Auction 123 - Session 2
Date: 2023-05-24 00:00:00
Lots: 292
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 568
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.76 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XXII across lower field. Crawford 544/38; CRI 382; Sydenham 1245; RSC 59; RBW –. Light iridescence, minor doubling, off center. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 569
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XXIII across lower field. Crawford 544/39; CRI 383; Sydenham 1246; RSC 60; RBW –. Scratches. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 570
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.79 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Three signa decorated with wreaths and rostra; CHORTIS • SPECVLATORVM above. Crawford 544/12; CRI 386; Sydenham 1214; RSC 6; RBW 1837. Toned, trace deposits, light scratches. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 571
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.97 g, 10h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy; Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Winged thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326b; RSC 514; RBW 1808. Lightly toned with iridescence, traces of underlying luster, slightly off center soft strike at the periphery. Near EF. This issue of Octavian depicts him wearing a slight beard. Beginning with his earliest appearance on aurei and denarii struck in 43 BC and down to around 36 BC (see Crawford 540/1-2), Octavian continued to wear this slight beard, originally worn by Roman men who were in the period of mourning (see Crawford 496/2 for an issue of Antony, dated spring-summer 42 BC). As Octavian continued to wear it long after the period of mourning was technically over, the reason he continued to do so was to emphasize his vow of pietas to his slain adoptive father. When combined with the title Divi filius, bestowed on him by the Senate, this beard became part of powerful political message to advance his political position over all his rivals.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 572
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Agrippa. 38 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Agrippa in Gaul or with Octavian in Italy. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / M • AGRIPPA • COS/DESIG in two lines across field. Crawford 534/3; CRI 307; Sydenham 1331; RSC 545; RBW –. Lightly toned, minor porosity, scratches. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 573
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Summer 37 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.33 g, 1h). Mint in southern or central Italy. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91; RBW 1826. Traces of luster, multiple marks and scratches, minor deposits. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 574
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 6h). Southern or central Italian mint. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Tetrastyle temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar as augur standing within, DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90; RBW 1829. Scratch on reverse. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 575
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.85 g, 11h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Diademed head of Venus right / Octavian advancing left, extending arm and holding spear. CRI 397; RIC I 251; RSC 70. Residual luster, light hairlines. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 576
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.99 g, 7h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Diademed head of Venus right / Octavian advancing left, extending arm and holding spear. CRI 397; RIC I 251; RSC 70. Light scratches, off center on reverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 577
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31-summer 30 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.85 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head left / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond and wreath. CRI 408; RIC I 255; RSC 66. Lustrous, light hairlines, minor flan flaw on obverse. EF. Well centered on a broad flan. An outstanding portrait and an attractive coin in hand.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 578
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Victory standing right on prow of galley, holding palm frond over shoulder and wreath / Octavian, holding branch and reins, driving triumphal quadriga right. CRI 416; RIC I 264; RSC 115. Toned, shallow test cut on edge, some minor marks. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 1131.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 579
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.74 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Naval and military trophy facing, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield, and crossed spears, set on prow of galley right; crossed rudder and anchor at base. CRI 419; RIC I 265a; RSC 119. Residual luster, light scratches, banker's mark on obverse. EF. Well struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 580
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.69 g, 10h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of the Roman Senate House (Curia Julia), with porch supported by four short columns, statue of Victory on globe surmounting apex of roof, and statues of standing figures at the extremities of the architrave. CRI 421; RIC I 266; RSC 122. Pitting, trace deposits. Good VF. This audacious denarius, it can be argued, symbolized the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic. The Curia Julia, a structure which still stands today just north of the Roman Forum, began its construction under Julius Caesar as a new building for Senate meetings. Its true purpose was to reorient the Senate of Rome to be an appendage of the Roman Forum rather than in its own demarcated area of prominence – yet another of Caesar's slights against the authority of the Senate. The Curia Julia's construction and Caesar's simultaneous reorganization of the Comitium forced the Senate to temporarily meet at the Theater of Pompey – a further indignity that became a consideration during their fatal conspiracy against Caesar. With Caesar's assassination at the hands of the Senate on the Ides of March, the Curia Julia remained unfinished for a decade and a half of ensuing triumviral civil wars. Octavian, the adopted heir to Caesar and the emergent victor of the civil conflicts, would finally complete and officially dedicate the structure on the 28th of August, 29 BC – mere weeks after the celebrations of his military conquests. In doing so, Octavian succeeded in appearing to restore power to the Senate and the Republic after years of strife, while sending a strong message to the political establishment of Rome that the work of his adoptive father would not be denied. By prominently displaying the legend IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of the Curia Julia on the reverse of this coin, Octavian officially claims the Roman Senate House in the name of Julius Caesar, and continues the momentum of a legacy that would unravel the Roman Republic.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 581
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.77 g, 10h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right / Octavian's Actian arch (Arcus Octaviani), showing a single span surmounted by Octavian in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP • CAESAR on the architrave. CRI 422; RIC I 267; RSC 123. Area of soft strike. Near EF. The single-span Arcus Octaviani, celebrating Octavian's victory at Actium, was replaced in 19 BC by the arcus Augusti, a triple-span arch built to celebrate the recovery by Augustus of the famous standards lost by Antony and Crassus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 582
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.01 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124. Lustrous, small scrapes. EF. Struck on a broad flan. An attractive portrait and a particularly well detailed rostral column. This issue depicts the column decreed by the Senate in recognition of Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. The monument stood on the Palatine Hill, before the temple of Apollo.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 583
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.62 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124. Trace deposits and hairlines, residual luster. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 584
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features resembling Octavian / Octavian, as city founder, holding whip and plow-handle, plowing right with yoke of oxen. CRI 424; RIC I 272; RSC 117. Residual luster, light hairlines. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 585
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.75 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate bust of Octavian, as Jupiter Terminus, right; winged thunderbolt to left / Octavian seated left on curule chair, holding Victory. CRI 427; RIC I 270; RSC 116. Residual luster, trace deposits and hairlines, off center on obverse. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 586
The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.53 g, 1h). "Aegypto Capta" commemorative. Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right; lituus behind neck / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. Attractive cabinet toning, a few light marks, small flan flaw on obverse. Near VF. Rare. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 77, purchased from Kirk Davis; I. Vecchi 4 (5 December 1996), lot 44.Following the decisive battle of Actium, in August of 30 BC Octavian invaded Egypt and founded the Prefecture of Egypt, leaving intact the Ptolemaic structures in culture and administration. Octavian struck this issue to commemorate the event; the reverse depicts a crocodile, which was the symbol of the country and, locally, an important deity.