Numistats - Classical Numismatic Group, LLC Auction 103

Auction 103

Fecha: 2016-09-14 00:00:00

Lotes: 231

Total salida: $ 210,540.00

Total realizado: $ 469,758.00 (+123.12%)

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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 813

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: Good VF

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 10.89 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa AD 41-42. Bare head left / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple set on four-tiered base; pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RIC I 118; RPC 2222; RSC 30. Good VF, toned, minor scratches and deposits. Great portrait.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 876

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 3.79 g, 5h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 4th emission, mid-late AD 250. 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 28; Calicó 3299; Hunter 19; Biaggi 1397. EF, toned, underlying luster, traces of deposits, flan a little wavy.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 816

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: Near EF

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66-67. IMP NERO CAESΛR ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left on ornamented throne, holding patera in right hand and resting left at side. RIC I 66; Calicó 445; BMCRE 94-5; BN 236; Biaggi 244-5. Near EF, lustrous, reddish toning, typical of those from Boscoreale. Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 49, purchased from Carl Subak, May 1986.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 879

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: Near EF

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.34 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing half-right, left hand on hip, right hand holding club set on rock to right, lion skin hanging from right arm; Σ/SMA. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF. Apparently unique. This reverse type is previously unknown at Antioch for any of the Tetrarchs, with the only similar issue being an aureus of Maximianus struck at Nicomedia, circa AD 294 (cf. Calicó 4670a).

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 834

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: Good VF

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Hadrian on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding spear in left. RIC II 188 var. (bust type); Strack 149α; Calicó 1229 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 294, note 439; Biaggi 596 var. (same). Good VF, toned, short flan crack. Rare type with Hadrian on horse left. None of this variety in CoinArchives.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 878

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Zenobia. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Antioch mint, 8th officina. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. S ZЄNOBIA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet, peacock standing left, head right; star in left field. RIC V 2 corr. (star not noted); Bland, Coinage 29, e–k, dies 45/Jun ii; Carson, Zenobia 3 (same dies); MIR 47, 360b/0; BN 1267a. Choice EF, black-brown surfaces. Rare and exceptional for issue. While a nominal ally of Rome, Odenathus, ruler of the wealthy eastern trade center of Palmyra and husband of Septimia Zenobia, took advantage of Rome’s internal and external conflicts to expand his territories. The circumstances surrounding the assassination of Odenathus around 267 are uncertain, but we do know that Zenobia soon after took the title of Augusta and bestowed on her infant son Vaballathus the title of Augustus. Zenobia continued to expand the Palmyrene kingdom, seizing control of Egypt in 269 and, with it, the Roman grain supply. To further bolster her position, Zenobia claimed to be the descendent of such illustrious figures as Cleopatra VII of Egypt and legendary Queen Dido of Carthage. When Aurelian rose to the purple in 270, he pragmatically acquiesced to Zenobia and Vaballathus’ rule in the east while he concerned himself with stabilizing the situation in the west. By 272, he was prepared to campaign against the usurpers. Palmyra was sacked, and both Zenobia and Vabalathus were captured as they tried to make their way to Persia. Zenobia was brought to Rome and paraded in Aurelian’s triumph in 274. According to a later tradition, Aurelian, impressed by her beauty and dignity, later freed her and granted her a villa in Tibur, where she spent the rest of her life.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 858

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.45 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / MATRI MAGNAE, Cybele, towered, draped, seated right on throne between two lions, holding drum balanced in left hand and on left knee. RIC IV 704 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 25-2(c); Calicó 2071; BMCRE 132-3 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 934. Choice EF, lustrous, minor deposits on reverse.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 866

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: Good VF

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Quinarius (15mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Laodicea ad Mare mint. Struck AD 194-195. IMP CΛE L SEP SEV PERT ΛVG COS I, laureate head right / VICTO R ΛV G, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 881

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Constantine II. As Caesar, AD 316-337. AV Aureus (21mm, 5.35 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 319. D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SOLI IN VICTO, Sol, radiate and in Eastern attire, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left; SMNΔ. Cf. RIC VII 22 (Crispus; for rev. [same die]); Calicó –; cf. Depeyrot 30/1 (Crispus) corr. (example is listed as officina Γ); Biaggi 2096 (this coin). EF, toned, a few field marks. Apparently unique issue for Constantine II as Caesar. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 625; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2096. The higher-than-average weight for this coin, a weight that harkens back to the reign of Diocletian, suggests that this coin was part of a festaureus issue – coinage struck for a special celebration. Likewise, the reverse, showing Sol Invictus, is also unusual. While Sol Invictus was a particularly common type on Roman coinage, especially during the third quarter of the third century, his use as a type began to fall out of favor following Constantine’s victory over Maxentius in AD 312 at the Milvian Bridge. Also, the depiction of Sol in Oriental attire is relatively rare in Roman coin iconography, and may be indicative of the purpose for this issue. Sol’s appearance in form on a very rare issue of aurei of Galerius as Caesar from Alexandria certainly refers to that emperor’s war against the Sasanians in AD 298, while later issues of Maximinus at Antioch and Alexandria have been associated with his persecution of the Christians. As there was peace between the Romans and Persians at the time of the present issue, its striking at Nicomedia, a mint held by Licinius, may allude to the resurgence of persecutions against Christians in his eastern territories in the years following his uneasy rapprochment with Constantine at Campus Ardiensis in AD 317.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 867

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. IVLIA DO MNA AVG, draped bust right / VENER I • VI CTR, Venus Victrix, with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column, holding apple in extended right hand and in left, palm frond sloped upward to left; drapery falls over column. RIC IV 536 (Septimius); Calicó 2641; BMCRE 48 (Wars of Succession – same obv. die); Biaggi 1155. Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. Struck in high relief with dies of artistic merit. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 11 (29 April 1998), lot 470.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 864

2016-09-14 (hace 8 años)

Conservación: EF

Pertinax. AD 193. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate and draped bust right / PROVID DEOR • COS II, Providentia, draped, standing left, raising right hand toward star, left hand on breast. RIC IV 11b; Calicó 2390; BMCRE 12; Biaggi 1044. EF, toned. Rare.