Auction 124 - Session 3
Date: 2023-09-19 00:00:00
Lots: 278
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 594
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.90 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head left, wearing oak wreath / DIVVS • IVLIVS across field, comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 37b; RSC 97. Lightly toned, hairlines, a few minor marks. Good VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 13 March 1988.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 595
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 7h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. Laureate head right / DIVVS • IVLIV[S] across field, comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 102; RSC 98. Deeply toned, small flan flaw on obverse. VF. Ex Áureo & Calicó 367 (2 June 2021), lot 2068.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 596
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18-17/16 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves; cornucopia above its back. RIC I 126; RSC 21. Lightly toned. Good VF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (23 May 2016), lot 467.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 597
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.64 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. Bare head right / Apollo Citharoedus standing left, holding plectrum and lyre. RIC I 170; Lyon 27; Calicó 215; BMCRE 459-60; BN 1394-5; Adda 10; Biaggi 112; Mazzini 143. Toned, minor marks, a few shallow scratches on reverse. VF. From the Libertas Collection. Ex A. J. Donald Collection (Spink 25, 24 November 1982), lot 165, purchased from Spink, May 1946.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 598
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.79 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 11 BC. Bare head right / Diana standing right, holding spear and bow; at her feet to left, dog standing left. RIC I 182; Lyon 35; RSC 168. Lustrous, struck on a compact flan. EF. Ex A. Lynn Collection (Manhattan Sale 1, 5 January 2010), lot 189 .
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 599
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.02 g, 10h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Tarpeia standing facing, raising both hands, buried to her waist under shields; broken spear below. RIC I 299; RSC 494. Old collection tone, some iridescence, a couple of bankers' marks, a few scratches under tone on reverse, traces of die rust. Good VF. From the Libertas Collection. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1 May 1980), lot 22; H. C. Levis Collection (Ars Classica XI, 18 June 1925), lot 239.In the story of the abduction of the Sabine women, Tarpeia was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines when they were attempting to rescue their wives and daughters. Her price for betraying Rome was what the Sabine soldiers wore on their left arms, meaning their gold bracelets, but the Sabines were so offended by Tarpeia's reprehensible greed and treason that they took her request literally. She met her death under the crushing weight of the soldiers' shields.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 600
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 27.86 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 35-36. OB/ CIVES/ SER in three lines on shield within oak-wreath supported by two capricorns; globe below / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 63 (Tiberius); CNR VI, 927/7 (this coin). Brown surfaces, minor roughness. VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 21 April 1984. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 655 (March 1973), no. A282.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 601
Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Bareheaded and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right, wearing waved hair and fastened in a knot at the back / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 47 (Tiberius); BMCRE 81-84 (Tiberius); BN 63-7 (Tiberius). Dark green patina, light smoothing. Near EF. An outstanding portrait struck in high relief. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 602
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.39 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 1st emission, after 18 March AD 37. Bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right; two stars flanking. RIC I 2 (Rome mint); Lyon 157 (unlisted dies); RSC 11 (Caligula and Augustus). Porosity, scratches. Near VF. As his great-grandfather Augustus did with Divus Julius Caesar, Gaius had coins struck which included a deified ancestor, in this case Divus Augustus. While later emissions of this type leave no doubt, since the legend DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE is included, this earlier denarius, struck in the opening months of the new reign, is more ambiguous: it is anepigraphic, the inclusion of stars argue for recent divinity (Augustus had been deified 23 years earlier), and the features on some of these coins somewhat resemble those of Tiberius. Combined with the historical evidence that Gaius had personally given Tiberius' funeral oration and had asked the Senate to consider deification for Tiberius, this suggests that Gaius was testing the idea. The Senate, however, refused to pursue the matter further, and the portrait was soon altered to more closely resemble Divus Augustus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 603
Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.54 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 1st phase, late AD 37. bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 8 (Rome mint); Lyon 162/6 (D57/R54); RSC 4 (Caligula and Agrippina Senior). Deeply toned, light porosity. VF. Two excellent portraits. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 604
Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.51 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 1st phase, late AD 37. Bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 12 (Rome mint); Lyon 165 (unlisted dies); RSC 4 (Caligula and Germanicus). Deep old cabinet tone with a hint of porosity. Good VF. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 605
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. laureate head left / Gaius, bareheaded and togate, standing left on daïs, extending right hand in gesture of address; behind him a sella castrensis (chair); in front of him stand five soldiers right, all helmeted, holding shields, and parazonia; four aquilae behind them. RIC I 32; BMCRE 33-35; BN 45-46. Red-brown patina, minor roughness. Good VF. Before a battle, or on parade, the emperor would address his troops in an event known as an adlocutio cohortium (address to the cohorts). This was an important opportunity for the emperor to be present among his troops to inspire morale. This sestertius was issued on the occasion of a donative for the Praetorian Guard and was the first to employ the adlocutio as a reverse type.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 606
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 10.64 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Bare head left / Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-48; BN 54-72. Brown patina, minor roughness. Near EF. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory KEL018 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 607
Claudius. AD 41-54. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 3.03 g, 7h). Romano-British imitation. Copying a Rome mint issue of AD 50-51. Laureate head right / Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin, and holding winged caduceus, pointing down at snake erect, gliding right. North Suffolk 106-8 (dies H/7); cf. RIC I 52; cf. von Kaenel Type 40; cf. RSC 65 (for official issues). Iridescent toning, lustrous, a few scratches, areas of weak strike, flan flaws on obverse, reverse slightly off center. Near EF. An excellent example of this popular contemporary counterfeit group.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 608
Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing wreath of grain ears. RIC I 81; von Kaenel Type 50, 781 (V665/R683); RSC 4. Old collection toning with some iridescence, weakness on high points. VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 4 April 1984.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 609
Divus Claudius. Died AD 54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.56 g, 6h). Rome and Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Nero, AD 54-55. DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head left / EX S C in exergue, slow quadriga right, with tensa (car) in form of small temple, showing front, the tensa with pediment like a temple and decorated with two pateras and a lituus, surmounted by four miniature horses, flanked by Victories left and right; on the side and front are figures (Victory and Virtus(?) and wreath). RIC I 4 (Nero); WCN 1; von Kaenel Type 53 (Divus Claudius [Nero] – unlisted dies); Lyon 2/2a (dies D6/R7 – Denarius); Calicó 354; BMCRE 4-5 (Nero); BN 1-2 (Nero); Biaggi 203; Mazzini 31; LHS 100, lot 467 (same dies). Extensive edge filing marks, ex jewelry, polished. Near VF. From the Libertas Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 610
Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. Young bareheaded and draped bust right / EQVESTER/OR DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines on a shield; behind it, a vertical spear, pointing upward. RIC I 79 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53 (V819/R–, unlisted rev. die); RSC 97. Deep cabinet tone, slightly off center, minor die wear on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 611
Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa October-December AD 54. Bare head of Nero right, facing draped bust of Agrippina Junior left / Legend within oak wreath. RIC I 2; RSC 7. Old collection toning, area of flat strike. VF. Rare. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 14 December 1980.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 612
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 60-61. Youthful bare head of Nero right / [PON]TIF • MAX •TR • P • VII • COS • IIII • P • [P] around oak wreath enclosing EX • S C. RIC I 22; RSC 216. Areas of flat strike. Good VF. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Wonderful portrait. Ex Peter Corcoran Collection; Berk BBS 198 (7 July 2016), lot 202; Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 577.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 613
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.12 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-66. Laureate head right / Closed doors of the Temple of Janus. RIC I 50 and 58; Calicó 409. Scrape on obverse, marks, hairlines. Good Fine. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 29 November 1989.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 614
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC I 53; RSC 119. Lustrous, minor marks. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1008.This reverse type commemorates the protection of Nero from the Pisonian Conspiracy. Events of the years 64-65 AD defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler. In 64 AD, a large section of central Rome burned; Nero's reputed singing of the destruction of Troy during the fire led to the later association of him "fiddling" as the city burned. Within the charred remains of the city's center, Nero constructed the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, so named because of the gilded tiles on its exterior. Nero's "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among the conspirators were many high-ranking members of Nero's court including Seneca the Younger, the poet Lucan, and Petronius, who called himself Nero's "arbiter of elegance." To Nero, the failure of a conspiracy made up of those so close to him could have been achieved only through divine intervention. As the king of the gods oversaw the security of the Roman state, Nero believed it was Jupiter the Guardian (Custos) who had saved him from harm.