Auction 124 - Session 2
Date: 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Lots: 314
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 343
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.64 g, 6h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left. BMC 249; SNG Copenhagen 1240. Light deposits, a little off center on reverse. VF. From the JTB Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 344
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.71 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; monograms to lower left and lower right. BMC 250 corr. (same dies; lower left monogram); SNG Copenhagen –. Light marks. VF. Well centered on a broad flan. From the GTP Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 120 (11 May 2022), lot 534.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 345
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.69 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, crab to upper right. BMC 255; SNG Copenhagen 1243 var. (control marks in lower fields). Lightly toned, minor roughness, struck with worn obverse die. VF. From the JTB Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 346
KINGS of NUMIDIA. Juba I. Circa 60-46 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Utica mint. Diademed and draped bust right, scepter over shoulder / Octastyle temple. MAA 29; Mazard 379; SNG Copenhagen 523. Dark toning. VF. Well centered and struck from fresh dies. From the GTP Collection. Ex Deyo Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 776; Classical Numismatic Auctions VI (1 March 1989), lot 160.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 347
MAURETANIA, Lixus. Circa 50-1 BC. Æ (25.5mm, 11.04 g, 12h). Male head left, wearing tall bonnet with hanging cord / Two grape bunches. MAA 167; Mazard 632; SNG Copenhagen 692–3. Earthen dark green patina. Good VF. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 348
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Boccus I and successors. 118-33 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 3.31 g, 9h). ŠMŠ mint. Bearded head right / Star; grape bunch and grain ear flanking. MAA 45d; cf. Mazard 644/645 (Lixus; for obv./rev. types); cf. SNG Copenhagen 705/707 (same); J. Marion, "Les monnaies de Shemesh et des villes autonomes de Maurétanie tingitane au musée Louis-Chatelain à Rabat" in Antiquités africaines 6 (1972), 70. Earthen dark green patina. Good VF. Very rare. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 349
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.18 g, 10h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 1 (25/4 BC). RE[X IV]BA, diademed head right / Capricorn right; filleted cornucopia above, ANNO PR-I-MO (date) around. Unpublished. Toned, a little off center, light scratches. VF. Apparently unique. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 350
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.83 g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head right / Altar decorated with laurel branch; laurel branches flanking, star below. Mazard 158; MAA 82; SNG Copenhagen 556 var. (position of obv. legend). Toned, with some iridescence, traces of find patina. VF. Very rare. From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 1006.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 351
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.22 g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head right / Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; scepter to right. Mazard 205; MAA 87; SNG Copenhagen 583. Iridescent tone, minor cleaning marks, deposits on reverse. Near EF. Well centered. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2003.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 352
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.15 g, 8h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 31 (6/7 BC). Diademed head right / Distyle temple, surmounted by crescent, eagle in pediment; L XXXI (date) below. Spoerri-Butcher Group 5.c, dies B2/R4; Mazard 147; MAA 120; SNG Copenhagen –; ANS inv. 1944.100.81061 (same dies). Toned, some find patina remaining. VF. From the Libertas Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 353
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.94 g, 10h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 41 (AD 16/7). Head right, wearing lion skin, club over shoulder / Capricorn right; filleted cornucopia above, globe to right, RXXXXI (date) below. Spoerri-Butcher Group 37.a, dies K14/R4, 318 (this coin); MAA 164; Mazard 211; SNG Copenhagen 587–8. Attractive iridescent toning, slightly off center. Near EF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (25 February 2004), lot 236; Glendining & Seaby 2 (15 July 1929), lot 521.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 354
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.83 g, 6h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 41 (AD 16/7). Head right, wearing lion skin / Cornucopia; transverse trident in background, Є-T-A-M (date) around. Spoerri-Butcher Group 38a, dies K1/R1, 373 (this coin); Mazard 256; MAA 167; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Blackburn 311 (same dies); Bement 1892 (same dies); McClean 10038 (same dies). Iridescent tone, trace deposits, a few light scratches. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 240 (2 May 2005), lot 471.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 355
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.02 g, 11h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 42 (AD 17/8). Head right, wearing lion skin, club over shoulder / Bull standing right, head facing, wearing Isis crown; RXXXXII (date) below. Spoerri-Butcher Group 41, dies K24/R4; Mazard 226; MAA 172; SNG Copenhagen 589. Attractive iridescent toning, slightly off center. EF. From the Weise Collection, purchased from R.M. Smythe, 13 January 2005.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 356
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.01 g, 7h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head right / Star in crescent. Mazard 299; MAA 97; SNG Copenhagen 567. Toned. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Bruce R. Brace Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 279, 16 May 2012), lot 138.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 357
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.37 g, 8h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head right / Crocodile standing left. Mazard 343; MAA 104; SNG Copenhagen 592. Toned, patches of find patina. Good VF. Well centered. From the Weise Collection. Ex Peus 372 (30 October 2002), lot 809.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 358
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Ptolemy. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head of Juba right, drapery on far shoulder / Diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy left. Spoerri-Butcher II, Group B, dies A13/R5, 26 (this coin); Mazard 379; MAA 111; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, minor marks, a little off center on obverse. VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 1757.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 359
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD circa 20/1-40. AR Denarius (16mm, 1.89 g, 11h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 1 (circa AD 20/1 or 21/2). Diademed head right, drapery around neck / Winged kerykeion within wreath. Mazard 487; MAA 250; SNG Copenhagen 634. Find patina, light roughness, numerous cleaning scratches on obverse. VF. Very rare, three in CoinArchives. From the D.M.K. Collection.Ptolemy of Mauretania was the last independent king of North Africa and the final ruler who could plausibly claim descent from Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt. He was the son of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene, the daughter of the famous Egyptian queen Kleopatra VII, whose hand was given to Juba by Augustus. Ptolemy seems not to have been as strong a leader as his revered father or grandmother. After his father's death in AD 24, increasing restiveness among the native tribes led to the outbreak of several revolts, which he could not quell. He eventually ran afoul of the emperor Caligula, and was called to Rome in AD 39 or 40, whereupon he was put to death. Mauretania was formally annexed to the Empire in AD 44, and the revolts were brutally crushed by Roman legions.The exact date of the beginning of Ptolemy's reign is not currently known, though he certainly ruled alongside his father during the final years of Juba's reign. The only firm date in the historical record for Ptolemy's reign is his final year, AD 40, but there is disagreement among scholars as to when Ptolemy was called to Rome, and when he actually departed Mauretania. This could have been as early as late AD 39, or as late as early AD 40. Assuming his year 20 coins are his latest, would place the beginning of his first year as early as AD 20 or as late as AD 21. It must be pointed out, though, that without knowing the date of his elevation by Juba, there is a possibility that the year 20 coins are not his latest.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 360
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD circa 20/1-40. AR Denarius (14.5mm, 1.99 g, 1h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 5 (circa AD 24/5 or 25/6). Diademed head right, drapery around neck / Draped curule chair, surmounted by laurel wreath, against which rests a scepter. Mazard 440; MAA 258; SNG Copenhagen –. Find patina, light roughness. VF. Very rare, one in CoinArchives. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 361
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD circa 20/1-40. AR Denarius (14mm, 1.99 g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 5 (circa AD 24/5 or 25/6). Diademed head right, drapery around neck / Palm frond surmounted by crescent between two cornucopias. Mazard 479 var. (no palm frond); MAA 261 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned, with some find patina remaining, roughness. VF. Unpublished with palm frond. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 362
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD circa 20/1-40. AR Denarius (15mm, 2.35 g, 6h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 9 (circa AD 28/9 or 29/30). Diademed head right, drapery around neck / Club within wreath. Mazard 434; MAA 294; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, with some find patina remaining. Good VF. Very rare, none in CoinArchives. From the D.M.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 363
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD circa 20/1-40. AR Denarius (15mm, 2.08 g, 11h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 9 (circa AD 28/9 or 29/30). Diademed head right, drapery around neck / Draped curule chair, surmounted by laurel wreath, against which rests a scepter. Mazard 444; MAA 295; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, with some find patina remaining, some roughness. Good VF. Very rare, one in CoinArchives. From the D.M.K. Collection.