Triton XXVI - Session 3
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 695
Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.78 g, 8h). 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 • M[AT • C • CAES • A]VG 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). Deep iridescent tone. Near EF. Two wonderful portraits. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex New York Sale XXX (9 January 2013), lot 269.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 696
Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.70 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. C • CΛESΛR • ΛVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA • MAT • C • CAES • AVG • GERM •, draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 14 (Rome mint); Lyon 170 (unlisted dies); RSC 2; BMCRE 15; BN 24-6. Toned, minor marks. VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 697
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.79 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P •, 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 9; von Kaenel Type 3, – (V–/R28 [unlisted obv. die]); Lyon 7 (unlisted dies); Calicó 363; BMCRE 6-7; BN 21; Biaggi 208; Mazzini 50. Luster, small marks, shallow scrape on reverse. EF. From the S & S Collection.Nemesis is the goddess who enacts divine retribution on those who display hubris, or arrogance before the gods. By Roman times she is usually depicted as a winged woman holding out a fold of her garment before her, expressing aversion by spitting upon her bosom (supposedly humans could avoid her anger by making the same gesture). From early in his reign, Claudius employed on his gold and silver coins a version of Nemesis sharing some features with Pax (Peace) along with the legend PACI AVGVSTAE ("the Emperor's peace"). Claudius' Nemesis coinage starts in AD 43 and probably refers to his invasion and subsequent conquest of Britain, with Rome meting out "divine retribution" on the arrogant British tribes. "The Emperor's peace" presumably refers to Britannia being brought within the Pax Romana, albeit by force of arms. Nine decades later Hadrian would employ a similar reverse as a reference to the Bar Kochba conflict.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 698
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.43 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / EX S C/ O B/ CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 96; von Kaenel Type 54; BMCRE 115-6; BN 152-61. Even, natural brown patina. EF. From the DMS Collection, purchased from David Vagi, March 2002.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 699
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.78 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • VI • IMP • XI, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin, and holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC I 39; von Kaenel Type 24 (unlisted dies); RSC 58; BMCRE 40-1; BN 51. Deeply toned. EF. Attractive portrait. Well struck from dies of exemplary style. Ex Phil Peck (Morris) Collection (Heritage 3071, 6 January 2019), lot 32038; Classical Numismatic Group 28 (8 December 1993), lot 255; Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 343; Art Monaco (22 April 1977), lot 55.Nemesis is the goddess who enacts divine retribution on those who display hubris, or arrogance before the gods. By Roman times she is usually depicted as a winged woman holding out a fold of her garment before her, expressing aversion by spitting upon her bosom (supposedly humans could avoid her anger by making the same gesture). From early in his reign, Claudius employed on his coins a version of Nemesis sharing some features with Pax (Peace) along with the legend PACI AVGVSTAE ("the Emperor's peace"). Claudius's Nemisis coinage starts in AD 43 and probably refers to his invasion and subsequent conquest of Britain, with Rome meting out "divine retribution" on the arrogant British tribes. "The Emperor's peace" presumably refers to Britannia being brought within the Pax Romana, albeit by force of arms. Nine decades later Hadrian would employ a similar reverse as a reference to the Bar Kochba conflict.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 700
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.80 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right / S P Q R/ P P/ OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 41; von Kaenel Type 26 (unlisted dies); RSC 87; BMCRE 45-7; BN 59-60. Beautiful old cabinet toning. In NGC encapsulation 4279707-001, graded XF★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Ex Michael Joffre Collection (Triton XVIII, 5 January 2015), lot 1021.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 701
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51-52. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • XI • IMP • P • P COS V, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, her right arm is bent upwards and with right hand she pulls out a fold of her robe below the neck, holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointed downwards at a serpent gliding right before her. RIC I 62; von Kaenel Type 44, 752 (V638/R655); RSC 68; BMCRE 69; BN 71 (Lugdunum). Beautifully toned and extremely attractive. Choice EF. Perfectly centered on both sides. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex New York Sale XXXIV (6 January 2015), lot 532; C.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 648; Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 765.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 702
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.63 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 61-62. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, youthful bare head right / PONTIF • MAX TR P VIII COS IIII • P • P, EX S C across field, Roma standing right, holding and inscribing shield supported on left knee, left foot on helmet; dagger and bow at feet to right. RIC I 34; WCN 49; Lyon 34; RSC 222a; BMCRE 37-38; BN 44. Light toning, traces of deposits on reverse. EF. Rare in this condition.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 703
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.96 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • GER • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, Triumphal arch, hung with wreath across front and left side; above, Nero in facing quadriga escorted on right by Victory holding wreath and palm and on left by Pax holding caduceus and cornucopia; just below the quadriga on extreme left and right, two small figures of soldiers; on left side of arch in niche, figure of Mars standing facing, holding spear and round shield; ornamental reliefs on the faces and plinths of the arch. RIC I 392; WCN 410; Lyon 70; BMCRE 329; BN 77. Green-brown patina, minor smoothing. Near EF. An excellent portrait and terrific details on reverse. Ex Helios 4 (14 October 2009), lot 262.The arch depicted on the reverse is almost certainly the one ordained by the Senate in AD 58 to commemorate the Armenian and Parthian victories of the general Cn. Domitius Corbulo. As related by Tacitus (Annals Book XIII, 35-41), Corbulo's legions captured Artaxata and replaced the pro-Parthian King Tiridates I with Tigranes, an obedient vassal of Rome. The Senate heaped praise on Nero for the victories and ordered "statues and an arch" built in his honor, although the public credited them to Corbulo. Apparently the arch was located on Capitoline Hill, but it no longer exists and its exact location remains uncertain. The Parthian-Armenian conflict would not be settled until AD 65, when this sestertius was issued; the diplomatic solution placed Tiridates back on the throne, but required him to come to Rome to be crowned. Corbulo's popularity caused Nero to resent him and suspect his loyalty. Ordered to commit suicide in AD 67, Corbulo is said to have uttered the enigmatic word axios, variously interpreted as "I deserve it" or "I am worthy," before falling on his sword.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 704
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 25.31 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, S C in exergue, Annona standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, facing Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in outstretched right hand and torch in left; between them, modius on garlanded altar, ship's stern in background. RIC I 389; WCN 404; Lyon 62; BMCRE –; BN –. Dark green-brown patina, minor smoothing. Near EF. Rare with this obverse legend. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 581; Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 664.The Roman government regarded the public grain dole as so important to maintaining civic order that a goddess, Annona, was created by Nero's imperial propagandists to represent it. Depicted as a matronly woman holding a cornucopia, Annona makes her first appearance on Roman coinage with this sestertius issue, joined by Ceres, venerable deity of the grain harvest, along with a modius of grain and a ship's prow, symbolizing the transport of grain from the breadbasket provinces of Sicily, Africa and Egypt to the port of Ostia. Annona continued to appear regularly on Roman coinage for another two centuries, signifying the emperor's care for the nutritional needs of his subjects.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 705
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 24.30 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. IMP • NERO • CAESAR • AVG • PONT • MAX • TR • POT • P • P, laureate bust left, globe at point of bust / S C across field, triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 500; WCN 452; Lyon 191; BMCRE 333-4; BN 139-40. Green patina. VF. Ex Numismatik Naumann 106 (1 August 2021), lot 497.This monumental triumphal arch was erected by Nero to commemorate Roman military campaigns against the Parthians in Mesopotamia and Armenia. Although not particularly successful in a military sense, with Paetus losing almost his entire army at Randeia in Armenia, the war did end with a peace treaty favorable to Rome that was upheld for nearly fifty years. This coin type is vitally important for architectural historians as the arch's appearance is only known through its depiction on the coins.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 706
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 13.40 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 67. IMP • NERO • CAESAR • AVG • P • MAX • TR • P • P • P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C in exergue, Securitas seated right, resting right elbow on back of chair, right hand to head, holding scepter in left; garlanded and lighted altar to right, against which leans lighted torch. RIC I 596; WCN 531; Lyon 210; BMCRE 344-6; BN 192-3. Attractive river patina, flan crack. EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 996.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 707
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR, laureate head right / AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero, radiate and togate, standing facing, holding branch in right hand and globe surmounted by Victory in left. RIC I 46; Calicó 402; BMCRE 56-9; BN 202-5; Adda 28; Biaggi 221; Jameson 50; Mazzini 44; CNR 9/5 (this coin, "Collezione privata"). Light reddish-orange tone, a few faint hairlines. Near EF. Ex Triton V (5 December 2000), lot 468.The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120-foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol that was created by Zenodorus for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of AD 64. Its memory was retained in the popular name of the amphitheater constructed by the Flavians close to the site – the Colosseum.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 708
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.27 g, 9h). 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. In NGC encapsulation 6029852-003, graded XF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5, "Boscoreale" tone, flan flaw.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 709
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR • AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot set on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on parazonium at side; greave to right. RIC I 55 var. (shields to right); WCN 59; RSC 258; BMCRE 83-5 var. (same); BN 224. Deep iridescent tone, a couple of scratches under tone. EF. Struck with dies of artistic merit. From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Künker 288 (13 March 2017), lot 439; Numismatica Ars Classica 38 (21 March 2007), lot 31; Triton III (1 December 1999), lot 1009; Peus 336 (28 April 1993), lot 592; Aufhäuser 9 (7 October 1992), lot 283.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 710
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head left / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PΛRTΛ IΛNVM CLVSIT, S C across field, Temple of Janus, with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to right. RIC I 267; WCN 143; BMCRE –; BN –. Attractive brown patina, minor smoothing. Good VF. Artistic portrait struck in high relief. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 1122.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 711
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 67. IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head right wearing aegis / ROMA in exergue, S C across field, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; various shields around and to right. RIC I 360 var. (bust type); BMCRE –; BN –; WCN 167 var. (same); CNG 50, lot 51 (same dies). Natural dark brown and red patina, minor doubling. Near EF. A rare bust variety on an issue with a desirable legend. From the DMS Collection, purchased from David Vagi in 2005.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 712
Clodius Macer. Usurper, AD 68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Legionary issue. Carthage mint. Group III. L CLODI · MACRI, draped bust of Victory right, with wings folded upward; S C below / L IB above, AVG to right, LEG III across lower field, legionary aquila between two signa. RIC I 14 (this coin referenced); Hewitt Group C/1 (dies 12/15 – this coin); RSC 4; BMCRE p. 287, note 4; BN 4. In NGC encapsulation 5770285-002, graded XF(star), Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. Ex Schulman Vault Collection (Schulman 365, 22 October 2020) lot 1535; Münzen und Medaillen AG 25 (17 November 1962), lot 591. Reportedly from the Tunis find, circa 1959.Clodius Macer, propraetore in North Africa, rose in rebellion against the reign of Nero during the Civil War in the spring of AD 68. The legion he commanded was Legio III Augusta, based in Numidia. He includes S C (senatus consulto) on his denarii, most likely to show that his revolt was not against the senate, but against Nero. All of Macer's coins are extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 713
Clodius Macer. Usurper, AD 68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Carthage mint. L • CLODIVS • MΛCER, S C below, bare head right / PROPRA (sic) above, ΛFRICΛ (sic) below, galley left with ten oars and seven oarsmen. RIC I 39; Hewitt Group G/5, 58-9 (Obv. die –/Rev. die 40 [unlisted obv. die]) ; RSC 13b. Darkly toned, light marks and scratches, scrapes on reverse. VF. Very rare. From the S & S Collection. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1896.Clodius Macer was the propraetor in Africa, and as opposition to Nero grew and the power of the central government dwindled, Macer acted as little more than a pirate, sweeping the north African coast hoping to increase his power by cutting into the grain supplies of Rome. By April of 68, Macer had decided not to support Galba, and in June when Nero died, Macer began striking coins in his own name. All of Macer's coins are of rather crude style, an indication of the lack of skilled die engravers and the haste at which they were produced. By October, Galba had solidified his power in Rome and ordered Macer's execution. All of Macer's coins are extremely rare, with fewer than 85 coins of all types known, of which fewer than 20 are portrait types.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 714
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 7h). 'G P R Group II'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or in the Rhine Valley. G•P•R, draped bust of the Genius of the Roman people to right; scepter over shoulder / MARS VLTOR, Mars, nude but for helmet and parazonium slung around his chest, advancing right, wielding spear in his right hand and holding shield in his left. RIC I 48; AM 25, but cf. 24 and pl. 2, 24 P (for an aureus struck from the same reverse die); RSC –; Mairat 35.3 (this coin); BMCRE 21 note; Nicolas, Néron 26, but cf. 24-25 and pl. I, 24 P & 25 CAL (for aurei struck from the same reverse die). Deeply toned, slight roughness in the fields. Near EF. Extremely rare and exceptional for issue. Among the finest known. Ex Dipl.-Ing Christian Gollnow Collection; Lanz 128 (22 May 2006), lot 291; Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (23 May 2016), lot 501.Exceptional style, not typically encountered in the Civil War denarii. While most of the Rhine mint denarii tend to be of a more crude style and fabric, this specimen is superb, revealing the hand of a particularly talented engraver.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 715
Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.41 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Gaul (Narbo?). Struck April to late Autumn AD 68. SER GALBA IMPERATOR, laureate head right / VICTORIA P R, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC I 110; Calicó 513; BMCRE 226; Adda –; Biaggi –; Mazzini 322; Jameson –. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6157870-002, graded VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5, light graffito, flan flaw. Very rare.