Triton XXVI - Session 3
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 758
Matidia. Augusta, AD 112-119. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.97 g, 7h). Rome mint. September AD 112-117. MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F, draped bust right, wearing double stephane upright on head, in front of which her hair is built up in two tiers: the hair is massed at top and back of head in a coil / PIETAS AVGVST, Matidia (as Pietas), draped, standing front, head left, placing hands on heads of two children, Sabina and Matidia, who stand on either side, raising hands to her. RIC II 759 (Trajan); Woytek 729; RSC 10; BMCRE 660-4 (Trajan); BN 913-4 (Trajan). Deeply toned, old scratches under tone, some die marks, minor deposits. VF. Rare. From the S & S Collection. Ex Waddell FPL 67 (1995), lot 63; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1 May 1980), lot 514.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 759
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAI AN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing balteus / P • M • TR • P • COS • II, ORIENS in exergue, radiate and draped bust of Sol right. RIC II.3 121; Strack 37η; Calicó 1294 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 75; Biaggi 626. Light marks and deposits. Good VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex Numismatics Fine Arts XIV (29 November 1984), lot 383.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HA DRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right with bare chest, slight drapery / PONT M A X T R POT COS III, S C in exergue, Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and vertical spear in left; shield at side to right . RIC II.3 254; Strack 534; Banti 603; BMCRE 1148-9. Superb enamel-like green patina. Near EF. A spectacular bronze. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 425; Tkalec (22 April 2007), lot 222.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS III, galley left, in the stern is an arched cabin under a curved apluster, in the bow a mast raking forward with sails attached. RIC II.3 525; Strack105δ; RSC 1174; BMCRE 244. Toned, trace deposits. EF. From the G.W. Trow Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, 8 January 2016. Ex Künker 243 (21 November 2013), lot 4868.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.25 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS III, River god (the Tiber, Tyne, Beatis or Euphrates) reclining left, cradling rudder in crook of right arm and testing left elbow on overturned urn, from which water flows. RIC II.3 590; Strack 103; Calicó 1337 (this coin illustrated); cf. BMCRE 132; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. In NGC encapsulation 4938386-010, graded AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Rare. Ex Collection of a Retired Banker (Numismatica Ars Classica 111, 24 September 2018), lot 171; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 1011; Numismatica Ars Classica 49 (21 October 2008), lot 210; V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 20 February 1951), lot 1771.Struck in the midst of Hadrian's first great journey after becoming emperor, the reverse of this coin clearly depicts a reclining river god of classic type. Which river is represented has been the subject of much speculation and debate. In the 1926 edition of RIC, Mattingly and Sydenham identify the river as the Tiber. Sear, in Roman Coins and Their Values Vol II (Spink, 2002), states "more recent scholarship suggests it is the Tyne (Tinea)" across northern Britannia, which Hadrian visited in AD 122, prior to initiation of the famous wall that bears his name. Richard A. Abdy, in his new edition of RIC II Vol. 3 (Spink, 2019), suggests it is the Euphrates, which Hadrian reached in AD 123 for a summit meeting with the Parthian king, although he also notes Hadrian also traveled on the river Beatis in southern Spain earlier the same year. As Hadrian is recorded to have been present at or near all three rivers during 122-123, and the Tiber is often used to represent Rome itself, it is also possible the reclining figure is left unidentified so as to represent all four.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Sol, radiate, naked but for cloak on left arm, holding reins with right hand, and mounting quadriga right. RIC II.3 725 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 167 (same rev. die as illustation); Strack 163α; Calicó 1207 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 377 (same dies); Biaggi 582 (this coin); Jameson –; Mazzini –. In NGC encapsulation 4938385-014, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, Fine Style, marks. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 13 (15 November 2021), lot 26; Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Triton XXIII, 15 January 2020), lot 727; Numismatica Ars Classica 38 (21 March 2007), lot 57; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 302; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 582; M. L. Vierordt Collection (Schulman, 5 March 1923), lot 1293.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (24.5mm, 9.88 g, 7h). Rome mint (for circulation in Syria). Struck circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COS III, S C across field, Antioch seated left on rocks, towered and holding grain ears; below, river-god Orontes, swimming left. RIC II.3 750; RPC II 3756; McAlee 544. Dark green patina, earthen deposits, cleaning scratches. VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dupondius/As (26.5mm, 11.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bareheaded and draped bust right / FELICITATI AVG, S C across field, COS III P P in exergue, galley left with steersman and and five rowers; at stern, acrostolium, arch over steersman, signum and vexillum; at prow, mast slanted forward and sail. RIC II.3 1333; Strack 839; BMCRE 1458 var. (number of rowers). Green-brown patina, smoothing in fields. Near EF. Ex CNG inventory 720852 (June 2000); Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 551.
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Anonymous issues. temp. Hadrian–Antoninus Pius, AD 117-161. Æ Quadrans (15.5mm, 2.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Annius Verus, as the personification of Summer, right, wearing floral wreath / S • C within wreath. RIC II 34; Van Heesch pl. XXV, 8; Weigel 21; Kestner, Tesseren –. Brown patina. EF. Excellent detail in fine style. From the S & S Collection.Mattingly originally assigned this type to the large number of anonymous quadrantes issued in the general period of the late first and early second centuries. He dismissed the assertion of Cohen, however, who assigned this type to Annius Verus, the deceased twin of the emperor Commodus. The presence of several consistent varieties of this type prompted Van Heesch to retain the Antonine attribution, but to assign these coins instead to personifications of the seasons, representations of the abundance present in Rome's "Golden Age."
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Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. AV Aureus (17mm, 7.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right / TRIB • POT COS II, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on cornucopia, balanced on side of chair. RIC II.3 2706; Strack 398; Calicó 1444; BMCRE 997; Adda 170; Biaggi 688 (same dies). Scattered marks, scrape on obverse. VF. From the S & S Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 768
Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.97 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / TIBERIS, S C in exergue, Tiber reclining left on overturned urn from which water flows, right hand resting on boat, cradling reed in left arm; waves beneath. RIC III 642a; Banti 414 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1313-4 var. (no waves); Mazzini 819 var. (break in obv. legend). Dark brown surfaces, hints of smoothing, flan flaw, a couple light scratches on reverse. Near EF. Exceptional strike. From the DMS Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, January 2003.Unlike the restless Hadrian, Antoninus never left Italy during his reign and was content to rule from Rome. Stability and equanimity were his watchwords, and his policies kept the Empire on an even keel for 24 years. Although his coinage does refer to other provinces, Italy and Rome predominate, as with this sestertius with an elegant reclining figure representing the River Tiber.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 769
Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.37 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 145-147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P •, laureate head right / COS II II, PAX AVG across field, S C in exergue, Pax standing left, setting fire to heap of arms at her feet to left and holding cornucopia in left. RIC III –; Strack –; Banti 264 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 1703. Wonderful apple green patina. Good VF. Extremely rare, only the British Museum example noted by Banti and only this example in CoinArchives. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 633.
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG V STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df63/CA28; Strack 469α (Pius); Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); Adda 243; cf. Biaggi 812; Mazzini 95. Lustrous. EF. Well struck in high relief.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 771
Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG V STA, Venus, draped, standing left, extending right hand and raising hem of skirt with left. RIC III 367; Beckmann dies df8/AG1; Strack 466α; Calicó 1767 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 61, note ‡; Biaggi 814 (same rev. die). Lustrous. Choice EF. Ex Rauch 106 (10 April 2018), lot 217; Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 22 May 1935), lot 1574.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 772
Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust left, wearing stephane and hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER NITAS, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and rudder in left. RIC III 349a (Pius) var. (bust type); Beckmann dies df62/AC2; Calicó 1745a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE –. Lustrous, traces of deposits on reverse. Choice EF. Outstanding portrait of artistic merit struck in high relief. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 785; Egon Beckenbauer Collection (Künker 280, 26 September 2016), lot 627 (front cover coin); Aufhäuser 4 (7 October 1987), lot 311.
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 25.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, hair bound in pearls / AETER NITAS, S C in exergue, temple of Diva Faustina: façade of hexastyle temple on podium of three steps, railing in front, statues before outer columns, relief in base and pediment, quadriga and Victories as acroteria; within, statue of Faustina seated left, holding globe in right hand and spear in left. RIC III 1115a (Antoninus Pius); Banti 27 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 1506 (Antoninus Pius). Dark green patina, some smoothing. VF. From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG inventory 998515 (April 2015); Morton & Eden 72 (15 December 2014), lot 112; Galerie des Monnaies (9 June 1978), lot 1745.
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Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Medallion (40mm, 51.00 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161-165. IMP ANTONINVS AVG COS III IMP VERVS AVG COS II, confronted bareheaded busts of Marcus Aurelius right and Lucius Verus left, both with slight drapery / Jupiter, half-nude and draped to the waist, seated facing on a high-backed throne, holding a thunderbolt in his right hand and a long scepter in his left; on his left, Juno seated facing holding short scepter with her left hand and offering a patera to Jupiter with her right; on his right, Minerva seated facing, holding scepter with her left hand and raising her right to adjust her helmet. Gnecchi II 7, pl. 71, 5; MIR 18, 1009-2/12-22; Banti 7. Green and red-brown patina, slightly rough surfaces. VF. Extremely rare. An impressive medal showing the Capitoline Triad. Ex Nomos 23 (30 November 2021), lot 224.The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities; namely, Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. They were worhiped within the Capitolium, the temple on the Capitoline Hill that was devoted to this sacred Triad. Though appearing together infrequently upon Roman coinage, the Triad remained an important part the Roman pantheon and was often celebrated on medallions such as this one, struck jointly by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, as a handout to loyal officers, dignitaries, and high officials.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 775
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.39 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 162. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate and cuirassed bust right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, S C across field, COS III in exergue, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, both togate, standing facing each other, clasping right hands and each holding volumen in left. RIC III 824 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 30-6/35; Banti 37; BMCRE 1008 var. (same). Even brown surfaces. Near EF. Rare bust type. Banti records only two examples. From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG inventory 162082 (January 2006); Lanz 125 (28 November 2005), lot 785 (conserved since); P.H. Webb Collection (A. Hess, 9 May 1932), lot 2213.
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Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 172. M ΛNTONINVS ΛVG TR P XXVI, laureate and draped bust right / IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and reversed spear in left, being crowned by Victory, draped, to right, advancing left, holding palm frond in left hand; central dot. RIC III 265; MIR 18, 229-2 var. (bust type); Calicó 1872 (same obv. die as illustration); Adda –; Biaggi 856 (same obv. die); BMCRE 566 var. (same); Jameson –; Mazzini 308 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 3987479-003, graded Ch XF★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5, Fine Style.
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINΛE ΛVG PII ΛVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing stephane, wearing hair bound in pearls at back of head / LAETITIΛE PV BLICΛE, Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding diadem in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC III 506c (Pius); Beckman, Faustina, Group I (dies fa6/LP2), a (this coin referenced and illustrating dies in plates); Calicó 2069a; BMCRE 1047; Biaggi 933. Lustrous. FDC. Struck with dies of artisitic merit, this coin is certainly among the finest, if not the finest known. Ex Tkalec (22 April 2007), lot 236 (hammer CHF 18,000).Faustina Junior's coin portraits during her long reign as Augusta show clearly the rapid evolution in Roman feminine hairstyles in the second century AD. On this beautiful aureus struck under her father, Antoninus Pius, she resembles a young lady of the French imperial court of the early 1800s, demonstrating that Napoleon and his advisors were keenly aware of, and imitated, Imperial Roman styles.
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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TRP, COS II in exergue, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, both togate, standing facing each other, clasping right hands and each holding volumen in left. RIC III –; MIR 18, 15-12/37; Calicó 2114; Biaggi 950 var. (no break in obv. legend); BMCRE p. 391, note 32 (Aurelius and Verus). In NGC encapsulation 3762656-002, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 658.