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 . 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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 789
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.79 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 1st emission, after 18 March AD 37. Bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right, between two six-pointed stars. RIC I 2; Lyon 157; RSC 11. Lightly toned, numerous scratches. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 790
Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.07 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 1st phase, late AD 37. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT •, bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA • MAT • C • CAES • AVG • GERM, draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 8; Lyon 162 (unlisted dies); RSC 4 (Caligula and Agrippina Senior); BMCRE 8; BN 12-13; Mazzini 4 (Agrippina and Caligula). Toned, light roughness, some scratches. Good VF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cederlind BBS 180 (14 September 2015), lot 115.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 791
Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.74 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT •, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / GERMANICVS • CAES • P • C • CAES • AVG • GERM, bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 18; Lyon 172; RSC 2; BMCRE 19-20; BN 28-9. Lightly toned, a few minor marks. VF. Good metal. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 1 (25 June 2017), lot 909.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 792
Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT •, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / GERMANICVS • CAES • P • C • CAES • AVG • GERM •, bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 18; Lyon 172; RSC 2; BMCRE 19-20; BN 28-9. Lightly toned, scratches, some pitting. VF. Ex Numismatik Naumann 104 (4 July 2021), lot 712 (professionally conserved since).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 793
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (27mm, 10.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. Bare head left / Vesta seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 54. Dark green-brown patina, minor smoothing, very minor chipping around edge. Good VF. Well struck for issue. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 794
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand and holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right with head erect. RIC I 27 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, 553 (V356/R–[unlisted rev. die]); Lyon 42 ; Calicó 366; BMCRE 26; BN 40-1; Biaggi 209; Jameson 42; Mazzini 55. Underlying luster, some scratches and contact marks, light die rust and deposits on obverse, edge scuff on reverse. Good VF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 126 (22 September 2014), lot 3513. Reportedly found near Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 795
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.76 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mintt. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin and holding winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right. RIC I 27 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, 572 (V339/375); Lyon 42; Calicó 366; BMCRE 26; BN 40-1; Biaggi 209. Some scratches and contact marks, trace deposits. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 796
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.65 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. Laureate head right / Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin and holding a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent right with head erect. RIC I 39 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 24, 609 var. (V–/R405 [unlisted obv. die]); Lyon 47; RSC 58. Lightly toned, some porosity, a few scratches, light scrape on obverse. Good VF. From the Weise Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 797
Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.78 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGN, bareheaded and draped bust of young Nero right / EQVESTER/OR DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines on a shield; behind it, a vertical spear, pointing upward. RIC I 78 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53, 962 (V820/R1169); Lyon 88 (Claudius); Calicó 407; BMCRE 90-2 (Claudius); BN 94-5 (Claudius); Adda 29; Biaggi 223; Mazzini 96. Shallow scratches and marks, scrape on reverse, some edge scrapes and marks. Good VF. Fine style portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 118 (13 September 2021), lot 984 (hammer $9500); Stack's (9 December 1991), lot 28.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 798
Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.63 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. Young bareheaded and draped bust right / Legend in four lines on shield, behind which stands a spear. RIC I 79 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53 (unlisted dies); RSC 97. Bright surfaces, light marks, obverse die shift, metal flaw on reverse. Near EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 675.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 799
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 60-61. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P • VII • COS • IIII • P • P •, EX S C across field, Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, right foot on helmet among shields, holding parazonium in right hand resting on right knee, vertical spear in left hand. RIC I 25; WCN 12; Calicó 429; BMCRE 27-8; BN 35-6; Biaggi 233; Mazzini 219; CNR XVI, 157 (this coin). Attractive red toning characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale. Good VF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Berk BBS 176 (8 September 2011), lot 24; Sotheby's (6 October 1994), lot 25; Varesi FPL 1 (1974), no. 1.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 800
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (26mm, 8.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head right / Genius standing left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar and holding cornucopia; I (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 214; WCN 269. Attractive brown river patina. Good VF. Ex Sternberg XII (18 November 1982), lot 547.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 801
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.32 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Biaggi 225-6; Jameson –; Mazzini 118. Attractive red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale, underlying luster, a few die breaks on obverse, some shallow scratches. Good VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), lot 600; Cederlind BBS 172 (18 December 2013), lot 230 (front cover coin); Cederlind BBS 169 (20 May 2013), lot 254 (front cover coin).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 802
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.10 g, 6h). Group II. Mint in Gaul. Helmeted, draped, and bearded bust of Mars right / Aquila and altar flanked by signum on either side. RIC I 51; AM 60; RSC Galba 406. Darkly toned, scratches on reverse. VF. Very rare. From the Conti Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 803
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.00 g, 6h). Group III ('Augustus' series). Mint in Spain or Gaul(?). Radiate head of Augustus right / IMP X in crescent, seven stars in arc above. RIC I 95; AM A15; RSC 142. Dark iridescent tone, porosity, some edge loss, hairline flan crack. VF. Extremely rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Inventory KRP008 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 804
Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.64 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. GALBA IMP, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC I 22; Calicó 486 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE –; BN –; Hunter 65; Biaggi 260 (this coin). Scattered marks, some digs on the reverse. Good VF. Very rare. Fantastic portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cabinet of a Connoisseur (Dix Noonan Webb A10, 22 June 2011), lot 1027; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1990), lot 691; Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979) Collection, 260.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 805
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.28 g, 5h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Hispania standing left, holding poppy and two stalks of grain in right hand and round shield and two spears in left. RIC I 21; CSB 27; RSC 80. Toned, a few minor scratches. VF. Ex Dipl.-Ing Christian Gollnow Collection; Thomas Bentley Cederlind Estate (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 880.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 806
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.85 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. Struck circa June-August AD 68. SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / S C across field, Victory advancing right, holding palladium and palm frond. Unpublished. Green and brown surfaces, some roughness, die shift. VF. Unrecorded with Victory right, holding palladium. Extremely rare. From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex Pegasi II (8 June 1996), lot 300.