Auction 123 - Session 3
Date: 2023-05-23 00:00:00
Lots: 250
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 587
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 5h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / OB/ CIVIS/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath with wreath ties drawn upward. RIC I 77a; RSC 208. Toned, high relief portrait. Good VF. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 3341 (hammer $1670).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 588
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.87 g, 10h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 117-138. Laureate head right / Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, each resting hand shield set on ground; behind the shields, two crossed spears; above, on left, a simpulum left, and on right, lituus right. Woytek & Blet-Lemarquand 9-10 (dies III/3); cf. RIC I 208; cf. Lyon 82 var. (simpulum and lituus turned inward); cf. CNG 63, lot 1213 (same dies). Faint hairlines, lightly toned. Near EF. Rare. The style and fabric of this coin suggest that it belongs to an anonymous restitution issue, likely of Hadrian. The restitution issues of Trajan are well known since the coins are marked with Trajanic legends. The fact that this coin retains its original legend without any mention of the issuer suggests that it is not part of the great restitution series of Trajan, but part of a later anonymous issue. Apart from style, on all known specimens the lituus has a split base and is turned to the right, and the simpulum is large, rather bulbous and turned to the left, features not seen on the issues of Augustus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 589
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.82 g, 12h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. Laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding scepter and olive branch; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a. Toned. EF. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex DMS Collection (Triton XXII, 7 January 2019), lot 994; Classical Numismatic Group inventory 160226 (December 2005); Spink 175 (28 September 2005), lot 399.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 590
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 12h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. Laureate head right, one ribbon on shoulder / Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding scepter and olive branch; ornate chair legs. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a. Attractively toned, a little off center on reverse. EF. Bold portrait. Ex Gorny & Mosch 155 (5 March 2007), lot 288.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 591
Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 28.04 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 22-23. Tiberius seated left on curule chair, feet on footstool, holding patera and scepter / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around large S • C. RIC I 48. Red-brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. Ex A. Kreisberg (with H.M.F. Schulman, 3 April 1959), lot 32.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 592
Nero & Drusus Caesar. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 15.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 40-41. Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding right, cloaks flying / C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII • P • P around large S • C. RIC I 49 (Gaius) corr. (rev. legend). Red-brown patina, traces of die rust, light smoothing. Near EF. Exceptional in hand. Ex Ernst Ploil Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 101, 24 October 2017), lot 107 (hammer 2750 CHF); Künker 83 (17 June 2003), lot 752.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 593
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 26.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P •, laureate head right / NERO • CLAVDIVS • DRVSVS • GERMAN • IMP, S C across field, triumphal arch, surmounted by an equestrian statue right between two trophies; the rider strikes downward with spear in right hand. RIC I 114; von Kaenel Type 71; BMCRE 188-91; BN 212-5. Attractive green patina, smoothed and tooled. EF. Ex Vico 113 (8 March 2007), lot 271 (reverse illustrated on back cover of catalog).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 594
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.61 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 56-57. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P • III • P • P •, EX • S C within oak wreath. RIC I 11; Calicó 421; BMCRE 12-3; BN 18; Adda 33. Lustrous, marks, scrape on reverse. Good VF. Handsome, youthful portrait.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 595
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Nero, in military dress, on horseback riding right, holding couched spear, soldier on foot behind; before him, a second soldier advancing right and looking back, holding signum. RIC I 175; WCN 133. Dark green patina, some pitting and smoothing. VF. Rare variety with Nero riding among infantry soldiers . Ex Collection of an Archaeologist (Künker 347, 22 March 2021), lot 423, purchased from Günther Schlüter (Chairman of the German Numismatic Society 1975-1977), December 1993, who had purchased the coin from Spink, March 1961.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 596
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 16.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Radiate head right / Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm frond; II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 196; WCN 205. Attractive tan river surfaces, minor roughness on reverse. VF. From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1 May 1980), lot 225.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 597
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, set on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 62; RSC 335. Lightly toned. Near EF. Well struck on a broad flan. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex Ernst Ploil Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 101, 24 October 2017), lot 147; Lanz 123 (30 May 2005), lot 468.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 598
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.84 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shields to right. RIC I 329; WCN 160. Dark brown patina, surface marks, edge scrape. Good VF. A striking portrait with a particularly attractive reverse. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 118 (13 September 2021), lot 987; T. R. Fehrenbach Collection (Heritage 3089, 21 January 2021), lot 32177; Classical Numismatic Review XV.4 (4th Quarter 1990), no. 56; Aus dem Monetarium FPL (December 1989), no. 3.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 599
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Group I (Spain). Uncertain Spanish mint. Diadamed and draped bust of Bonus Eventus right / Roma advancing right, holding Victory on globe and transverse scepter. RIC I 11; AM 53; RSC 400. Some light scratches and porosity, edge split, graffito ("VII") in field on obverse. VF. Very rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1029, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, June 1992.The civil wars at the end of Nero's reign began with the revolt of the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gaius Julius Vindex, probably at the beginning of March of AD 68. Vindex offered the leadership of the revolt to Servius Sulpicius Galba, then governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, who was hailed imperator by the Spanish legions at Carthago Nova in April of the same year. The title was cautiously refused, but Galba did declare himself the legatus of the senate and people of Rome. Just a month later, Galba's confidence would be shaken by the crushing defeat of Vindex near Besançon by the general Lucius Verginius Rufus, governor of Germania Superior. But in another twist of fate, by 9 June, Nero was dead, having taken his own life. Galba began his march to Rome, and his brief reign was underway.Coinage, of course, was needed to pay the soldiery during these precarious months of revolt and without an emperor to strike in the name of (save for that in honor of the "model emperor" of Roman history, Augustus), coinage was struck with messages suiting the political climate. The issues struck under Vindex in Gaul possess a more aggressive air that underscores the militant nature of his revolt, while Galba's coinage, minted in Spain, tend to be more constitutional and optimistic in tone.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 600
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g, 5h). Group VI. Uncertain mint in Spain. Struck 3 April-2nd half of June AD 68. Filleted head of Bonus Eventus right / Roma standing right, holding crowning Victory in right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in left. RIC I 11 var. (rev. legend); AM 50; RSC 400 var. (same). A few light scratches, areas of find patina, off center on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare variety, known from just two examples (the other in Madrid). Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1026.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 601
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Group VII. Uncertain mint in Spain. Struck 3 April-2nd half of June AD 68. CONCORDIA • ORB • TER •, diademed and veiled bust of Concordia right / PIA FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left, holding patera over altar in her right hand, short scepter in left. RIC I 41; AM 48a; BSFN (May 1973), p. 384f. = Martin 4a (this coin); RSC –. Old cabinet tone, some faint scratches under tone, metal flaw on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, one of two known examples. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1022.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 602
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Augustus, with Divus Julius type. Uncertain mint in Spain or Gaul. Struck 3 April-late June AD 68. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / DIVVS IVLIVS across field, Sidus Iulium: eight-rayed comet with tail upwards. RIC I 92; AM A10; RSC 98 (Augustus); Mairat 146.6 (this coin); BMCRE 49 =Nicolas, Néron A8. Lighlty toned, slightly granular surfaces. Good VF. Struck on a full flan. Very rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1043, purchased from Paul-Francis Jacquier, September 1992.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 603
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 5h). 'Virtus-Roma Group' - 'Jupiter Group', Style A. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck circa May/June-December AD 68. Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 62; AM 20; RSC 374. Toned; a few light scratches. VF. Very rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1148; purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 1993.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 604
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 5h). 'S P Q R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck May/June AD 68. Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath in left hand and palm frond over right shoulder / S P · Q R within oak wreath. RIC I 72; AM 77; RSC 420; Mairat 97.12 (this coin). Attractive cabinet tone, minor field marks. Near EF. Rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1088; Nomos 9 (21 October 2014), lot 221.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 605
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.17 g). 'S P Q R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck May/June AD 68. Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath in left hand and palm frond over right shoulder / S P · Q R within oak wreath. RIC I 72; AM 77; RSC 420. Toned, minor marks, reverse slightly off center. Good VF. Rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1083, purchased from Seaby.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 606
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.18 g, 10h). 'S P Q R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck circa May/June-December AD 68. Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond over left shoulder / S P · Q R within laurel wreath. RIC I 73b var. (oak wreath); AM 78 var. (same); RSC 421 var. (same). Deeply toned, some reverse deposits, small edge chips. Good VF. Extremely rare variety, one of three known specimens with a laurel wreath. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1112; Lanz 16 (24 April 1979), lot 349.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 607
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.18 g, 6h). 'Fides Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck circa May-June AD 68. Clasped right hands / Concordia standing left, holding branch in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 118; AM 3; RSC 359; Nicolas, Neron 3 and pl. XV, 3 (this coin). Toned, a few scratches. VF. Rare and unusually complete. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1059; Dr. E. P. Nicolas Collection (Kampmann, 9 March 1982), lot 210.