Auction 121 - Session 4
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 246
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 909
Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.68 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. Veiled and draped bust right / Diva Paulina, raising hand and holding scepter, reclining left on peacock bearing her heavanward. RIC IV 2 (Maximinus I); BMCRE 127-8 (Maximinus I); RSC 2. Traces of deposits. Near EF. Well struck. From the Conti Collection. Ex Artemide XXXIX (30 November 2013), lot 232.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 910
Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Emblems of the pontificate: lituus, secespita, guttus, simpulum, aspergillum. RIC IV 1 (Maximinus I); BMCRE 118 (Maximinus I); RSC 1. Lustrous, a couple of tiny deposits. EF. Great portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos 12 (22 May 2016), lot 178.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 911
Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 2.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. 3rd emission of Maximinus I, late AD 236-237. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear; to right, two signa. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 211-2 (Maximinus); RSC 10. Lustrous. EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos 7 (15 May 2013), lot 188.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 912
Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission of Maximinus I, late AD 236-237. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear; two signa to left. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 213-7; Banti 6. Brown patina, minor die shift. Good VF. From the Brian Holland Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group (June 2010).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 913
Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on throne, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left; oval shield in front of throne. RIC IV 4; BMCRE 8-9; RSC 8. Light roughness, minor staining on obverse. EF. Rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Artemide XLIII (6 June 2015), lot 346.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 914
Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 2.04 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, holding shield set on ground to left and holding vertical reversed spear in left. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 30; RSC 14. Attractive iridescent tone, a few shallow scratches under tone. EF. Wonderful portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2014), no. 56.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 915
Pupienus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax seated left on throne, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 4; BMCRE 46-7; RSC 22. Attractive light tone. Superb EF. A wonderfully sharp portrait. From the Conti Collection. Ex Nomos 9 (21 October 2014), lot 285.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 916
Pupienus. AD 238. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 5.67 g, 7h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Clasped right hands. RIC IV 10b; BMCRE 87-91; RSC 3. Lightly toned, minor die shift on reverse. Good VF. From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1657.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 917
Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 238. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and cradling palm frond in arm. RIC IV 13; King 16; RSC 361. Lightly toned, minor porosity. VF. Extremely rare, only one specimen in CoinArchives, in much lower grade.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 918
Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.24 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 8th-11th emission, AD 240-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETER N ITATI AVG, Sol Invictus, radiate, naked except for drapery over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. RIC IV 97; Calicó 3186a var. (break in rev. legend). In NGC encapsulation 6369736-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, marks. Ex Heritage 3049 (8 September 2016), lot 30275.The Roman god Sol began appearing on coins in the Republican period. By the later second century AD he had acquired the epithet Invictus (Unconquered), and during the Severan dynasty his worship became hugely popular in the Roman Legions, both independently and as part of the cult of Mithras. Gordian III's use of Sol's image on this aureus probably evokes the upcoming campaign against Persia in the East, where the Mithraic cult originated.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 919
Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 15.47 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th emission of Philip I, AD 245. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Philip II standing right, holding spear and globe. RIC IV 257; Banti 11. Dark green patina. some smoothing and cleaning marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 920
Pacatian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. AR Antoninianus (20mm, 4.33 g, 7h). Viminacium mint. 1st emission. IMP TI CL MAR PACATIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAX AETERNA, Pax, draped, standing left, holding up olive branch in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 5a; Szaivert, Beginn 4; RSC 6a. Toned, porosity. VF. Rare. From the Conti Collection.Very little is known of the usurper Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus, who seized power in Upper Moesia in AD 248. Most of our information about Pacatian comes from his coinage. Viminacium is the most probable site for his mint, and a comparison with the local bronze coinage shows remarkable similarity of style. Seven different reverses were used on the antoniniani of Pacatian -- Concordia, Felicitas, Fides, Fortuna, Pax, Roma and Victory -- all common themes in the third century. Such a variety of reverse types would suggest a large issue of coins, though today all coins of Pacatian are very rare, with only about 100 specimens of all varieties known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 921
Jotapian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Nicopolis in Seleucia mint. IM C M F RV IOTΛPIΛNVS, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICT ORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 2c var. (obv. legend); Bland 6b (Obv. die III/Rev. die iv – this coin); RSC 2. Toned, roughness, deposits, chips on obverse. Near VF. Rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind inventory RI5701 (ND); Malloy V (15 March 1975), lot 832.Jotapian led a short-lived revolt in Syria in the autumn of AD 249 while Philip I was still emperor. Little is known of Jotapian's background. It was said that he boasted of a relationship to Severus Alexander, and his unusual name, although otherwise unknown for a man, is attested in its feminine form "Jotape" in the royal houses of Commagene and Emesa. The extreme rarity of his coins indicates that the revolt was brief, and the crude style proves that the revolt was geographically confined, for Jotapian plainly did not control a major Roman mint. His head was brought to Rome and shown to Trajan Decius "as was customary, although Decius had not asked for it" (Aur. Vict., Caes. 29.4). In his corpus of Jotapian's coins, Bland knew of eighteen genuine antoniniani in total, including this coin.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 922
Herennius Etruscus. As Caesar, AD 249-251. AV Aureus (19mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission of Trajan Decius, early AD 251. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, bareheaded and draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Herennius, in military attire, standing left, holding signum in right hand and vertical reversed spear in left. RIC IV 148a; Calicó 3312 (but with a photograph of a coin of Hostilian in error); Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Roma XIII, lot 887 (same dies). A few scratches on reverse. Good VF. Charming youthful portrait. Rare. Ex George Hopkins Collection (Nomos 19, 17 Novmeber 2019), lot 322; Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (6 May 2019), lot 800; Nomos 13 (7 October 2016), lot 282 (hammer CHF 19,000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 923
Aemilian. AD 253. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 4.62 g, 12h). Rome mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 20; RSC 48. Underlying luster, a few shallow scratches. Near EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory A13399 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 924
Cornelia Supera. Augusta, AD 253. AR Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aemilian. C CORNEL S VPERA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 30 (Aemilian); RSC 5; Hunter 1. Toned, porous, flan crack. Good VF. Very rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 94 (16 December 2003), lot 473. Reportedly 1936 Dorchester, Dorset Hoard (IRBCH 470).The Dorchester Hoard of 1936 was composed of 22,121 coins, mostly antoninianii; one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in Great Britain. Only two of the massive quantity of antoninianii were issues of Cornelia Supera.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 925
Gallienus. AD 253-268. AV Aureus (19mm, 3.15 g, 1h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 254-256. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia in right hand and pointing wand over globe set on ground in left. RIC V 89 var. (bust type); MIR 36, 101m; Calicó 3578a. In NGC encapsulation 5610575 graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, edge marks. Rare. Ex Collection Imagines Imperatorum (Áureo & Calicó 300, 9 November 2017), lot 173; Áureo & Calicó 241 (8 February 2012), lot 251; Christie's London (6 October 1987), lot 450; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Ars Classica VIII, 25 June 1924), lot 1405.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 926
Gallienus. AD 253-268. AV Aureus (19mm, 3.09 g, 12h). Rome mint. 9th emission, AD 265-267. GALLIE NVS P F AVG, head left, wearing wreath of grain ears / VBIQVE PAX, Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins and whip. RIC V 72; MIR 36, 691b; Calicó 3598 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 1474 (this coin). Thin flan crack, minor earthen deposits, some edge bruises. EF. An interesting portrait. Rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cederlind 157 (14 December 2010), lot 269; Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 1305; Numismatica Ars Classica 27 (12 May 2004), lot 475; Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979) Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 927
Gallienus. AD 253-268. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Siscia mint. 3rd emission, AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, laureate head right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia cradled in left arm. RIC V.1 23 var. (Rome mint, bust type); MIR 36, 1423c (same dies); Calicó 3461 var. (Rome mint, bust type). Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6030426-005, graded MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. With a fine late portrait of Gallienus. Ex Roma XXI (24 March 2021), lot 700; Roma XVIII (29 September 2019), lot 1210; Heritage 3071 (6 January 2019), lot 34115.It is interesting that, as the economic and military crises of the third century worsened, the Romans chose different forms of debasement for their silver, bronze and gold currency to stretch their waning supply of precious metals. The traditional bronze denominations disappeared entirely, while the silver content of the denarius and its eventual replacement, the antoninianus, rapidly declined to less than 5%, with the remainder mainly copper. The gold coinage was kept essentially pure, rather than cut with silver as other cultures had done, but the aureus denomination declined precipitously in weight from the second century norm of 7.5 grams to less than a third of that weight at the depths of the crisis, circa AD 268. The weights of individual aurei struck during this period fluctuated so wildly that it appears they were essentially treated as bullion, with scales employed to weigh out a certain value as in pre-coinage days. This aureus, struck circa AD 266, weighs in at 4.04 grams, but a quick survey shows that other aurei struck from the same mint (Siscia), in the same time span, can weigh as little as 1.95 grams and as much as 4.75 grams.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 928
Saloninus. As Caesar, AD 258-260. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 2.58 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 1st emission of Valerian I and Gallienus, AD 258-260. Radiate and draped bust right / Saloninus standing left, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left; two signa to right. RIC V 10; MIR 36, 940z; RSC 61. Struck from a slightly worn reverse die, excellent obverse details. Good VF. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 929
Regalianus. Usurper, AD 260. AR Antoninianus (18mm, 2.96 g, 7h). Carnuntum mint. [IMP] C P C REGΛL[IΛ]NVS ΛVG, radiate and draped bust right / ORIENS ΛVGG, Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding whip in left. RIC V 7; MIR 43, 1713f (same dies as illustration); RSC 4a. Toned, overstruck. VF. Extremely rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Cederlind 131 (6 July 2004), lot 255.Following the capture of Valerian I by the Persians, a number of usurpations occurred throughout the empire. In Illyricum, one of Valerian's generals, Cornelius Publius Caius Regalianus, seized power, but was killed by his own troops after a very short reign. All of Regalianus' coinage has been attributed to a mint in Carnuntum (on the Danube between modern Hainburg in Austria and Bratislava in Slovakia). It was obviously struck in great haste as evidenced by the relatively crude style and the fact that his known coins are all overstruck on other coins.