Auction 103
Date: 2016-09-14 00:00:00
Lots: 231
Total starting: $ 210,540.00
Total realized: $ 469,758.00 (+123.12%)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 817
Galba.
AD 68-69. AV Aureus (16.5mm, 5.80 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/OB C S in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 164; Calicó 509; BMCRE 29-32; BN 72-4; Biaggi 265; Triton XIV, lot 661 (same dies). Fine, ex jewelry, edge clipped and filed to fit prior bezel, traces of earthen deposits.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 818
Galba.
AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.32 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. Bare head right / Legend in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; RSC 287; BMCRE 34 corr. (head described as laureate); BN 76-7. Near EF, toned, some minor green deposits. Artistic portrait.
Ex Aufhäuser 12 (1 October 1996), lot 494.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 819
Vespasian.
AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.74 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504. VF, dark gray patina, traces of green and red, some roughness.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 821
Vespasian.
AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 25.11 g, 5h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / VI CTORIA AVGVSTI, S C in exergue, Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on palm tree; on right, Judaea seated right, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 221; Hendin 1508. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 822
Vespasian.
AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.47 g, 7h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 72-73. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, holding palm frond over shoulder and placing wreath on top of signum set in ground. RIC II 362; cf. Hendin 1485; RSC 618. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 823
Vespasian.
AD 69-79. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 69-70. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; Φ to lower left. RIC II 1406; RPC II 812; RSC 280c. Superb EF, toned. High relief and good metal.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Publication 39 (1990), no. 91.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 825
Titus.
AD 79-81. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.52 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 79. Laureate head right / Captive kneeling right, hands bound behind, in front of trophy. RIC II 1; Hendin 1486; RSC 334a. Near EF, toned, ‘N’ graffito in field on reverse. Boldly struck. Rare first issue of Titus as Augustus.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Roma 10 (27 September 2015), lot 771.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 826
Titus.
AD 79-81. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 27.11 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head left / IVD CAP/ S C in two lines across field, palm tree; to left, Judaea seated left, in attitude of mourning, on pile of arms; to right, Judaea standing right, with hands bound behind back; arms to far right on ground. RIC II 153; Hendin 1593c. Fine, dark green surfaces, minor porosity, small rim bump on obverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 827
Titus.
AD 79-81. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.28 g, 7h). Uncertain Eastern mint (Thrace?). Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 498; RPC II 501. Good VF, tan surfaces.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 829
Domitian.
AD 81-96. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. IMP • CAES • DOMIT • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / IMP VIIII COS XI CENSORIΛ POTESTΛT P P, Germania seated right on shield in attitude of mourning; broken spear below. RIC II 325; Calicó 865; BMCRE 81 (same obv. die); Biaggi 416. VF, toned, a few shallow marks, die break on reverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 837
Sabina.
Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 128-136. SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / VES-TA, Vesta, veiled, seated left, holding Palladium and scepter. RIC II 397a; Calicó 1436a; Biaggi 681 var. (Vesta not veiled). VF, minor edge flaw.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 838
Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.89 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 138. Bare head right / Pietas standing left, raising hand before lighted altar. RIC II 1083a (Hadrian); Banti 270. Good VF, olive blue-green patina, brown flecks. Artistic early portrait. Rare.
Ex Alain Lagrange Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1469; Friedrich Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 2 April 1995), lot 1379.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 839
Antoninus Pius.
As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS, bareheaded and draped bust right / TRI POT COS DES II, PIE TAS across field, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing right, holding up right hand and holding acerrum in left; to right, lighted and filleted altar. RIC II 454b (Hadrian); Strack 406ζο (Hadrian); Calicó 1597a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 371, note 1017 (Hadrian); Biaggi –. VF, a few contact marks on obverse. Rare.
From the collection of M.A. Armstrong.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 841
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.74 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ΛNTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / S C across field, ITALIA in exergue, Italia, wearing
tutulus
, seated left on globe with zones and stars, holding cornucopia in right hand and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 746a; Strack 836δ; Banti 193; BMCRE 1643. EF, dark green and brown patina, minor smoothing in fields, a few pits on reverse.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Sotheby’s New York (19 December 1998), lot 38.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 843
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTO NINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and
volumen
in left. RIC III 213; Strack 235α; Calicó 1663a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 743; Biaggi 768. VF, scattered light marks, scratches, and scrapes.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 845
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 154-155. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head right / CO S IIII, Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe and volumen. RIC III 241; Strack 283δ; Calicó 1531; BMCRE 835; Biaggi 721. VF, traces of deposits.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 846
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.19 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe and
volumen
. RIC III 256a; Calicó 1673 (same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi 771 (same obv. die). VF, a few marks, edge scrape.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 847
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 157-159. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius, veiled and draped, standing left, holding volumen and dropping incense on lighted tripod to left. RIC III 794; Banti 528. Good VF, green and brown patina, traces of red, small flan flaw on obverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 848
Divus Antoninus Pius.
Died AD 161. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 4.73 g, 12h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint, 4th officina. Struck under Trajan Decius, mid AD 251. Radiate head right / Lighted altar. RIC IV 90 (Decius); RSC 1189. EF, lustrous. Bold, high-relief obverse.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 851
Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.73 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 152-153. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Minerva, helmeted and draped, seated right, holding vertical spear with right hand and with left, drawing out aegis on breast; round shield rests against seat. RIC III 1309b (Pius); Strack App. 4, 58; Banti 329; BMCRE 1938 (Pius). Good VF, delicate green patina flaking around the edge, some obverse roughness.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG 46 (2 April 2008), lot 585 (hammer 4250 CHF).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 852
Marcus Aurelius.
As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.06 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 159-160. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC III 481a (Pius); Calicó 1973 (same dies as illustration). VF, a few faint hairlines.