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 . 768
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Autumn 34 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Alexandria mint(?). Bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara to left, ANTONI • ARMENIA • DEVICTA around / Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; at point of bust, prow right; CLEOPATRAE REGINAE • REGVM • FILIORVM • REGVM around. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210; RSC 1; RBW 1832. Toned, banker's mark on obverse, die flaw on reverse. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 769
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG VI across lower field; TH banker's mark in upper left field. Crawford 544/19; CRI 356; Sydenham 1223; RSC 33; RBW 1841. Lustrous. EF. Well struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 770
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.98 g, 9h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Wreath set on inscribed curule chair. Crawford 497/2a; CRI 137; Sydenham 1322; RSC 55; RBW 1756. Attractively toned, a few faint scratches, reverse off center. VF. Struck on a broad flan. From the Dean Kinzer Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 771
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.39 g, 1h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy; Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Winged thunderbolt; Q • SALVIVS • I (MP) • COS • DESIG around. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326b; RSC 514; RBW 1808. Attractive old cabinet tone. EF. From the Viggo Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 83 (20 May 2015), lot 510; Leu 17 (3 May 1977), lot 856.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 772
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Summer 37 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.70 g, 2h). Mint in southern or central Italy. Bare head right, with slight beard; IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F [• III • VIR • ITE]R • R • P • C around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around and to right. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91; RBW 1826. Lustrous, area of flat strike at periphery. EF. Excellent portrait of a young Octavian.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 773
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.91 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Draped bust of Diana Siciliensis right, her shoulders bare, the hair drawn back and coiled into two rolls on top and back of head; behind neck, bow and quiver / Tetrastyle temple containing a naval and military trophy set on prow; in pediment, triskelis; above, at corners, aplustra; IMP • CAESAR on frieze. CRI 418; RIC I 273; Calicó 206; Biaggi 105; BMCRR Rome 4355 = BMCRE 643; BN 91. A few scratches and scrapes, contact marks, and minor deposits. VF. Rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 4 (3 March 2018), lot 578; Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 685; Gorny & Mosch 236 (7 March 2016), lot 394.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 774
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Octavian's Actian arch (arcus Octaviani), showing a single span surmounted by Octavian in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP • CAESAR on the architrave. CRI 422; RIC I 267; RSC 123. Beautiful old collection tone, a few old scratches under tone, die break on reverse. EF. From the Viggo Collection. Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1235.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 775
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / S • P • Q • R above, Victory flying facing, with wings spread, holding the clipeus virtutis. Cf. RIC I 62 (Aureus); cf. RSC 287; cf. CNG 490, lot 215 with different obverse. Old cabinet tone, slightly off center on reverse, scratches. VF. Apparently unrecorded as a denarius and extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. From the Viggo Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2015.This is one of a series of Spanish mint issues honoring Augustus for receiving the Clipeus Virtutis, or "shield of virtue," awarded by the Senate for his "courage, clemency, justice and piety" in (provisionally) restoring the Republic. Unlike most other issues in the Clippeus Virtutis series, this particular variety is very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 776
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.89 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R •, triumphal quadriga right, the car ornamented with Victories at front and on side, and in it are an aquila and four miniature horses galloping right; all within line border. RIC I 107a; Bahrfeldt 153/6 (same obv. die); Calicó 275/275a (for obv./rev types); BMCRE 390, note * = BMCRR Rome 4428, note 1; BN 1179; Biaggi 136 var. (rev. legend above; same obv. die). Lustrous, light field and edge marks, reverse slightly off center and lightly scraped. Good VF. Very rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cederlind 155 (24 June 2010), lot 213; Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 846; Triton VIII (12 January 2005), lot 1085.This reverse type celebrates the recovery of the standards lost to the Parthians by Crassus in 53 BC at the battle of Carrhae. The return of the standards featured prominently in Augustan propaganda as a diplomatic and military triumph.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 777
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.83 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right / MART VLTO across field, Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, hexastyle temple with acroteria set on podium of three steps; within, aquila between two signa. RIC I –; Calicó 248 var. (laureate head left); BMCRE –; BMCRR –; BN –; CNR IV 146 var. (same); Bahrfeldt –; Biaggi –; Adda –, Jameson –. Lightly toned, minor edge marks and porosity. VF. Apparently unpublished with this reverse legend and head right, missing from most major collections; none in CoinArchives. From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from Athena Numismatics, January 2015.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 778
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 5h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. • TVRPILIANVS III • VIR •, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries; FE RON below bust / CAESAR AV GVSTVS SIGN RECE, bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a signum, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 15–7 = BMCRR Rome 4526-8; BN 127–37. Deep cabinet tone. In NGC encapsulation 4936333-008, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. Ex Ernst Justus Haeberlin Collection (Cahn-Hess, 17 July 1933), lot 3237. Reportedly also ex Mossberg Collection (1946).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 779
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 5h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Laureate head right / Mars, holding spear and parazonium, standing left on low pedestal inscribed S • P • Q • R/ V • PR RE/ CAES in three lines. RIC I 351; RSC 463a. Iridescent toning, bankers' marks, shallow flan crack on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 780
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.75 g, 1h). Pergamum(?) mint. Struck 27 BC. Bare head right / Bull standing right. RIC I 475; RSC 28. Toned with hints of iridescence. In NGC encapsulation 3763309-003, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Heritage 3037 (4 January 2015), lot 30128.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 781
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.84 g, 11h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa 12 BC. Youthful, bare head right; all within oak wreath / Candelabrum, ornamented with rams' heads; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucrania and three pateras. RIC I 540; RSC 2 (Caius Caesar). Lightly toned with goldern iridescence, minor marks, slightly off center. Near EF. Rare. Struck in good metal. From the Viggo Collection. Ex Rauch 112 (10 June 2021), lot 792.R. Prideaux (Triton XI, lot 829) observes that this is a much discussed issue, primarily concerned with the identity of the person depicted on the obverse. The young head cannot be that of C. Caesar, as Sutherland, Robertson, Giard, and others have argued. It can only be Augustus, as the oak wreath was his personal signature.Prideaux notes that two important questions need to be examined: (1) why is he portrayed with such a young face and (2) what is the meaning of this unusual reverse? On the first point, the engraver wasn't working in a regular mint, with mint approved bust models, and wasn't accustomed to drawing Augustus' face. Therefore, he drew a generic profile adding the oak wreath to identify, beyond any doubt, the portrait. On the second point, it seems clear that, based on the symbolism, there is not only a religious, but a funereal theme. It is interesting to note that the sadness of the funeral-themed reverse is counterbalanced by a young portrait and the oak wreath, corona civica aurea, which was given to the citizen who saved another citizen's life. Some have assigned this issue to the Ludi Saeculares of 17 BC, but while they were religious in nature, they were not funereal.There is no reason for such a special type to have been issued in Rome or Lugdunum. Prideaux notes one striking event in the period after 17 BC that supports his theory. In 12 BC, Augustus' chosen heir, Agrippa, died suddenly in Pannonia. We know that the news was taken hard in Rome, just months after Agrippa and his family had been officially made the heirs of the Empire (cf. C. Marius Tromentina's issues in 13 BC). This event especially reverberated among the legions; they had lost a much admired and multi-victorious general in the middle of a difficult war.Prideaux proposes that this candelabrum issue was struck in Pannonia to pay the now leaderless, and perhaps restless, Pannonian legions, without having to wait for a monetary delivery from the regular mint in very distant Lugdunum. A local celator, not versed in the portrait of Augustus, produced the dies. The themes reminded the soldiers of Augustus' corona civica, while paying tribute to their beloved chief with a funeral overtone. The gold and silver issues (RIC 539-40) should be considered as a special Pannonian military mint issue of 12 BC. This helps explain many of the puzzling details of this issue.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 782
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ As (29mm, 11.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 22/23-30. Radiate head left / Altar, with closed, double-panelled door; acroteria above to left and right. RIC I 81 (Tiberius). Green-brown patina, some minor cleaning marks. Good VF. Handsome portrait. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 783
Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.03 g, 9h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Ornamented carpentum drawn right by two mules / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 51 (Tiberius). Dark green and brown patina, light cleaning/smoothing scratches. Good VF. From the Brian Holland Collection, purchased from Pegasi Numismatics.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 784
Agrippa. Died 12 BC. Æ As (29mm, 10.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Head left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing left, holding small dolphin and trident. RIC I 58 (Gaius). Green and brown patina, some smoothing. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 785
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.76 g, 6h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 2, AD 15-18. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding inverted spear in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, triple line below. RIC I 27; Lyon 145; Calicó 305; BMCRE 39-41; BN 17. Toned, light deposits, minor marks. Good VF. From the Conti Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 786
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 4h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. Laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons / Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding scepter and olive branch, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 154; RSC 16a. Lustrous. Near EF. Portrait of artistic merit. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 787
Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 16.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. Draped bust right / Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum and volumen. RIC I 104; von Kaenel Type 74. Brown and green patina, light roughness, area of minor smoothing on reverse. Good VF. Attractive portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Artemide XLIX (28 April 2018), lot 177; Astarte VII (10 October 2001), lot 425.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 788
Nero & Drusus Caesar. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ Dupondius (28.5mm, 15.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding right, cloaks flying behind them / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius). Wonderful brown patina with patches of green and red, light smoothing in field on obverse. EF. Well struck for issue. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1389.Nero and Drusus Caesar were the two elder sons of Germanicus and Agrippina Senior. After the death of Germanicus in AD 19, Tiberius adopted them into his family and made them his heirs, seemingly marking them for future rule. But the brothers were outmaneuvered by Sejanus, the ambitious Praetorian prefect, who charged them with misconduct and saw to their exile and eventual deaths in AD 31 and 33. This cleared the way for their younger sibling, Gaius 'Caligula,' to inherit the throne upon the death of Tiberius; he rehabilitated his brothers' reputation and struck this coin in their memory, along with coins honoring Germanicus and Agrippina.