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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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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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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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 312-313. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, aquila between two signa; PTR. RIC VI 815; Calicó –; Depeyrot 17/9; Biaggi 2000. Choice EF, lustrous.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 312-313. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / FELICITAS REI PVBLICAE, Constantine seated left on curule chair set on high ornamented daïs; behind, two soldiers, each holding spear; to left at ground level, three figures kneeling right in supplication with hands raised; PTR. RIC VI 810; Calicó –; Depeyrot 17/2; Biaggi 1968 (this coin). EF, toned, some light scratches in fields. Very rare.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 1968; A. Hess Lucerne (9 May 1951), lot 277.
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Constantine I.
AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.52 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck July AD 310. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / PRINCIPI • IV VENTVTIS, Constantine, diademed, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left. RIC VI 814; Calicó 5185b; Depeyrot 15/7 corr. (pellet not noted in rev. legend); Biaggi 1988. Superb EF, lustrous, a few small scrapes on portrait, ‘X’ graffito in field of reverse.
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Probus.
AD 276-282. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. 6th emission, AD 281/2. IMP PROB VS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / VICTORIOS O SEMPER, Probus standing left, in military dress, holding scepter, between four captives. RIC V 143; Pink VI/1, p. 59, 42; Bastien,
Monnaie
, p. 59, i; Calicó 4237 (no illustration); Biaggi –. Superb EF, full mint luster. Extremely rare, only one example in CoinArchives of this reverse type - see CNG 58 (19 September 2001), lot 1313.
Probus spent the first several years of his reign fighting off invaders from the north and east, and suppressing internal revolts from several of his field commanders. The most pressing concern at the time of Probus' accession was the invasions of the Franks in the north and Germanic tribes (including the Vandals and Burgundians) in the center and south. It took Probus two years (277-278) to defeat these tribes and restore the Roman frontier on the Rhine and Upper Danube. In 279, he turned his attention eastward, defeating the Getae on the Lower Danube, and then crossed into Asia Minor to suppress a band of robbers led by Lydius the Isaurian. Next came the suppression of a revolt in upper Egypt led by a Nubian tribe, the Blemmyae. Lastly, came the revolts of Bonosus, Proculus, and Saturninus, each of whom either died in battle or was betrayed by his troops. Finally, in 281 Probus returned to Rome to celebrate his many victories with a triumph held toward the end of the year. Accompanying this triumph were lavish games and gladiatorial contests, as well as a large donative. This aureus, celebrating the "Always Victorius" Probus, was part of that donative.
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Postumus.
Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Double Sestertius (29mm, 19.30 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 3rd bronze emission, AD 261. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES M-ILITVM, Fides, draped, standing facing, head left, holding signum with each hand. RIC V 123; Mairat 189; Bastien,
Postume
77; Banti 12. Good VF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red.
Ex Peus 403 (27 April 2011), lot 978.
The weight for this issue varies considerably. Bastien lists specimens that range from 15.35 to 34.05 grams.
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Gordian III.
AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.15 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Special emission, AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Apollo, naked to waist, seated left, holding olive branch in right hand and resting left elbow on lyre set on seat. RIC IV 102; Calicó 3221a; Hunter –; Biaggi 1366. Good VF, lightly toned, very minor obverse marks.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 67, 17 October 2012), lot 363 (HSA 1001.1.22111).
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Balbinus.
AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.11 g, 1h). Rome mint. Special inaugural emission. IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM, S C across field, Liberalitas, draped, standing facing, head left, holding abacus in right hand and cradling cornucopia with left arm, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 15; BMCRE 2-3; Banti 2. EF, natural dark green patina with touches of red. Nice sharp edges on this sestertius. Wonderful portrait.
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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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Elagabalus.
AD 218-222. AV Aureus in contemporary mount (32mm, 10.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 218-219. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR ANTONINI • AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond with left arm. RIC III 154; Thirion 59; Calicó 3038; BMCRE 30-1; Biaggi 1295. EF, scuff on the reverse of the mount at 8h that does not affect the coin.
Ex Sternberg FPL 6 (July 1994), lot 117.
For a similar Elagabalus aureus in an ancient mount from the Beaurains–or Arras–hoard, see NFA Auction IX (New York City, 10 December 1980), lot 573 (illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue). That piece was one of eight known gold pendants of the necklace “originating from the famous Beaurains hoard,” and a “reconstruction of the necklace is illustrated on plate xi....of
Le tresor de Beaurains (dit d’Arras)
.” The other seven pendants from the Beaurains necklace consisted of aurei of Hadrian (two pieces), Faustina Junior, Commodus, Caracalla, Julia Domna, and Postumus. The Postumus piece, once owned by Edward T. Newell, is today part of the American Numismatic Society’s collection.
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Septimius Severus.
AD 193-211. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / VICT OR IAE BRIT, Victory, winged and draped, advancing left, holding up wreath in right hand and palm frond upright in left. RIC IV 334; Calicó 2564; BMCRE 60 (same dies); Biaggi –; SCBC 649 (same dies). EF, toned, underlying luster. Very rare.
Struck to celebrate the success of the Roman military campaigns in Scotland from AD 209 through early AD 211.
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Lucilla.
Augusta, AD 164-182. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 21.65 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aurelius and Verus, circa AD 164-169. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right / PIETAS SC, Pietas standing left, holding accerum and sacrificing over lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC III 1755 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 11-2(a); Banti 35; BMCRE 1209. Choice EF, dark green patina, great surfaces. Beautiful and sympathetic portrait. First class bronze.
Ex Tradart (18 December 2014), lot 347.
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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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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.29 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 167. L VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / TR P VII • IMP IIII COS III, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding up wreath in right hand and palm frond sloped at left shoulder in left. RIC III 572 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 149-12/15; Calicó 2196 (same dies); BMCRE 449 note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 970 var. (bust type). FDC, lustrous. In NGC encapsulation, graded Ch MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, laureate head right / TR P V IMP III COS II, Lucius Verus, in military dress, on horse galloping right, brandishing javelin in right hand; below horse, prostrate foeman on knees right, turning his face upwards. RIC III 545; MIR 18, 111-12/30; Calicó 2185 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 390 var. (same); Biaggi 965 var. (same). Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, a few shallow marks.
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Lucius Verus.
AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.96 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG, laureate head right / CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TR P, COS II in exergue, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius, togate, standing vis-à-vis, clasping hands, each holding a volumen. RIC III 451; MIR 18, 15-12/30; Calicó 2112 (same dies); BMCRE 32 note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 950-1 var. (bust type). FDC, lustrous. In NGC encapsulation, graded Gem MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
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Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.45 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / MATRI MAGNAE, Cybele, towered, draped, seated right on throne between two lions, holding drum balanced in left hand and on left knee. RIC IV 704 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 25-2(c); Calicó 2071; BMCRE 132-3 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 934. Choice EF, lustrous, minor deposits on reverse.
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Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.69 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / SΛLVTI ΛVGVSTΛE, Salus, draped, seated left on throne, resting elbow on arm of throne and feeding out of patera snake coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC III 716 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-2(b); Calicó 2073a; BMCRE 151-2 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 935. Good VF, lustrous.
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Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / HIL Λ R ITΛS, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 684 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 15-2(b); Calicó 2057; BMCRE 98 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 929. Superb EF, lustrous, tiny deposit on reverse.