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 - 836
Hadrian.
AD 117-138. Æ Dupondius or As (26mm, 8.64 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria reclining left, holding grain ears and vine branch, resting elbow on basket of grain; grain stalks at feet. RIC II 844. VF, brown surfaces.
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 - 840
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. Laureate head left / Victory standing right, holding trophy with both hands. RIC III 109c; Strack 126; Calicó 1550 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 493; Biaggi 727 var. (laureate head right). VF, edge has been rounded.
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 - 842
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.93 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ΛNTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left, holding palladium on extended hand and vertical spear; oval shield set on ground to right. RIC III 159; Strack 153γ1; Calicó 1456; BMCRE 590 var. (bust type); Biaggi 788 var. (same). Good VF, a few scratches and contact marks. Rare bust type for this issue.
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 - 844
Antoninus Pius.
AD 138-161. AV Quinarius (14mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 152-153. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC III 225 var. (not cuirassed); King 7c (same dies). VF, some marks and edge marks.
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 - 849
Diva Faustina Senior.
Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust left, wearing stephane / AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch and scepter. RIC III 356d (Pius); Beckmann dies df3/CA3; Strack –; Calicó 1765; BMCRE 398 (Pius); Biaggi 813. Good VF, lightly toned.
Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 709.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 850
Diva Faustina Senior.
Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / ΛETER NITΛS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder set on globe. RIC III 349a(a) (Pius); Beckman dies df100/AC17; Strack 450α (Pius); Calicó 1743b (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 371 var. (break in obv. legend – Pius); Biaggi 799 (same obv. die). VF, a few shallow scratches on reverse.
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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 853
Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing hair fastened in bun at back of head / CONCOR DIA, dove standing right. RIC III 503a (Pius); Strack 507; Calicó 2045a (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 923; BMCRE 1089 (Pius). Near EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 854
Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing band of pearls around head / VE NVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and rudder set on dove. RIC III 515a (Pius); Calicó 2094 (same rev. die); BMCRE –; Biaggi 941. Near EF, toned, lustrous, a few scratches and marks, some hairlines on reverse. Artistic portrait struck in high relief.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 855
Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. Draped bust right / Salus seated left on throne, resting elbow on arm of throne and feeding out of patera snake coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC III 716 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-2(b); Calicó 2074a. Near VF, a few hairlines on reverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 103 - 856
Faustina Junior.
Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 21.17 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. Diademed and draped bust right / Salus seated left, resting arm on side of chair and feeding out of patera a snake coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC III 1668 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-6b; Banti 104. Good VF, brown and dark gray patina. Portrait of artistic merit.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 447; Münzen und Medaillen AG 92 (22 November 2002), lot 100.