Triton XXVI - Session 3
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 674
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.77 g, 2h). Emerita mint; P. Carisius, legatus pro praetore. Struck circa 25-23 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVST, bare head left / P CARISI VS LEG PRO PR, bird's-eye view of town, with gateway, in which are two doors and on which are three battlements in front and walls around and behind; EMERITA inscribed above doors. RIC I 9b; RSC 398; BMCRE 291 = BMCRR Spain 128; BN 1039-43. Light iridescent tone. Choice EF. Well struck. From the Viggo Collection. Ex Collection of a Perfectionist (Numismatica Ars Classica 106, 9 May 2018), lot 542; Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (Part 1, 23 May 2016), lot 455.In 23 BC, Publius Carisius, pro praetor of Lusitania (northwestern Spain and Portugal), completed the construction of the city of Augusta Emerita, modern Merida. It was founded by Augustus as the capital of Lusitania, and settled by veterans (emeriti) of the fifth and seventh legions. The city was situated at the junction of several important routes and featured a properly fortress-like set of walls with a monumental gate, depicted on this attractive coin. A magnificent theater, still in use today, was added by Marcus Agrippa in 16 BC.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 675
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.83 g, 4h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / OB/ CIVIS/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath with wreath ties drawn upward. RIC I 77a; RSC 208; BMCRE 378-80 = BMCRR Rome 4391-2; BN 1154-61. Lightly toned, traces of deposits. Good VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 676
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.76 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa AD 18-17/16 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS below, capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves; cornucopia above its back. RIC I 126; RSC 21; BMCRE 346-8 = BMCRR Rome 4374-6; BN 1266-7. Toned, some deposits on reverse. Good VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 677
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.82 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18-17/16 BC. Bare head left / AVGVSTVS below, capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves; cornucopia above its back. RIC I 130; RSC 22; BMCRE 307-8 (Emerita) = BMCRR Gaul 126-7; BN 1354-7 (Nimes). Faint hairlines. Superb EF. Well struck and fully lustrous. From the Viggo Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 1044 (hammer CHF 10,000).According to Suetonius, Augustus had been born while the moon was in the sign of Capricorn. Seeing this as a sign of his great destiny, Augustus associated the symbol closely with himself by striking it on coins and incorporating it into numerous works of art, so that it became a standard part of the imperial iconography. In order to legitimize their own claims, his successors periodically employed the capricorn imagery on their own coinage. Adding the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, to the back of the capricorn symbolizes the prosperity brought about by the emperor.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 678
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 17-16 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS below, capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves; cornucopia above its back. RIC I 126; RSC 21; BMCRE 346-8 = BMCRR Rome 4374-6; BN 1266-7. Beautiful cabinet tone. Superb EF. Wonderful portrait. Struck with fresh dies. Exceptional. Ex Alba Longa Collection (Áureo & Calicó 339, 14 November 2019), lot 1164; Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 356.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 679
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.87 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X in exergue, bull butting right, left forefoot raised, lashing his tail. RIC I 167a; Lyon 19; RSC 137; BMCRE 451-3; BN 1373-82. Lustrous. Superb EF. Attractively toned. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 690 (hammer $4250).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 680
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.07 g, 8h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/18 BC. • TVRPILIANVS III • VIR •, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries; FER ON below bust / CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN RECE, bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee to right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 15-17 = BMCRR Rome 4526-8; BN 127-137. Toned, a few light scratches on obverse under tone, some deposits on reverse. Good VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 681
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.50 g, 11h). Rome mint; Q. Rustius, moneyer. Struck 19 BC. Q RVSTIVS FORTVNÆ above, [ΛNTIΛ]T in exergue, jugate, draped busts right of Fortuna Victrix, wearing round helmet, holding patera in right hand, and Fortuna Felix, wearing stephane; both busts rest on bar terminating at each end in a ram's head / CΛESΛRI ΛVG VSTO, EX • S • C in exergue, ornamented rectangular altar inscribed FOR • RE set on base. RIC I 322; RSC 513; BMCRE 2-4 = BMCRR Rome 4580-2; BN 221-8; FFC 322 (this coin). Some faint hairlines. Choice EF. Well struck from fresh dies. From the Viggo Collection. Ex Alba Longa Collection (Roma XXI, 24 March 2021), lot 490; Áureo & Calicó 339 (14 November 2019), lot 1363.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 682
Augustus (for Gaius Caesar?). 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.78 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa 17 BC. CA ES AR, youthful, bare head (of Caius Caesar?) right; all within oak wreath / AVG VST •, candelabrum, ornamented with rams' heads and surmounted by a crescent; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucrania and two pateras. RIC I 540; RSC 2 (Caius Caesar); BMCRE 684-5; BN 1013-6; CNR VIII, 11/4 (this coin). Toned. Good VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1123; Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June 1975), lot 554.The unusual youthful portrait on this denarius, identified only as CAESAR, was for many years identified as Caius Caesar, one of the grandsons of Augustus by way of his daughter Julia and right-hand-man Marcus Agrippa. Caius was born in 20 BC and his brother Lucius three years later; both were officially adopted by Augustus in 17 BC and the emperor clearly hoped one or both youths would eventually succeed him. They were given every preferment as they grew up and Caius was named consul in AD 1, while on a military tour of the eastern provinces. Both met tragic fates while still young: Lucius died of a sudden illness in AD 2, while Caius was wounded in a skirmish in AD 4 and died of sepsis en route back to Rome, leaving Augustus bereft and dependent upon his stepson Tiberius, for whom he had little affection. More recent scholarly opinion has swung toward identifying this type as depicting a "rejuvenated" portrait of Augustus for the revived Saecular Games of 17 BC. However, Augustus was already being depicted in idealized fashion as a young man on his coinage of 17 BC (as would continue throughout his reign), and there seems no obvious reason for a "rejuvenated" adolescent portrait. Furthermore, the adoption of Caius and Lucius that same year would seem to be a prime opportunity for dynastic propaganda. We therefore tend to side with David R. Sear as continuing to identify the handsome boy seen here as Caius, or perhaps a conflation of both youths.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 683
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ As (28.5mm, 10.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 22/3-30. DIVVS • AVGVSTVS • PATER, radiate head left / S C across field, PROVIDENT in exergue, altar, with closed, double-panelled door; acroteria above to left and right. RIC I 81 (Tiberius); BMCRE 146-50 (Tiberius); BN 131-5 (Tiberius). Glossy dark green patina, some scratches on obverse, evidence of flip-over double strike on reverse above altar. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 684
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 22.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 35-36. DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R, shield inscribed OB/ CIVES/ SER in three lines, surrounded by a laurel wreath and supported by two capricorns, facing outward; globe below / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVII around large S • C. RIC I 63; BMCRE 109 (same obv. die); BN 93-5. Attractive warm red-brown surfaces. VF. From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, 2010.The Capricorns flanking the shields of this sestertius refer to the natal sign of Augustus, as seen on several of his denarii and aurei.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 685
Tiberius, with Divus Augustus. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.81 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 14-16. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / DIVOS ΛVGVST DIVI F, laureate head of Divus Augustus right; six-pointed star above. RIC I 24; Lyon 118, 6a (D3/R4); Calicó 311; BMCRE 29; BN 1-2; Adda 16 (same rev. die); Biaggi 167; Jameson 32; Mazzini 3 (Tiberius and Augustus). Lustrous, a few minor marks, some faint hairlines. EF. Two wonderful portraits. Rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 119 (with Jesús Vico, 6 October 2020), lot 7.The son of Augustus' wife Livia by her previous marriage to a member of the Claudian family, Tiberius Claudius Nero was born in 42 BC in the last days of the Roman Republic. Augustus had ambivalent feelings toward his stepson, finding him dour and humorless, but still provided him with an excellent education and an accelerated career. He found his true calling as a soldier, where he spent years in the field with his legions expanding the Empire's holdings and the Balkans and Germany. In 12 BC, Augustus arranged for his widowed daughter Julia to marry Tiberius, seemingly a mark of high favor. But Julia was promiscuous and capricious, and the marriage was a failure. A despairing Tiberius went into exile in Rhodes in 6 BC, seemingly ending his public life. With the deaths of Augustus' two grandsons, Tiberius was recalled to Rome in A.D. 4, officially adopted and granted the Tribunican power, marking him out clearly as successor. From then forward, he was essentially co-emperor and succeeded to the throne without challenge upon Augustus' death on August 19, AD 14. His first coinage issues quite understandably stressed his dynastic connections and the deification of his adoptive father.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 686
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.83 g, 6h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 1, AD 15-18. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; plain chair legs, double line below. RIC I 25; Lyon 143 (unlisted dies); Calicó 305d; BMCRE 30-3; BN 13-5; Biaggi 169; Jameson 31; Mazzini 15. Toned, underlying luster. EF. Struck with dies of artistic merit. Ex Roma XXI (24 March 2021), lot 499; Künker 318 (11 March 2019), lot 998.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 687
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.79 g, 9h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48-60; BN 28-31. Lustrous, hairlines. EF. Portrait in high relief. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 688
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 7h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48-60; BN 28-31. Attractive old collection toning, minor marks under tone. Near EF. From the G.W. Trow Collection, purchased from Antiqua (Steve Rubinger), 8 January 2016.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 689
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.73 g, 7h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons, caricature portrait / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 29; Lyon 153; Calicó 305c; BMCRE 46-7; cf. BN 26-34; Biaggi 170; Mazzini 15. In NGC encapsulation 6330208-003, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, brushed. Lovely portrait. Ex Gadoury (30 October 2020), lot 162.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 690
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.76 g, 6h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons, caricature portrait / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding spear in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 29; Lyon 153; Calicó 305c; BMCRE 46-7; cf. BN 26-34; Biaggi 170; Mazzini 15. Lustrous, some light scratches and minor metal flaws. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 691
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.72 g, 6h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 29; Lyon 153; Calicó 305c; BMCRE 47; BN 26-7 var. (one ribbon on shoulder); Adda 14; Biaggi 170; Mazzini 15** var. (same). A few marks on reverse. EF. Well struck on a broad flan. Wonderful portrait.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 692
Tiberius & Germanicus Gemellus. AD 19-37/8 and 19-23/4, respectively. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Crossed cornucopias, each surmounted by bareheaded bust of boy, vis-à-vis; vertical winged caduceus between / DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F D[IVI A]VG N PONT TR POT II around large S • C. RIC I 42 (Tiberius); BMCRE 95-7 (Tiberius); BN 72-3 (Tiberius). Reddish-brown patina, some roughness. Near VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 693
Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 25.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C in exergue, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand on lap; weapons and armor on either side of globe beneath. RIC I 93 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 57; BMCRE 157 (Claudius); BN 130. Dark brown surfaces, minor smoothing, lightly tooled. VF. From the DMS Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 6056; Property of a Gentleman (Sotheby's, 1 October 1981), lot 69.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 694
Agrippina Senior. Died AD 33. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 28.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M • F • GERMANICI • CAESARIS •, draped bust right / TI CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P M TR • P • IMP • P • P • around large S • C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 78; BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius); BN 236-40 (Claudius). Glossy brown patina, rough in a few areas, some deposits. Good VF. Ex Triton XVI (7 January 2013), lot 1033; Numismatica Ars Classica N (26 June 2003), lot 1719.