Auction 123 - Session 2
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 379
SPAIN, Bilbilis. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (29.5mm, 12.98 g, 1h). L. Aelius Sejanus, praetorian consul. Struck AD 31. Laureate head right / (MVN) • (AV)GVSTA BILBILIS above, • TI • CÆSARE • V • L • ÆLIO • SEIANO below, laurel wreath containing COS. ACIP 3024; Burgos 284; RPC I 398. Brown surfaces, minor porosity. VF. Important historical type with the name of Sejanus. Rare with the full name of Sejanus intact. From the D.K. Collection.Lucius Aelius Sejanus came from an up-and-coming equestrian family. Early in his career, Sejanus served with Augustus' grandson Gaius in the east, and may have accompanied Drusus Caesar north to quell the mutinies that broke out upon Augustus' death. He was made praefectus praetorio (commander of the Praetorian Guard) along with his father Lucius Seius Strabo, but when Strabo was promoted to the post of praefectus Aegypti, Sejanus took sole command of the Guard. As head of a force of 12,000 loyal soldiers, he used his position to gain influence over Tiberius.In AD 23, upon the death of Drusus Caesar, Sejanus proposed marrying Drusus' widow Livilla, with whom he was allegedly having an affair. So indispensable had he become in maintaining order in the capital that Tiberius called him "the partner of my labors," a position that Sejanus carefully built upon following the emperor's retirement to Capri in AD 26. Using the emperor's absence to his advantage, Sejanus imprisoned Germanicus' widow, Agrippina Senior, her sons Nero and Drusus, and their supporters on charges of treason. In AD 31, Sejanus served as consul with Tiberius – the first step, he hoped, in acquiring tribunician power and becoming the imperial heir. Although Sejanus' position seemed unassailable, Tiberius became aware of Sejanus' machinations and condemned his consular colleague in a letter to the Senate. Sejanus and his children were executed, reprisals followed against his adherents, and the Senate issued a damnatio memoriae.
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THRACE, Anchialus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (35mm, 31.48 g, 7h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, aegis on shoulder, gorgoneion on breastplate / On left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera held in her arms right; on right, Asclepius standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff to left, gathering himation with left; small figure of Telesphorus; to left, ibis standing left, to right, small altar. Tachev, Anchialos 5 (O3/R3) = RPC VII.2 1097.2 (this coin); AMNG 619; Varbanov 651(this coin illustrated). Dark brown patina, light roughness. VF. Very rare, one of three specimens known to RPC. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Barry Murphy, October 2003. Ex Gorny & Mosch 121 (10 March 2003), lot 305.The three main Greco-Roman deities of healing are depicted on the reverse of this attractive medallion: Asclepius, god of medicine; his daughter Hygeia, goddess of good health; and his son Telesphorus, god of recovery, shown as a small figure wearing a hooded cloak. Asclepius and his symbol, the serpent-twined staff, feature frequently on the coinage of Anchialus, indicating the presence of a temple and cult-center there.
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THRACE, Perinthus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (43mm, 36.02 g, 1h). • AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓO PΔIANOC • AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, slight drapery on shoulder; gorgoneion on breastplate / ΠEPINΘIΩN Δ IC NEΩKOPΩN, Hercules standing facing, head right, lion skin over left arm, leaning right hand on club set on ground and holding Apples of the Hesperides in extended left hand; to right, the serpent Ladon coiled around tree. Schönert, Perinthos 858; RPC VII.2 568; Varbanov 528. Dark brown patina, light roughness, small flan crack. Near EF. Very rare, only six known to RPC. Attractive. Because he had been assisted in completing some of his earlier tasks, Hercules was compelled to undergo two more labors. The first of these was to steal the Apples of the Hesperides, nymphs who lived in a grove at the far western edge of the world. Hercules tricked the Titan Atlas, whose task it was to support the heavens, to retrieve the apples in return for holding up the heavens while he did so. Having accomplished the task, Atlas was reluctant to give up his freedom and told Hercules that he would take back the apples to Mycenae. Once again, Hercules tricked the Titan, requesting that Atlas hold the heavens while Hercules adjusted his cloak to be more comfortable.
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PHOCIS, Delphi. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ (24mm, 9.91 g, 3h). Aristomos, priest of the cult of Antinoüs. Bare head right / Tripod of Delphi. Blum p. 34, 2, pl. I, 7; RPC III 444; BCD Lokris 400. Red-brown surfaces, porosity. Fine. Very rare. The tripod sat in front of the Temple at Delphi and was used in the rituals of the Oracle. It is said that the tripod sat above a chasm from which a constant stream of cold vapor arose, the Oracle would breathe the vapor and enter a state of frenzy from which she could see her visions. After completing his Twelve Labors, Herakles attempted to steal the tripod after the Oracle could not cure him of his disease.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Agrippina Senior, with Nero and Drusus Caesar. Wife of Germanicus, AD 5-33. Æ (19mm, 8.42 g, 6h). P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duovirs. Struck under Caligula, 37-38 AD. Draped bust right / [P] VIPSANIO [AGRIPPA IIVIR COR], NED in field, confronted bare heads of Nero and Drusus Caesars. Amandry XVII 69.3 (this coin); BCD Corinth –; RPC I 1174. Brown patina, minor porosity, slightly off center. VF. Finer than any in CoinArchives or RPC. Rare. From the Conti Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 325 (July 1971), no. 2; Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 852; Münzen und Medaillen AG X (22 June 1951), lot 109.
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ACHAEA, Fleet Coinage. Uncertain mint. Mark Antony. 38-37 BC. Æ "Sestertius" (33mm, 22.22 g, 9h). Heavy series. L. Sempronius Atratinus, auger and consul designatus. Bare head of Antony right vis-à-vis head of Octavia left / Two figures embracing (Antony and Octavia as Poseidon and Amphitrite?) standing right on quadriga of hippocamps; HS to left; lituus to right; in exergue, Δ and astragalus. Amandry, Bronze I, Series II.1.A, 1-10 var. (unlisted dies); RPC I 1453; CRI 279; Sydenham 1261. Red-brown surfaces with green deposits, roughness, smoothed, details enhanced. Near VF. Extremely rare. The curious "fleet coinage" of Mark Antony was struck at several mints over the course of 37/6 BC, probably commencing after Antony and Octavian signed the Pact of Tarentum, which renewed their triumval powers and partnership. Octavia, Antony's wife and Octavian's sister, was instrumental in the negotiations and frequently appears on the coins, including this rare specimen. The coins are all bronzes of a range of denominations that anticipate the ones in use during the empire – sestertius, dupondius, as, etc. Three Antonian admirals are named as moneyers, including L. Sempronius Atratinus, as seen here. All coins feature nautical themes, hence the term "fleet coinage." Although Roman denominations and legends are employed, many of the numerals, including marks of value, are Greek, indicated they were intended for use in the east, where many were struck. The evidence points to an early experiment in a revolutionary new universal coinage system that was ahead of its time, but was later taken up, tweaked, and fully implemented by Augustus.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Caracalla. AD 211/2-226/7. EL Stater (19mm, 7.62 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 512 (AD 215/6). Diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis right / Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right; eight-rayed star to right; BIΦ (date) below. MacDonald 555/4; Frolova 79, pl. XLV, 21; SNG Stancomb 1002 (this coin). Minor obverse scrape, residual luster. Near EF. Ex William Stancomb Collection (Roma E-Sale 69, 16 April 2020), lot 412.
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BITHYNIA, Apamea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (34mm, 21.66 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, cuirass decorated with gorgoneion / Aeneas advancing right, looking left, leading Ascanius by the hand and carrying Anchises on his shoulder. RG 92; RPC VI Online 3003; BMC 37. Brown patina, roughness and smoothing. Fine. Extremely rare, only three known to RPC, none in CoinArchives. The reverse depicts a scene recounted by Virgil in the Aeneid when the Greeks attacked and set fire to Troy. Here we see Aeneas fleeing, carrying his aged father Anchises on his shoulder, leading his son Ascanius by the hand to safety.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Messalina. Augusta, AD 41-48. Æ (36mm, 26.51 g, 7h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul. Struck circa AD 47-48. Draped bust left, hair in long plait / Façade of basilica: a two story tetrastyle central bay with two story wings flanking; inscribed entablature above. RG 33 var. (bust right); RPC I 2034. Red-brown patina, smoothed fields, scrapes and roughness, tooled. Near VF. Very rare. Claudius was unlucky in marriage, but his third wife caused him the most scandal. Valeria Messalina was only 14 or 15 when she married the emperor, who at the time was about 50 years old. Although she bore Claudius two children (Claudia Octavia and Britannicus), she appears to have felt little attraction to her much older husband and was notoriously promiscuous, according to ancient accounts. While the emperor was traveling to Ostia in AD 48, he was informed that Messalina had secretly taken a second husband, a senator named Gaius Silius, who was said to be the handsomest man in Rome. Claudius returned to Rome and swiftly had Silius executed. Messalina was ordered to commit suicide, but could not muster the courage to do so, and a soldier promptly ran her through. A damnatio memoriae was pronounced against her name. No Imperial issues with the portrait of Messalina were struck. As for the small number of provincial issues that carry her portrait, the largest and most impressive are from Nicaea in Bithynia. The elaborate building depicted on the reverse may represent the city's gymnasium, which stood in the city center. The geographer Strabo mentions the building as being especially magnificent, with a tower at its center from which all four city gates could be seen.
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Medallion (42mm, 40.37 g, 12h). Ti. Claudius Alexander, theologos and strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, aegis on shoulder, seen from the front / Hercules advancing right, holding raised club and lion skin, fighting Amazon (Hippolyte) standing left and holding shield(?). Weisser 2138; RPC VI Online 4210; SNG BN 2259 (same dies). Earthen green patina, minor deposits. VF. Extremely rare, only four known to RPC, this the finest specimen. At the request of Admete, Eurystheus' daughter, Hercules as his Ninth Labor went to seize the golden girdle of Hippolyte, a garment that gave power and supremacy to the wearer. The daughter of Otrera and the god Ares, Hippolyte was the queen of the Amazons, an all female race who lived near the slopes of the Caucasus. To carry off this Labor, Hercules organized an expedition which included the Athenian hero Theseus. Upon the heroes' arrival, the Amazon women greeted them warmly, while Hippolyte offered the girdle as a gift. Hera, on hearing this, took the form of an Amazon, spreading a rumor that Hercules had come to steal away their queen and take her back with him to Greece. The female warriors, in protection of their queen, began fighting the heroes. In the melée that followed, Hercules slew Hippolyte, thinking she had betrayed him. Winning the battle, Hercules headed back for Mycenae. On the way, he saved the life of Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy. Laomedon, however, refused to reward the hero for his service. In retribution, Hercules slew the king and all his sons, save the youngest, Podarces, who later became known as Priam.
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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (40mm, 28.28 g, 7h). Aur. Metronax, strategos. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, seen from front / Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia, to left, lighted altar. RPC VI Online 4099.4 (this coin); SNG München 167. Earthen green patina, double struck obverse. VF. Very rare, four known to RPC including this coin, the only one to come to auction. Ex Savoca Online Auction 39 (22 December 2019), lot 157.
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IONIA, Smyrna. Vespasian Junior. Caesar, AD ?-95/6. Æ (16mm, 12h). Struck circa AD 94/5. Bare head right / Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond. Klose Type XLII, Serie A, Gruppe a, 1 (V1/R1); RPC I 1028; BMC 319. In ANACS encapsulation 6097699, graded F 12. Rare. One of the greatest problems facing Domitian toward the end of his reign was the lack of an heir – a problem which he solved by adopting two sons of his niece Domitilla and her husband Titus Flavius Clemens, renaming the heirs Vespasian Junior and Domitian Junior. Becoming suspicious of Flavius, Domitian exiled him along with Domitilla to Pandateria on charges of atheism. As nothing further is recorded about either adopted heir, it can be assumed that both were punished in some way for the supposed crimes of their parents.
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LYDIA, Silandus. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (30mm, 11.37 g, 12h). Tatianos, archiereus as archon. Struck circa AD 177-9. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed beardless bust right / On left, youthful mountain nymph seated right on rock, resting hand on knee, grasping tree with left hand; on right, river-god Hermos reclining left on urn, holding reed and cornucopia. Kurth 65 (this coin); Hochard 2239 (D12/R22); RPC IV.2 Online 1443.3 (this coin); BMC 23. Green-brown patina, deposits, lamination flaws. VF. Very rare, only four known, including this coin. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 74 (1 October 2003), lot 57.BMC describes the figure on the reverse as Pan holding a pedum, RPC and Hochard maintain this description. However, Kurth describes the reverse figure on the left as a "youthful mountain nymph" and notes that "[t]he "pedum" mentioned in BMC...is simply the result of a cracked die." There is no evidence of a pedum on this, or the other specimens cited in RPC.
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LYDIA, Tralles. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (20mm, 5.86 g, 12h). Menandros, son of Parrhasios, magistrate. Bare head of Vedius Pollio right; uncertain object behind / Laureate head of Zeus right. Kurth 136; RPC I 2635; SNG Copenhagen 688; BMC 76-8. Earthen brown patina, off center obverse. VF. Ex Savoca Online Auction 29 (30 December 2018), lot 2018.An equestrian and confidant of Augustus, Vedius Pollio seems to have had an important administrative career, serving in the restoration of a proconsular government in Asia and possibly even in the refoundation of Tralles as Caesarea. His portrait appears on bronze coins of Tralles, highly unusual for anyone other than the emperor or members of his family, and indicates he served as the equivalent of a proconsul, possibly circa 31-30 BC. But his personal cruelty, especially toward slaves, undid his friendship with Augustus and made him infamous to later generations. Pollio is said to have kept a pool of lampreys explicitly for the purpose of executing slaves who displeased him. During a banquet honoring Augustus, a cup-bearer broke a goblet and Pollio ordered him thrown to the lampreys. Augustus was so appalled, he pardoned the slave and ordered all of Pollio's glassware smashed.
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LYDIA, Tripolis. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (33mm, 15.71 g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust right / Leto advancing right, facing left, large veil billowing behind, holding the infants Apollo and Artemis in her arms. Kurth 164; RPC VIII Online 20616; SNG Copenhagen 752. Dark green patina with earthen highlights. VF. Very rare, only three known to RPC, all in museum collections. Leto was the divine daughter of two Titans, Coeus and Phoebe, and, by Zeus, the mother of the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. Little is recorded about her in the classical myths, except that, like many mortal women who had caught Zeus' eye, she incurred the wrath of Hera and had to flee to the island of Delos in order to safely give birth.
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CARIA, Trapezopolis. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (30.5mm, 16.20 g, 6h). Ti. Fla. Max. Lysias, archon. Struck mid 120's AD. AY KAI TPA AΔPIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, aegis on shoulder, seen from the front / ΔIA T Φ MAΞ ΛYCIOYYIΘY ΠOΛЄΩN TPAΠЄZOΠOΛITΩN, The Capitoline Triad: Zeus Lydios, holding eagle and scepter, standing left between Hera to left, holding scepter and patera, and Athena to right, holding olive branch, spear, and shield. Unpublished in the standard references. Green-brown patina, roughness. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished. The Capitoline Triad–Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva–are depicted here holding their various symbolic implements. Though appearing infrequently on Roman coinage, the Triad remained at the center of Roman religion until it was replaced by Christianity.
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PHRYGIA, Aezanis. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (21mm, 8.60 g, 12h). Potitus Valerius Messala, proconsul. Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head of Potitus Valerius Messala left / Right hand holding scales; monogram to right. von Aulock, Aizanoi 7–8; RPC I 3067.6 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 3342. Green patina with red earthen highlights, cleaning scratches. Good Fine. Extremely rare. Ex Papillon 6 (7 May 2020), lot 305.
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PHRYGIA, Cibyra. Vespasian(?). AD 69-79. Æ (28.5mm, 18.42 g, 11h). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple, clippeus in pediment. Weiser, Kibyra –; RPC III 1261; BMC 40. Brown surfaces, roughness, minor deposits. VF. Very rare, only two in RPC. RPC notes that the portrait could also be that of Nero. This coin uses the three bar sigma "ⳞEBAⳞTOⳞ" whereas the other specimens use the quadrate style "ΣEBAΣTOΣ". The two known specimens in RPC use the quadrate style. Unfortunately, both were in use at this time and neither emperor have any other coins with their portrait from this city for comparison. The identity of the obverse portrait will probably never be certain.
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LYCAONIA, Iconium. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (34mm, 24.39 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Gordian on horseback galloping right, preparing to spear fallen enemy below; in exergue, harpa. von Aulock, Lykaoniens –; SNG BN –; RPC VII.2 Online 2768.3 (this coin). Olive green patina, earthen deposits. Good VF. Very rare, only three known to RPC, including this coin. Ex Roma 3 (32 March 2012), lot 521 (hammer £1800).
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CILICIA, Anemurium. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Triassarion (34mm, 16.03 g, 6h). Dated RY 1 (235/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, cuirass decorated with gorgoneion / Perseus standing facing, head left, holding sword and severed head of Medusa. Köhler-Osbahr 71; RPC VI Online 7014.10 (this coin); SNG BN 709 var. (holding harpa, same obv. die); SNG Levante 498 var. (same, same obv. die). Dark brown patina, minor roughness, small patch of lamination, scratches and doubling on obverse, die flaw on reverse. Near EF. Rare variety with Perseus holding a sword instead of harpa. From the D.K. Collection. Ex Berk BBS 216 (27 July 2021), lot 505.The Greek hero Perseus is shown here having just slain the Gorgon Medusa by cutting off her head, which then became a potent weapon for turning his enemies to stone.
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CILICIA, Diocaesarea. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (33mm, 18.38 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche, turreted, draped, and veiled, seated right, holding grain ears; on right, another Tyche stands left, turreted and draped, holding rudder and cornucopia; below, river-god Calycadnus(?) swimming right. Staffieri, Diocaesarea 22; RPC VIII Online 2053 (this coin illustrated); SNG BN 879-82; SNG Levante 676. Olive green patina. Good VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 966.