Auction 121 - Session 3
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 309
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 894
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.13 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 205. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak on left shoulder, standing left, right foot on helmet, holding branch in right hand and reversed, vertical spear in left. RIC 80a; Calicó 2777a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 476-7; Biaggi 1205; Jameson 183; Mazzini 419 (same obv. die). Toned, underlying luster. EF. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 766; Peus 417 (2 November 2016), lot 409; 1909 Gertrudenstraße Hoard.The Gertrudenstraße Hoard of approximately 22,500 gold and silver coins, ranging from Claudius to Maximinus I, was found in 1909 during excavation work for the construction of a house on Gertrudenstraße, approximately midway between Wolfstraße and Neumarkt in Cologne, Germany. Many of the coins from this hoard exhibit a distinctive coloration similar to that of the Boscoreale Hoard, derived from the decomposition of the original container.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 895
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (25mm, 9.00 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. Laureate head right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; globe at his feet to right; S C across field. RIC IV 553a. Black patina, smoothing in fields. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 896
Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.88 g, 12h). British Victory issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Victory seated right on cuirass, holding and inscribing oval shield, balanced on knee; shields lying around. RIC IV 172b; Banti 60; SCBC 663A. Dark green and red-brown patina, light smoothing, flan crack. VF. Rare. From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 1198.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 897
Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission, AD 217-218. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing long beard / Fides standing facing, head right, with right foot on helmet, holding signum in each hand. RIC IV 67; Clay Issue 2; RSC 23c. Toned. EF. Well centered on a broad flan, and with a finely detailed portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1107.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 898
Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.13 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 3rd emission, AD 218. Laureate and draped bust right, wearing long beard, seen from behind / Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopia. RIC IV 80; Clay Issue 3; RSC 108 (Antioch). Toned, minor encrustation and shallow scratches on reverse. EF. Choice portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1461.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 899
Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 220-221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P III COS III P P, Elagabalus, laureate and togate, seated left on curule chair, holding globe in extended right hand and short scepter in left; star to left. RIC III 33; Thirion 148; Calicó 3007a (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 181; Biaggi –. Lustrous, a few scratches, die breaks on reverse. EF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 530; Leu 52 (15 May 1991), lot 229.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 900
Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.31 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 220-221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P III COS III P P, Elagabalus, seated left on curule chair, holding globe with his extended right hand and a short scepter with his left; above left, six-rayed star. RIC III 33; Thirion 148; Calicó 3007a; BMCRE 181; Biaggi –. Underlying luster. In NGC encapsulation 4938385-022, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, scuff. Ex collection of a Retired Banker (Numismatica Ars Classica 111, 24 September 2018), lot 194; Numismatica Genevensis SA 5 (3 December 2008), lot 274; Barry Feirstein Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 42, 20 November 2007), lot 147; Tkalec (29 February 2000), lot 330.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 901
Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 220. Draped bust right / Concordia seated left, holding patera; star to left. RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); Thirion 452; RSC 6a. Lightly toned with underlying luster, minor obverse die breaks, stain on reverse. Superb EF. Lovely portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos 7 (15 May 2013), lot 182.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 902
Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.27 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 220-222. Draped bust right / Felicitas standing left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left and holding long caduceus; star to right. RIC IV 271 (Elagabalus); Thirion 419; RSC 45. Lustrous, very minor die break on obverse, some die scratches on reverse. Superb EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos 7 (15 May 2013), lot 181.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 903
Diva Julia Maesa. Died AD 224/5. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.95 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Special emission of Severus Alexander, AD 225. Draped bust right / Julia Maesa, veiled, holding scepter, seated left on peacock bearing her heavenward. RIC IV 378 (Alexander); BMCRE 217 (Alexander); RSC 3. Toned. EF. Very rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 1054.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 904
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Jupiter standing left, drapery over his shoulders and right arm, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left. RIC IV 18; Calicó 3088; BMCRE 86 var. (bust type). Underlying luster, a few light marks. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 905
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Mars, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and reversed spear in left. RIC IV 21 var. (bust type) corr. (spear vertical, not transverse); Calicó 3089 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 122, note 91; Adda 459 (this coin – conserved since). Lightly toned with underlying luster, scratches. Near EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Collection of a California Gentleman (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 774; Property of a Lady (Part II, Christie's, 8 October 1985), lot 155; Victor A. Adda (†1965) Collection, 459.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 906
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. 5th emission, AD 225. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / VICTO RIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her extended right hand and palm frond with her left. RIC IV –; Calicó 3141 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE –; Biaggi 1340 (this coin). Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation 4938385-026 graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Extremely rare, the second and finest known (for the other, see Gorny & Mosch 240, lot 550= NAC & Spink Zurich [16 November 1994], lot 650). Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 813; Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1072; Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 790; Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979) Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 907
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Providentia standing left, holding grain ears and cornucopia; modius with grain ears on ground to left. RIC IV 250; BMCRE 875-8; RSC 501b. Lightly toned with considerable luster, a few minor marks. Superb EF. Struck from fresh dies. An exceptional example, virtually as struck. Ex Nomos 19 (17 November 2019), lot 306 (hammer 1000 CHF).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 908
Orbiana. Augusta, AD 225-227. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special marriage emission of Severus Alexander, AD 225. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia. RIC IV 319 (Alexander); BMCRE 290 (Alexander); RSC 1. Lightly toned, minor flan flaw on obverse, clashed reverse die. EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cederlind BBS 161 (25 October 2011), lot 215.