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 . 608
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Group IV ('Military'[?] group). Uncertain (Southern Gaul?) mint. Struck AD 69(?). Clasped right hands / Clasped right hands. RIC I 121; AM 7 (this coin cited); RSC 363; Mazzini 363 (this coin). Attractive cabinet tone with colorful iridescent highights, minor marks and scratches under tone. Near EF. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex de Guermantes Collection (Leu 86, 5 May 2003), lot 781; G. Mazzini Collection; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part V, Glendining, 2 April 1952), lot 2121; Bourgey (20 December 1921), lot 112.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 609
Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head right / ROMA RENASC, Roma, helmeted and in military dress, advancing right, holding Victory on globe in right hand and transverse spear in left. RIC I 198; Calicó 491 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE –; BN –; Adda 40. Minor surface and edge marks, light deposits, small obverse scrapes. Near VF. Very rare. Only three examples in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 610
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Bare head right / S P Q R/ OB/ C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; RSC 287. Lustrous. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 611
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Laureate and draped bust right / Diva Julia Augusta (Livia) standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 189; RSC 55a. Attractive cabinet tone, a few old scratches under tone, minor edge marks. Good VF. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex Baldwin's 44 (2 May 2006), lot 179.
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Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. Bare head right / Securitas standing left, holding wreath and scepter. RIC I 8; Muona Group 1, Type 4B, Portrait Type A; RSC 17. In NGC encapsulation 6369972-005, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 613
Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.58 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECVRI TAS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 10; Muona Group 2, Type 9B; RSC 15; BMCRE 19; BN 11-13. Lightly toned, with underlying luster. EF. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Exceptional as such. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 86, 8 October 2015), lot 150, purchased from Steve Rubinger; Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 521.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 614
Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 22.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December. Laureate and draped bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopia. RIC I 118. Dark red-brown and green patina, areas of roughness and smoothing. VF. Bold portrait. From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1487.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 615
Vespasian. AD 69-79. Fourrée Denarius (17.5mm, 2.65 g, 7h). Imitating a "Judaea Capta" commemorative from the Rome mint, circa 21 December AD 69-early 70. Laureate head right / IVDAEA in exergue, palm tree; to right, Judaea seated right, hands bound behind back. Cf. RIC II.1 4; cf. Hendin 6510; cf. RSC 229. Toned, a couple of breaks in the plating, scrape on reverse near edge. VF. Ex Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 1003; Coin Galleries (16 February 1994), lot 293.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 616
Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.42 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, left foot on helmet, inscribing shield with right hand set on palm tree; on right, Judaea seated right, in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 221; Hendin 6538. Green and brown patina, a few cleaning marks. VF. Ex Father & Son Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 November 2021), lot 1008; Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 983.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 617
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck July AD 77-December 78. Laureate head right / Modius with seven ears of grain. RIC II.1 980; RSC 216. Lightly toned, hairlines, flan flaws on reverse. EF. From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex Yves Gunzenreiner Collection (Leu Numismatik 1, 25 October 2017), lot 183.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 618
Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 12.89 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1252 (Vespasian); Lyon 107 (Vespasian); S 2466 (this coin illustrated). Attracive brown surfaces. VF. Excellent portrait. From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XVII] (27 June 1986), lot 765; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (27 February 1979), lot 676.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 619
Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. Laureate head right / Pulvinar (throne) of Apollo and Diana(?): square seat with semi-circular back, decorated with three palmettes. RIC II.1 122; RSC 313. Lightly toned, lustrous, light scratch on obverse, slight reverse die wear. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 620
Divus Titus. Died AD 81. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 81-82. View of the Flavian Amphitheater (The Colosseum), seen from aerial perspective; to left, Meta Sudans; to right, porticus of the Baths of Titus / DIVO AVG T DIVI VESP F V[ESPASIAN], S C in exergue, Divus Titus seated left on curule chair, holding branch; arms around. RIC II.1 131 (Domitian); Elkins Type D, 9 (A5/P8). In ANACS encapsulation 6029636, graded F 15, Corroded. Very rare.
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Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Diademed and draped bust right; hair in long plait / Venus, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding transverse scepter and crested helmet. RIC II.1 388 (Titus); RSC 14; BMCRE 141-3 (Titus); BN 106-7 (Titus). Beautifully toned, some faint hairlines under tone. Near EF. Ex Thomas A. Palmer Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 1040, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, August 1995; Leu 59 (17 May 1994), lot 264; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 323.Flavia Julia Titi was born in AD 65 as the daughter of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, an up-and-coming junior officer in the Roman Army. Titus was soon forced to divorce Julia's mother, whose family was implicated in a plot against the Emperor Nero. Three years later, Vespasian seized the throne and Titus, his eldest son, was named Caesar and heir-apparent. Julia was Titus' only child and soon became a pawn in the game of dynastic politics. In her teens, Julia evidently developed an attachment to Titus' younger brother Domitian. When she came of age, Titus, perhaps reluctantly, proposed that she marry Domitian. But Domitian was enamored with another lady and refused the match. A short time later Julia was betrothed to a cousin, Flavius Sabinus, who was just starting on his political career. In AD 79, Vespasian died and Titus became sole emperor. One of his first official acts was to raise Julia to the rank of Augusta, or Empress, the first woman in more than a decade to hold that exalted position. He struck this lovely coin for the occasion, pairing Julia's obverse portrait with a charming image of Venus with her half-covered derriere turned coyly to the viewer. Julia thus became the first reigning Roman empress to be honored with a regular issue of Roman coins struck solely in her own name.
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Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Jupiter seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand, scepter in left. RIC II.2 352. Attractive brown patina with patches of red. Good VF. Exceptional reverse. From the DMS Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1437.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 623
Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.53 g, 6h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue. Rome mint. Struck 14 September-31 December AD 88. Laureate head right / Herald, wearing long garment to ankles and short over-garment to waist, round cap with two feathers on head, advancing left, holding vertical wand in right hand and round shield, on which is helmeted bust of Minerva right, in left. RIC II.1 596; RSC 76/77. Lightly toned with hints of luster, small flan flaws on reverse. Good VF. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 624
Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. Laureate head right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 19; RSC 113. Stunning iridescent tone, lustrous, trace deposits. EF. According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, "Libertas", the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation."
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 113-114. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC II 276; Woytek 421b; RSC 398a. Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation 4936325-002, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 13.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February AD 116-August 117. Radiate and draped bust right / Trajan, in military dress, advancing right, head left, between two trophies, raising hand in address and holding spear. RIC II 676; Woytek 586v. Brown surfaces. Good VF. From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Superior (22 August 1994), lot 2386.
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 30.37 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-mid 120. Laureate heroic bust right, slight drapery / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II.3 244; Banti 610. Brown surfaces, minor roughness, lightly smoothed. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 155861 (December 2004).
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate bust left, slight drapery / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing left, suckling the Twins (Romulus and Remus). RIC II.3 710 (same obv. die as illustration); Calicó 1235 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE –; Biaggi 599 (same obv. die); Mazzini 423 (same obv. die). Some hairlines. Good VF. Rare.