Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4
Date: 2016-01-06 00:00:00
Lots: 11
Total starting: $ 82,500.00
Total realized: $ 278,000.00 (+236.97%)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2196
Septimius Severus.
AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.47 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 203. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue, Dea Caelestis riding lion leaping right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left; water gushing from rocks below. RIC IV 267b var. (Dea Caelestis holds drum instead of thunderbolt); Calicó 2463 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 1072 (same dies); BMCRE 333 var. (same as RIC). Good VF, a few marks, edge marks from prior mount. Extremely rare variety.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismaitca Ars Classica / Spink–Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 559.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2195
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Divus Nerva. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. DIVVS NERVA, laureate head of Nerva right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Nerva, togate, holding scepter in right hand, branch in left, seated right on biga of elephants, each mounted by mahout. RIC II 835; Woytek 873; Komnick 74.0; Calicó 980; Biaggi –; BMCRE 706. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only four examples noted by Woytek.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 731732 (May 2002).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2194
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Divus Titus. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. DIVVS TITVS, laureate head of Titus left / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST,
pulvinar
(throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped and surmounted by horizontal winged thunderbolt. RIC II 833; Woytek 870; Komnick 70.0; Calicó 802 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 392 = Jameson 75 (this coin); BMCRE 705. Good VF, several scratches and nicks. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Astarte XIV (24 April 2004), lot 405; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 392; Robert Jameson Collection, 75; Dr. Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer Collection (J. Hirsch XVIII, 27 May 1907), lot 703; Vicount Gustave Ponton d’Amécourt Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 25 April 1887), lot 171 .
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2193
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.01 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Divus Titus. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. DIVVS • TITVS, laureate head of Titus right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST,
pulvinar
(throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped and surmounted by horizontal winged thunderbolt. RIC –; Woytek 869 (this coin referenced and illustrated); Komnick –; Calicó –; Biaggi –; BMCRE –. Good Fine, a few minor deposits. Unique.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 358.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2192
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Vespasian. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG COS VIIII, laureate head of Vespasian right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, military trophy; at base, captive kneeling left. RIC II 826; Woytek 864; Komnick 65.0; Calicó 705 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 352 = Mazzini 648 (this coin); BMCRE –. Good VF, several scratches and nicks. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 205; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 648.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2191
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.89 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Galba. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. GALBA IMPERATOR, laureate head of Galba right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and
vindicta
in left. RIC II 824; Woytek 860 Variant 2; Komnick 63.1; Calicó 521; Biaggi 269; BMCRE 701. VF, underlying luster, a couple light marks on obverse. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Künker 124 (16 March 2007), lot 7626.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2190
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.12 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Tiberius. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left. RIC II 821; Woytek 856 (this coin referenced); Komnick 58.0; Calicó 309; Biaggi 178; BMCRE pl. 23, 22. Near EF, a few marks. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Cederlind 130 (30 March 2004), lot 212.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2189
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.20 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Augustus. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, crocodile standing right. RIC II 819; Woytek 854; Komnick 56.0; Calicó 301; Biaggi –; BMCRE pl. 23, 20. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only four noted by Woytek, three of which are in museums (Berlin, Paris, and Rome).
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 728495 (November 2001); Antiqva X (2001), no. 116.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2188
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.22 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Julius Caesar. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. DIVVS IVLIVS, laureate head of Caesar right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC II 815; Woytek 852 (this coin referenced); Komnick 54.0; Calicó 48 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 35 (this coin); BMCRE 698. VF, a few marks. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 203; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part I, Glendining's, 19 July 1950), lot 614.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2187
Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.88 g, 8h). Restitution issue of Julius Caesar. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. C IVLIVS CAES IMP COS III, bare head of Caesar right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Venus standing right, seen from back and with drapery covering only her thighs, holding transverse scepter in left hand and crested helmet in extended right hand, resting left elbow on column to left; shield to lower right. RIC II 806; Woytek 851 (this coin referenced); Komnick 53.0; Calicó 47 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 34 = Jameson 422 (this coin); BMCRE 696. VF, a few marks and bruises. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 204; Robert Jameson Collection, 422; L. Vierordt Collection (Part 1, J. Schulman, 5 March 1923), lot 484; Helbing (9 April 1913), lot 962.
Curtis Clay wrote, the primary purpose of restored coins was to provide substitutes in circulation for coin types that had become familiar, but that the emperor was calling in, melting down, and restriking, because the originals were worn out and sometimes also because they contained more precious metal than current coins, so the emperor could make a profit. When selecting the types for the restored coins, however, a secondary purpose kicked in: to present a full picture of earlier Roman coinage, and to honor worthy earlier emperors, even if the earlier coins in question were not actually being called in and restruck, either because they were so old that they were no longer in circulation, or because they were so recent that they were still in excellent condition and contained no more bullion than the mint's current production. This secondary purpose explains Trajan's restoration of both a Republican didrachm, though such didrachms were certainly no longer in circulation, and of aurei of Nerva and Divus Nerva, though Nerva's aurei were only a decade old so didn't need restriking because of wear. It explains why Trajan Decius' restored antoniniani included coins for Divus Augustus, whose original denarii had long since disappeared from circulation. And finally it explains why Titus' restored bronzes included coins for Galba, whose original bronzes were also only a dozen years old.
As Mattingly wrote regarding Titus' selection of emperors for restoration: "The list of persons whose coins were to be restored was evidently drawn up with deliberate care. Tiberius, Claudius, and Galba were included, Caligula, Nero, Otho, and Vitellius omitted. The list is something like a roll of honour of the early Empire, preserving all memories that deserved to be remembered" (BMC II, p. lxxviii).
Relative to dating Trajan’s restored coins, the traditional dating of AD 107 is based on Eckhel’s theory linking the restitution coinage with the general recoinage that Dio places after Trajan’s return from the Second Dacian War. Bernhard Woytek disagrees, and places their issue in AD 112/113, surmising that the appearance of Divus Nerva in this coinage must be contemporary to his appearance on an aureus securely dated to that period. Clay, however, pleads for the traditional dating of recoinage which, according to Dio, began circa AD 107. Curtis states that “If the restored coinage was connected with the recoinage, and the recoinage began circa AD 107, how likely is it that Trajan would have waited until AD 112-3 to issue the restored coins resulting from that recoinage?”
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 - 4 - Session 3, 2197
Severus Alexander.
AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.47 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Alexander, as Romulus, advancing right, holding spear forward in right hand and trophy in left over shoulder. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121; Biaggi 1330; BMCRE 620. Superb EF, lightly toned.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Freeman & Sear, September 1997.