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 1, 484
Agrippa.
Died 12 BC. Æ As (28mm, 10.74 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. M • AGRIPPA • L • F • COS • III, head left, wearing rostral crown / S C across field, Neptune standing left, naked except for cloak hanging over right arm, behind back and over left shoulder and upper arm, holding small dolphin in outstretched right hand, vertical trident in left. RIC I 58 (Gaius); BMCRE 161-8 (Tiberius); BN 77-97 (Caligula). Near EF, dark green patina, traces of porosity and shallow cleaning marks on obverse.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex James Fox Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1337.
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Galba.
AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.32 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GΛLBΛ ΛVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ O • B/ C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; RSC 287; BMCRE 34 corr. (head described as laureate); BN 76-7. Near EF, toned, some minor green deposits. Artistic portrait.
Ex Aufhäuser 12 (1 October 1996), lot 494.
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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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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint; M. Durmius, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AV[GVSTVS], bare head right / M • DVRMIVS above, III • VIR in exergue, wild boar standing right, pierced through by a spear, its front legs thrust forward. RIC I 317; RSC 430; BMCRE 61-2 = BMCRR Rome 4567-8; BN 207-11. EF, toned. Amazing details on the wild boar.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Leu 54 (28 April 1992), lot 214; Numismatic Fine Arts 16 (2 December 1985), lot 329.
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Constantine II.
As Caesar, AD 316-337. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 335/6. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI IVVE NTVTIS, Constantine, diademed and in military attire, standing left, holding vexillum in right hand and scepter in left; two military signa to right; SMAN. RIC VIII 94; Depeyrot 45/2; Biaggi –. EF, traces of underlying luster, die rust.
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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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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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Diva Faustina Junior.
Died AD 175/6. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.65 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 175-176. DIVA FAV-STINA PIA, draped bust right / A[ETERNI]TAS, Faustina, holding scepter, seated left on throne, with canopy, and carried by two veiled females; S C in exergue. RIC III 1697 var. (throne without canopy on reverse, and S C across field); BMCRE 1568 var. (same); MIR 18, 54-6a; Banti 7. VF, dark green patina with touches of red. Very rare variety.
From the A.K. Collection. Ex Kress 164 (November 1975), lot 1141.
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Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ As (26mm, 12.68 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head right / C OS III I, Hercules standing facing, head right, leaning on grounded club with right hand, holding lion skin, bow, and arrow with his right arm and hand; S C low across field. RIC III 935a; BMCRE 1978; Cohen 209. VF, brown patina. Rare.
From the A.K. Collection.
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Clodius Albinus.
AD 195-197. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.82 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd series. IMP CΛES D CL[O] SEP ΛLB ΛVG, laureate head right / FI[DES L]EG ION COS II, clasped right hands holding aquila. RIC IV 20b, pl. 2, 19 (same dies); Lyon 23/3 (D49/R50); RSC 24; BMCRE 284, pl. 12, 16 (same dies). EF, handsome, dark cabinet tone, small flan flaw on obverse.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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Vitellius.
AD 69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April–20 December. [A V]ITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head right / Victory, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC I 71; RSC 121; BMCRE 4-5; BN 37. Good VF, dark, old cabinet tone, shallow cleaning marks under tone.
From the J. Eric Engstom Collection.
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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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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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Nerva.
AD 96-98. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. IMP NERVA CΛES ΛVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head right / ΛEQVITΛS ΛVGVST, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 25; RSC 9; BMCRE 52; BN 38. EF, dark cabinet tone, small pit on obverse under tone.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 599 (August 1996), no. 29.
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Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.43 g, 10h). Rome mint . Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 153-154. AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT VIII COS II, Minerva standing facing, head left, holding owl in her extended right hand and vertical spear with her left; shield leaning against spear to right; S-C low across field. RIC III 1314; BMCRE 1956-8; Banti 333; Kellner p. 113, pl. 8, Abb. 14 (this coin). VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness.
From the A.K. Collection.
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Valentinian III.
AD 425-455. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck circa AD 430-445. D N P L VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, with left foot set upon serpentine human head, holding long cross in right hand, Victory on globe in left; R–V//COMOB. RIC X 2018-9; Ranieri 96 and 98; Lacam 11; Depeyrot 17/1; DOCLR 841-3; Biaggi 2349. Near EF, faint marks, reverse flatly struck.
Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 817.
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Domitian.
AD 81-96. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 86. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VI, laureate head right / IMP XII COS XII CENS P P P, Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, brandishing spear with right hand and holding shield in left; to lower right, owl standing right, head facing. RIC II 446; BMCRE 96; RSC 204c. Choice EF, toned, underlying luster.
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Tiberius.
AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g, 6h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding vertical scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 154; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48-60; BN 33-4. EF, toned, tiny flan flaw on obverse, small deposit on reverse.
From the J. Eric Engstom Collection, purchased from Santamaria, July 1963.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PΛTRIAE, laureate head right / ΛVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left; C L CΛESΛRES in exergue. RIC I 207; Lyon 82; RSC 43; BMCRE 519-33; BN 1651-7. EF, a few inconsequential pits in field on obverse. Well struck on a broad flan.
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Divus Augustus.
Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 11.48 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 31-37. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left / PROVIDENT, S C across field, altar. RIC I 81 (Tiberius); BMCRE 146 (Tiberius); BN 132. EF, dark green patina.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Aretusa 2 (13 May 1994), lot 310; Sternberg XXI (14 November 1988), lot 344.
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Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.76 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head right / C • CAES • above, AVGVS • F in exergue, Caius Caesar on horseback, galloping right, holding sword in left hand and reins in right; to left, an aquila between two signa. RIC I 199; Lyon 69; RSC 40; BMCRE 500-2 = BMCRR Gaul 223-5; BN 1461, 1463-5, and 1469. Near EF, toned.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 1412.