Triton XXVI - Session 3
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 800
Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (19mm, 4.97 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 8th-11th emissions, AD 240-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETER NITATI AVG, Sol, radiate, standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left. RIC IV 97; Calicó 3186 (same dies as illustration); Adda 467; Biaggi 1352; Hunter –; Jameson –. In NGC encapsulation 6066349-061, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Triton XXV (11 January 2022), lot 969; Stack's Bowers Galleries (16 August 2021), lot 43134; Paramount Collection (Heritage 3096, 25 March 2021), lot 30061.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 801
Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.26 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 244. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing left, holding vertical scepter in right hand and transverse signum in left. RIC IV –; Bland, Gold 1 (dies PI –/Fides 01[unlisted obv. die]); Calicó –; Adda –; Hunter –; Biaggi –; Jameson –. In NGC encapsulation 6057674-001, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, brushed. Extremely rare; only two other examples were cited by Bland. This is apparently the third known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 802
Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.62 g, 5h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANNONA AVGG, Annona, draped, standing left, holding cornucopia in left hand and grain ears in right over modius filled with grain ears set on ground to left. RIC IV 28a; Bland, Gold –; Calicó 3246; Hunter –; Adda 482; Biaggi 1378; Jameson 233. In NGC encapsulation 4938386-024, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Very rare. An excellent example, among the finest known. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 13 (15 November 2021), lot 65; Numismatica Genevensis SA 10 (3 December 2018); Numismatica Ars Classica 99 (29 May 2017), lot 26; Numismatica Genevensis SA 4 (11 December 2006), lot 216; Tkalec (18 February 2002), lot 225.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 803
Pacatian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. AR Antoninianus (20.5mm, 4.19 g, 7h). Viminacium mint. 1st emission. IMP TI CL MAR PACATIAN[VS AVG], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left on wheel, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 4; Szaivert, Beginn 3; RSC 5; Hunter 1. Typical rough surfaces, deposits. Near VF. From the S & S 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 - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 804
Jotapian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 3.04 g, 12h). Nicopolis in Seleucia mint. IM C M F R IOTAPIANVS A, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICT OR I A AV G, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 2a var. (obv. legend); Bland 13a/5a (Obv. die VII/Rev. die iv); RSC 1a var. (same). Brown surfaces, thick encrustation on obverse, flan crack. Near VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), lot 654.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 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).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 805
Jotapian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.84 g, 12h). Nicopolis in Seleucia mint. IM C M F R IOTAPIANVS AV, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICT O R IA AV G, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 2b var. (obv. legend); Bland 9 (Obv. die IV/Rev. die vi); RSC 1b var. (same). Dark gray patina, typical rough surfaces, earthen deposits. Near VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex CNG inventory 718419 (January 2000).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 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).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 806
Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Double Sestertius (36.5mm, 47.64 g, 11h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 2nd-3rd emissions, late AD 249-mid 250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVG, S C across field, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 126a; Banti 29; Gnecchi III, 6. Dark green patina, areas of roughness, some minor marks, some deposits. Good VF. Rare. From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, 2012. Ex Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 424.An attractive and overweight specimen. Bastien recorded a number of Trajan Decius double sestertii and their weights in 1967. Of those listed, only one is heavier than the present example. None of the examples in Coin Archives are heavier than this impressive coin.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 807
Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 4th emission, mid-late AD 251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas, draped, standing left, holding purse in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 28a; Calicó 3299; Adda 489; Biaggi 1397; Hunter 19; Jameson –. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6327124-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Rare. Ex Rauch 99 (8 December 2015), lot 239; Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1549.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 808
Collection of 50 antoniniani of Gallienus and Salonina. AD 253-268. . Siscia, Cyzicus, and Samosata mints. Includes the following: Gallienus (45 coins) // Salonina (5 coins). Fifty (50) coins in lot. Fine to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 809
Collection of 88 antoniniani of Gallienus and Salonina. AD 253-268. . Antioch mint. Includes the following: Gallienus (77 coins) // Salonina (11 coins). Fine to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 810
Collection of 60 antoniniani of Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. . Treveri (Trier), Colonia Agrippensis (Cologne), and Milan mints. Lot also includes one coin of Aureolus. Sixty (60) coins in lot. Fine to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 811
Collection of 11 radiate bronzes of Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. . Official and unofficial mints. Several contemporary imitations included, including smaller module (dupondii). Eleven (11) coins in lot. Fine to VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 812
Collection of 121 antoniniani of Claudius Gothicus. AD 268-270. . Mediolanum (Milan) and Rome mints. Milan (5 coins) // Rome (116 coins). One hundred twenty-one (121) coins in lot. Fine to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 813
Collection of 25 tetradrachms from Alexandria of Claudius Gothicus. AD 268-270. . Year 1 (7 coins) // Year 2 (15 coins) // Year 3 (3 coins). Twenty-five (25) coins in lot. Near VF to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 814
Collection of 28 unusual, irregular, hybrid, or plated coins of Gallienus and Postumus. AD 253-269. . Gallienus (2 coins) // Postumus (26 coins). Twenty-eight (28) coins in lot. Near VF to good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at https://ak.cngcoins.com. From the A.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 815
Volusian. AD 251-253. AV Binio (23mm, 5.39 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th emission, early AD 253. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas, veiled, standing left, raising both hands; lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC IV 151 (same dies as illustration); Calicó 3365 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi –. Lustrous, scratches in fields. EF. Rare. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 13 (15 November 2021), lot 70; Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 578; Triton VII (12 January 2004), lot 1020.Double aurei or biniones, distinguished by a radiate crown, were first introduced by Caracalla as part of the extensive monetary reform in AD 215. At that time, the weight standard of the aureus was reduced to about 6.54 g at 50 to the pound. Within a two decades, the weight of the aureus had dropped precipitously as the supply of precious metal diminished and inflation took hold. Although struck on a broad flan and superficially impressive, this binio of Volusian, struck early AD 253, weighs only 5.39 grams, far less than a single aureus under Caracalla. Such sleight-of-hand could not have gone unnoticed by the primary recipients of these coins, the soldiers, who by this time were quite willing to switch loyalty to whomever promised to pay them the most.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 816
Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Emesa mint. L IVL ΛVR SVLP VPΛ ΛNTONINVS (sic), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [FE]CVNDITΛS ΛVG, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. Cf. RIC IV 3 and pl. 15, 16 (aureus; same rev. die); Baldus 71 (same rev. die); Baldus, Denare p. 31, E (V VI/R 9 – this coin). Toned, deposits. VF. Extremely rare. The third known denarius of Uranius Antoninus. From the S & S Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 331; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 401.Baldus published the two known denarii of Uranius Antoninus at the time. One example (Baldus' original catalog, number 71), donated to the BN in 1962, was formerly in the collection of Henri Seyrig and first published by Georges le Rider in BSFN 17/4 (April 1962). The second example was this coin. A third example appeared in CNG 96 (14 May 2014), lot 862 and hammered for $70,000.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 817
Macrianus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Antoninianus (21mm, 4.07 g, 6h). Samosata mint. 2nd emission. IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / SOL INVICTO, Sol standing left, right hand raised and holding globe in left; *|–//–. RIC V 12 (Antioch); MIR 44, 1741k; RSC 12a. Silvered, minor roughness, traces of deposit. EF. Rare in this condition.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 818
Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. AR Antoninianus (24mm, 2.63 g, 5h). Treveri (Trier) mint ("Mint I"). 1st emission, AD 260. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTIM[VVS P F AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICT OR IA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right hand; captive at feet. RIC –; Mairat –; AGK 97b corr. (POSTVMVS); RSC –. Deeply toned, minor flan crack. VF. Very rare. From the A.K. Collection. Ex M. Weder Collection; deaccessioned from the British Museum Collection; F.W. Hasluck Bequest 1920.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 819
Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. AR Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.64 g, 12h). Treveri (Trier) mint ("Mint I"). 5th emission, AD 268. POSTVMVS A VG, radiate bust left, draped with lion's skin and holding club over shoulder / IOVI S TATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and thunderbolt cradled in left arm. RIC V 310; Mairat –; AGK 38b; RSC 160. Toned, minor porosity, flan crack. Near VF. Very rare. From the A.K. Collection. Ex M. Weder Collection; Prince Waldeck Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 8, 23 March 1937), lot 1980.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 820
Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 3.54 g, 7h). Treveri (Trier) mint ("Mint I"). 5th emission, AD 268. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR GA LLIAR, Postumus standing left, holding scepter in left hand, right foot on seated captive, raising figure of Gallia kneeling to right, wearing mural crown and holding cornucopia. RIC V 82; Mairat –; AGK 74; RSC 319. Deeply toned, small flan flaw on reverse. Near EF. Very rare. From the A.K. Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1970.