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 . 427
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (19mm, 7.68 g, 9h). Licinius and Octavius, duoviri. Struck AD 42/3-45/6. Laureate head left / View of the Acrocorinth: façade of hexastyle Temple of Aphrodite set on rock outcropping. Amandry XVIII4 (Db1/Raa3); RPC I 1180b; BCD Corinth 419 (this coin). Brown patina. VF. An attractive and well-struck example. Very rare. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 581; BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 419.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ As (21mm, 6.74 g, 6h). L. Caninius Agrippa, duoviri. Bare head right / Tetrastyle temple viewed in perspective. Amandry XXIV61.2 (Dd4/RIIIb4); RPC I 1219; BCD Corinth 496 (this coin). Green patina, light smoothing. VF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 545; BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 496.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 429
ACHAEA, Uncertain. Mark Antony, with Octavia. Summer 37 BC. Æ As (20.5mm, 5.65 g, 1h). Fleet Coinage. Light series. L. Sempronius Atratinus, consul designatus. Jugate bare heads of Antony and Octavia right / Galley sailing right; A and gorgoneion below, lituus above. Amandry, Bronze I, Series II.2.C, 5 (D4/R5); RPC I 1461. Green patina, flan preparation marks, off center on reverse. Good VF. A particularly clear example. Very rare.
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BITHYNIA, Koinon of Bithynia. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.86 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 128-138. Laureate head right / Octastyle temple set on podium with three steps, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. Metcalf, Cistophori, Type B1, 1 (O1/R1); RPC III 968.28 (this coin); RSC 240b. Old cabinet tone, light golden iridescence. Near EF. Excellent portrait. Ex Roma XVII (28 March 2019), lot 644.
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Medallion (41mm, 35.58 g, 6h). A. Tyllios Kratippos, strategos. Struck AD 161-165. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helios driving biga galloping left. Weisser, Pergamon 990; RPC IV.2 Online 3100.2 (this coin); SNG BN –. Green patina, minor enhancement to portrait, repaired, small pits in field on obverse, minor smoothing in reverse fields. Good VF. Very rare, only three known to RPC. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 145 (9 August 2006), lot 195; Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 984; Frank Sternberg 14 (24 May 1984), lot 348.
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IONIA, Ephesus. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (34.5mm, 28.71 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Driver within carpentum drawn by four horses left; ЄΦЄCIΩN in exergue. Karwiese, MvE 5 228 (V37/R67); RPC IV.2 Online 9816.2 (this coin). Dark green patina, light smoothing, some details enhanced. VF. Extremely rare, only two known to RPC including this coin. Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1387; Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 2004.
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IONIA, Smyrna. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 10.98 g, 6h). Struck AD 128-138. Bare head right / Two Nemeses, draped, standing facing, vis-à-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left holds a bridle, the right a cubit rule. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 32, 143 (O21/R29 – this coin); RPC III 1361; RSC 326; SNG von Aulock 6627. Old cabinet toning, minor porosity and marks, slightly off center on obverse. Good VF. Hints of uncertain under type visible, partial legends faint in fields. Ex Peter Corcoran Collection; Pegasi Numismatics BBS 114 (13 July 1999), lot 174; Merzbacher (15 November 1910), lot 1633; Luigi Matteotti di Sassuolo Collection (Ratto, 5 November 1908), lot 910.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 434
PISIDIA, Cremna. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (33mm, 15.80 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Augustus, as founder, plowing right with two oxen. von Aulock, Pisidiens 1518 (same dies); SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 5115 (same dies). Golden brown surfaces, a few light scratches. EF. Very rare. From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 442 (17 April 2019), lot 750; Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 Nov. 1999), lot 777; Van der Dussen 24 (1 June 1995), lot 3217.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 435
CILICIA, Augusta. Hadrian, with Aelius Caesar. AD 117-138. Æ (24mm, 11.54 g, 12h). Dated RY 117 (AD 136/7). Laureate head of Hadrian left / Bare head of Aelius right; ZIP (date) in legend. Karbach, Augusta 66; SNG BN –; RPC III 3321; SNG Levante –. Dark brown patina with light earthen highlights. Near EF. Extremely rare, only two known to RPC, this specimen finer than both.
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CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tridrachm (23mm, 8.65 g, 6h). IOVΛIA ΔOM-NA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. Prieur 740A; SNG BN 981 var. (obv. legend); SNG Levante 740 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 5828. Toned, minor porosity, edge roughness. VF. Extremely rare with this obverse legend, only one cited by Prieur, this coin one of two in CoinArchives.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.68 g, 12h). Bare head right / Simpulum and lituus. Ganschow, Münzen 39; RPC I 3624; Sydenham, Caesarea 48. A few light marks beneath attractive, grey tone, scratch on obverse, reverse slightly off center. Good VF. From the Quietus Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 249 (11 October 2017), lot 249.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.60 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 46-48. Laureate head left / Emperor in triumphal quadriga right, holding eagle-tipped scepter; [D]E BRITANNIS in exergue. Ganschow, Münzen 40; RPC I 3625; Sydenham, Caesarea 55. Old collection toning, small area of weakness on reverse. VF. From the Libertas Collection.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.73 g, 1h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck 28 BC. Laureate head right / Pax standing left, holding caduceus; to right, serpent arising from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group I, 34 var. (O –/R34 [unlisted obv. die]); RPC I 2203 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 218. Lightly toned with hints of iridescence, minor porosity and cleaning marks. Good VF. From the D.K. Collection.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.45 g, 12h). Pergamum mint(?). Struck 27-26 BC. Bare head left; lituus to left / Six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. Sutherland Group IIIγ, – (O6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); RPC I 2206 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 32c. Light roughness and marks, flan flaw and slight die shift on reverse. VF. Very rare with head left, seven examples cited in RPC, six in CoinArchives. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (20 May 2021), lot 483.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.95 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / Six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. Sutherland Group VIβ, – (unlisted dies); RPC I 2214 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 32b. Lightly toned, minor die shift on obverse. Choice EF. Struck on a broad flan. Ex Father & Son Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 968; Roma XVIII (29 September 2019), lot 749; Classical Numismatic Review XLIV.1 (Winter 2019), no. 497711; Numismatica Ars Classica 106 (9 May 2018), lot 539; ArtCoins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), lot 459; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 1 (22 April 1983), lot 262.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 442
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.27 g, 5h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa AD 41-42. Bare head left / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. Light marks. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 443
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.94 g, 7h). Ephesus mint(?). Group II, AD 51. Laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina left, jugate / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia standing facing, wearing calathus, fillets hanging from wrists. RPC I 2224 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 1. Light porosity and marks. VF.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Legionary aquila between two signa; signa on left surmounted by a hand, on right, by a banner. RPC II 861.4 = SNG von Aulock 6577 = Franke, Kleinasien 486 (this coin); RSC 398. Old cabinet toning, minor scratches, a couple of flan flaws. VF. From the Libertas Collection. Ex Hans von Aulock Collection; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining, 16 November 1950), lot 1216.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 10.93 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Struck after AD 128. Bare head right / Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, extending hands and flanked by stags and thymiateria. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 88, 327 (O2/R2) = SNG von Aulock 6622 (this coin); RPC III 1437 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 319. Toned, green deposits, minor scratches from old cleaning. Good VF. Overstruck on another cistophorus of uncertain type. Ex Sierra Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1330; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 966; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 54; Hans von Aulock Collection.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes IV, with Augustus. Second reign, circa 2 BC-AD 1. Æ 8 Chalkoi (26mm, 15.00 g, 1h). Artaxata mint. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes right, wearing Armenian tiara / Bare head of Augustus left. Kovacs 178; CAA 167; AC 184; RPC I 3841 (Tigranes III or Tigranes V). Dark green-brown patina with some bare metal revealed, cleaning scratches. Fine. Rare. Situated between the two major powers of the day, Armenia could not remove itself from the frequent Romano–Persian conflicts. We are told that anti–Roman sentiment in Armenia was high during the reign of Tigranes IV, with the king supporting Parthia until he was eventually forced to ally with Rome to maintain his throne. His decision to do so must have proved unpopular in the kingdom, and it is possible that the battle in which Tigranes lost his life was an internal one aimed at quelling a rebellion.
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CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Diva Faustina Senior, with Galerius Antoninus. Died AD 140/1 and before AD 138, respectively. Æ As or Dupondius (30mm, 10.60 g, 12h). Dies likely produced in Rome. Struck AD 140/1. Veiled and draped bust of Diva Faustina right / Bareheaded and draped bust of Galerius Antoninus right. Overbeck, Galerius 9-16 (Vs:9/Rs:1); Parks 22; RPC IV.3 Online 8345. Red-brown patina, roughness, heavily smoothed. VF. From the Libertas Collection.Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus was the son of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior. He died in infancy or childhood, before Antoninus became emperor in AD 138; a sepulchral inscription for him is in the Mausoleum of Hadrian. This provincial issue is the only coin naming him.Of the sixteen specimens illustrated in RPC, half of the museum pieces are casts or outright forgeries, illustrating how difficult it was for the major museums to acquire authentic specimens for their permanent collections.