVG F, draped bust right, hair waved and knotted low at back in chignon / VOTΛ/ •/ PVBLI/CΛ in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC III 790 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 22-2(a); Calicó 2219; BMCRE 328 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 980 (same dies). Near EF, some luster.
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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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Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (17mm, 6.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II F COS II, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / HILA RI TAS, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 432b var. (Pius–bust type); Calicó 1861 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 607 var. (Pius–break in obv. legend); cf. Biaggi 850. EF, a few minor marks, traces of earthen deposits.
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Nero.
AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66-67. IMP NERO CAESΛR ΛVGVSTVS, 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 66; Calicó 445; BMCRE 94-5; BN 236; Biaggi 244-5. Near EF, lustrous, reddish toning, typical of those from Boscoreale.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, May 1986.
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Julia Domna.
Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. IVLIA • DO MNA AVG, draped bust right, / VENERI • VI CTR, Venus Victrix, with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column, holding apple in extended right hand and in left, palm frond sloped upward to left; drapery falls over column. RIC IV 536 (Septimius); Calicó 2641; BMCRE 47 (Wars of Succession); Biaggi 1155 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster.
Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1752.
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Magnus Maximus.
AD 383-388. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 385/6. D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Maximus and Theodosius I enthroned facing, holding a globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; palm frond between; TROB. RIC IX 77b; Depeyrot 52/1; Biaggi 2311. Superb EF.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Uncertain Italian mint. Struck 28 BC. CAESAR COS [VI], bare head right; lituus to left / AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below, crocodile standing right. RIC I 275a; RSC 2; BMCRE 650-1 = BMCRR East 243-4; BN 905-6 (Ephesus). Near EF, lightly toned.
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Diocletian.
AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.83 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 294. DIOCLETI ANVS AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CO NSE R VAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left; PROM. RIC VI –; Calicó 4473; Depeyrot 9/1; Biaggi –. Near EF, lustrous.
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Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F COS, bareheaded and draped bust left / PIETAS • AVG •, emblems of the augurate and pontificate: secespita, aspergillum, guttus, lituus, and simpulum. RIC III 424c (Pius); Calicó 1884 (same obv. die); BMCRE 276 note (Pius); Biaggi 861 (same obv. die); Santamaria (16 January 1924), lot 448 (same obv. die). Near EF, underlying luster, a few minor contact marks, traces of earthen deposits on obverse. Rare.
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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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Tiberius.
AD 14-37. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.67 g, 6h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 1, AD 15-18. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; plain chair legs, double line below. RIC I 25; Lyon 143; Calicó 305d; Biaggi 169; BMCRE 30-3; BN 13-5. Superb EF, lightly toned, lustrous. Attractively engraved dies.
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Trajan Decius.
AD 249-251. AV Aureus in contemporary mount (23mm, 7.68 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae standing facing, heads left and right, clasping inner hands, both holding signa with their outer hands. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3297 corr. (Pannonia on right does hold a transverse signum); Biaggi 1396. For comparable pieces as ancient jewelry, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. 36.9.1; Benaki Museum, Athens, Inv. 1640. EF, some minor obverse die rust, underlying luster. Very rare.
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Johannes.
Usurper, AD 423-425. AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. D N IOHAN NES P F AVC, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and cross in left; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 1904; Ranieri 55-6; Depeyrot 12/3; DOCLR 820; Biaggi 2345 (this coin). Near EF, toned.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2345.
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Titus.
AD 79-81. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, female(?) African elephant standing left. RIC II –; Calicó 776; BMCRE –; Biaggi 376. VF. Rare variety with Titus’ head left.
The elephant on the reverse appears to be a female with teats depicted by the celator. African female elephants do have large tusks while their counterparts from the Asian species (
Elephas maximus
) have very small tusks or none at all.