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 . 657
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.48 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia, foot on globe. RIC III 902; MIR 18, 99-6/38; Banti 413. Brown patina, flan flaw on obverse. Good VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 2 November 1982. Ex Coin Galleries (25 November 1969), lot 1409.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 658
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 169. Laureate head right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC III 962; MIR 18, 178-6/30; Banti 87 (this coin illustrated and referenced). Attractive brown patina. Good VF. Ex Dupriez 115 (20 April 1914), lot 357.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 659
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 173. Laureate head right / Trophy; on left, German woman seated left on shields; on right, German man standing right, head left, hands bound behind him; on ground, a shield. RIC III 1062 var. (S C in exergue); MIR 18, 255-6/30; Banti 102 (this coin); BMCRE 1434. Brown patina. VF. Very rare with S C across field. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 10 November 1985. Ex Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1473.The year AD 173 provides the occasion for a major issue of coins commemorating the subjugation of the Germanic tribes.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 660
Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 21.51 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. Draped bust right / Salus seated left, feeding out of patera a serpent coiled around and rising from altar, resting arm on side of chair. RIC III 1667 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-6a; Banti 104. Attractive dark green patina, some pitting. EF. Ex Triton XII (5 January 2009), lot 641.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 661
Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 22.77 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. IMP CAESAR L AVRELIVS VERVS AVG, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR POT COS II, S C in exergue, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus seated left on sella castrensis set on platform; below, on left, officer standing left, holding baton and spear. RIC III 1307 var. (shorter obv. legend); MIR 18, 13-16/17 var. (same); Banti 106 var. (same). Brown patina, a rough patch on reverse. Good VF. Medallic high relief portrait. Apparently unique. Ex Rye Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 112, 11 September 2019), lot 633 (hammer $3000).The longer obverse legend was used only in the first emission, according to Szaivert, in MIR 18. He does not list this reverse legend and type until the second emission. Thus, this is likely from the very first phase of the second emission, as it still retains the obverse legend of the first emission.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 662
Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, REX ΛRMEN/ DΛT in two lines in exergue, Lucius Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair set on raised daïs; to left, a soldier, holding spear in right hand over right shoulder, looking right; on right, an officer standing left; in front of daïs to left, the Roman-appointed Armenian king, Sohaemus, standing left, raising hand to head. RIC III 511; MIR 18, 92-12/17; Calicó 2151 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 300-301 var. (bust type, Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 955 var. (same); Mazzini 157. Underlying luster, minor marks, ex-mount. Near EF. The reverse records the re-installation of Gaius Julius Sohaemus as king of Armenia. Sohaemus, a member of the royal household of the Syrian caravan city of Emesa, was originally crowned as king by Antoninus Pius in AD 144, an event also recorded on that emperor's coins. In AD 161, the Parthians invaded Armenia and drove him into exile. An offensive led by Verus cleared out the Parthians and re-established the pro-Roman regime of Sohaemus, who is seen here receiving his crown. The exceptional artistry of the obverse portrait, together with the complex reverse composition, marks this as a special issue celebrating Verus's feat of arms.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 663
Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Armenia seated left on ground in attitude of mourning; shield and vexillum to left, bow and quiver to right. RIC III 509 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 69-14/15; RSC 8 var. (same). Lightly toned, underlying luster, traces of green deposits on obverse. EF. Rare bust variety. Ex Künker 262 (13 March 2015), lot 8116.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 664
Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Medallion (27mm, 13.27 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 175. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emblems of the pontificate: secespita, bucranium, apex, and simpulum. Gnecchi III, p. 38, 202, pl. 152, 4; MIR 18, 1065-1/13; Banti –. Brown surfaces, minor marks, roughness, hairline flan crack. VF. Very rare. From the Libertas Collection. Ex Müller 17 (23 April 1976), lot 270.The reverse type celebrates Commodus becoming a member of the Pontifical College, the highest college of priests.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 665
Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 24.87 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck with Marcus Aurelius, AD 178. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Commodus standing left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod-altar in center and holding scepter at side; on left, victimarius standing front, head right, raising ax to strike bull standing right with lowered head. RIC III 1595 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 428-16/35; Banti 508. Dark gray patina, smoothing. Good VF. Rare. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 5 October 1986. Ex Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining, 16 November 1950), lot 1628; Sir Hermann D. Weber Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 29 June 1893), lot 198.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 666
Commodus. AD 177-192. Bimetallic Medallion (42mm, 71.36 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. Head of Commodus as Hercules left, wearing lion skin headdress / Hercules laureate with features of Commodus, nude to right, right hand on hip and bow in left. With his armpit he leans on the club, around which the skin of a lion can be seen, and which rests on a pile of rocks. Gnecchi II p.55, 33 and pl. 80, 5/p. 54, 29 and pl. 80, 2 (for obv./rev. types); MIR 18, 1163-2/73; Banti 109; Vermeule, Roman, 45. Green and brown patina, corrosion on obverse, smoothing in the fields on reverse. Near VF. Very rare. From the W. Toliver Besson Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 667
Didius Julianus. AD 193. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.78 g, 12h). Rome mint. Laureate head right / Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RIC IV 2; RSC 10. Toned, a couple of short edge splits. VF. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 668
Manlia Scantilla. Augusta, AD 193. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.15 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Didius Julianus. Draped bust right / Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet, peacock standing left. RIC 7a (Julianus); RSC 2. Attractive light toning. VF. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 669
Didia Clara. Augusta, AD 193. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Didius Julianus. Draped bust right / Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm frond and cornucopia. RIC IV 10 (Julianus); RSC 3. Attractively toned. Good VF. From the CJR Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 670
Clodius Albinus. AD 195-197. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission. Laureate head right / clasped right hands, holding aquila, the eagle perched on thunderbolt. RIC IV 20b, pl. II, 19 (same dies as illustration); Lyon 23/3 (D49/R50); RSC 24. Toned. Near EF. From the Libertas Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 671
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194-195. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII, laureate head right / ARAB • ADIAB COS II P P, Victory, winged and draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and trophy in left. RIC IV 41; Calicó 2433 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 33, note †; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Santamaria (20 November 1920), lot 895 (same obv. die); NAC 71, lot 247 (same obv. die; hammer 75,000 CHF). Some scratches and test cuts. Near EF. Exceedingly rare and missing from most of the greatest collections. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 114 (13 May 2020), lot 926.Adiabene and Scenite Arabia were small buffer states between the Roman and Parthian Empires, nominally allied to the Parthians. Adiabene, located east of the Roman client kingdom of Osrhoene, was ethnically diverse, with a substantial Jewish population. The Scenite ("tent dwelling") Arabs occupied another part of Mesopotamia. During the Roman civil war of AD 193-194 between Septimius Severus and Pescennius Niger, both principalities seized on the opportunity to enlarge their kingdoms at the expense of Roman client states. After Severus defeated and killed Niger in May of 194, he lingered in Syria the rest of the year, meting out punishment to cities and regions who had supported Niger and rewarding those who had shown loyalty to the Severan cause. Wintering at Antioch, Severus entertained embassies from the Adiabeni and Scenite Arabs, who protested that they had only attacked Roman possessions that had backed Niger. Severus rejected these entreaties and, early in AD 195, marched his army into Mesopotamia, formally annexed Osrhoene, and attacked in quick succession the Adiabeni and Scenite Arabs. He easily overcame both and assumed the titles Parthicus Arabicus and Parthicus Adiabenicus, which are preserved on this extremely rare aureus type, as well as on the Arch of Severus in Rome. The curious reference to "Parthicus" in each acclamation acknowledges that both of these peoples were Parthian vassals, without overtly claiming a victory over the Parthians themselves (this would come in a subsequent campaign). Severus struck silver denarii and gold aurei celebrating these titles with two main reverse types: Two captives bound at the base of a trophy, and, as seen here, Victory advancing with wreath and trophy. Denarii are known from Rome, Alexandria and Laodicea; the much rarer aurei are only recorded from Rome.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 672
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (26mm, 9.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 208. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Bridge with curved side and curved roof, with four pillars above; on bridge, five figures–heads and shoulders showing; below, boat on river: at each end of bridge, triumphal arch with three arches below and groups of statuary on top. RIC IV 786b; BMCRE 857 var. (bust type); Hill 203; Mazzini 523 (same obv. die); cf. Gorny & Mosch 265, lot 1402 (hammer €1800). Brown patina, smoothing. VF. Very rare. From the Libertas Collection.This rare coin copies the Danubian bridge type of Trajan (RIC II 569), and is possibly the bridge over the Firth of Forth, built for Severus' Scottish campaigns.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 673
Divus Septimius Severus. Died AD 211. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 29.47 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla and Geta, AD 211. Bareheaded and bearded head right / Five-tiered funeral pyre: lowest tier draped, the other four tiers arched with statues; uppermost tier surmounted by triumphal quadriga. RIC IV 490B (Caracalla); Banti 20. Brown patina, areas of porosity, smoothing, hairline flan crack. VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 16 December 1982.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 674
Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 28.74 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211. Draped bust right / The three Monetae standing facing, heads left, each holding cornucopia and scale above a stack of coins at their feet. RIC IV 847 (Septimius); Banti 1. Green-brown patina, some red, hairline flan crack. VF. From the Libertas Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 675
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.48 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery / P M TR P VIIII CO S III P P, Severus Alexander, as Romulus, in military dress, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 620; Biaggi 1330 (same dies). Fine style, under high magnification what would probably be considered minor brush marks in the fields. Superb EF. From the Willamette Valley Collection. Ex Brexit Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 769.This reverse type depicting Severus Alexander as Romulus can be seen to have both past and future iconographic significance when it was struck circa AD 230. Since he was required to conduct campaigns against both the Sassanians and Germanic tribes for the well-being of the empire, a likening to Romulus is obvious. As the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of the city lay only 17 years away, however, a similar reference to Rome's legendary founder also seems appropriate.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 676
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius filled with grain ears. RIC IV 642; BMCRE 881; Banti 148. Dark brown patina, some red. EF. Fine style portrait. Exceptional.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 677
Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 23.85 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, legs crossed, holding wand over globe and cornucopia, resting arm on column. RIC IV 9; BMCRE 5-6; Banti 4. Dark green and brown patina, a few flan flaws on reverse. Near VF. From the CJR Collection.