Triton XXVII - Session 2
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 548
EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus, with Annia Faustina. AD 218-222. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.57 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 (AD 221/2). [A KAICAP MA AYP AN]TωNINOC ЄYCЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from behind / ANNIA ΦAYCTINA CЄBA, draped bust of Annia Faustina right; L Є to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4093 & 12323; K&G 56.54; RPC VI Online 10140; Emmett 2910.5 (R5). Red-brown patina, light cleaning marks, peripheral roughness, edge splits. Near VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 12 October 2000.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 549
EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa. Augusta, AD 220-221 & 221-222. Billon Tetradrachm (23mm, 11.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). IOYΛIA AKYΛIA CЄYHPA CЄB, draped bust right / Nike in galloping biga right; L Є (date) above. Köln 2381; Dattari (Savio) 4181 = RPC VI Online 10194.7 = Figari & Mosconi 1067 (this coin); K&G 58.14; Emmett 3019.5 (R4). Brown patina, obverse weakness, reverse sharply struck, small flan cracks. VF. Very rare. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Syracuse Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 1786; Classical Numismatic Auctions VI (1 March 1989), lot 303; Gordon J. Dickie Collection (Empire Coins 7, 2 May 1987), lot 197; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4181.The second of Elagabalus's three wives, Julia Aquilia Severa was a maiden from a good Roman family who had been selected to join the order of Vestal Virgins. Late in AD 220, she caught the eye of the emperor Varius Avitus Bassianus Antoninus, popularly known by the name of the exotic eastern sun god to which he served as High Priest, Elagabalus. Having conceived the scandalous idea of a union with a Vestal Virgin, the young emperor abruptly divorced the bride he'd only recently married, Julia Paula, and informed the Senate that a child begotten of a high priest of Elagabal and a priestess of Vesta could only be considered divine. Few in the Senate were likely moved by such an argument, but the emperor proceeded to marry the girl early in AD 221, causing widespread consternation and revulsion among the Roman populace. Oddly, the marriage seems to have been a happy one, and Aquilia seems to have been the only female with whom the flamboyant emperor enjoyed spending time. Aquilia was given the rank of Augusta, becoming the fourth woman to bear the title in the female-dominated regime. However, the true power behind the throne, Elagabalus' formidable grandmother Julia Maesa, saw the tide of public favor turning and forced her grandson to divorce Aquilia to marry a respectable matron, Annia Faustina, a descendant of Marcus Aurelius. The willful emperor tired of Faustina almost immediately and returned to Aquilia before the end of AD 221, a course of action which surely contributed to his downfall in March of AD 222. Aquilia Severa seems to have survived her husband's murder, but her subsequent career is unrecorded.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 550
EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Billon Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.51 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄM AΦP ЄYCЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Nike advancing left, holding a wreath with her extended right hand and a palm frond over left shoulder; L A (date) to lower left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4658 = RPC VII.2 3635.12 = Figari & Mosconi 1352 (this coin); K&G 68.8; Emmett 3345.1 (R3). Brown patina with underlying silvering, minor pitting, reverse slightly off center. VF. Rare. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 617; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4658.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 551
EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian II. AD 238. Billon Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 12.40 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M AN ΓOPΔIANOC AΦP ЄYCЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Athena seated left on throne, holding Nike in extended right hand, spear in left, shield leaning against throne; L A (date) to lower left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10159 = RPC VII.2 3641.2 = Figari & Mosconi 1364 (this coin); K&G –; Emmett 3353.1 (R5). Red-brown surfaces, light roughness, edge chips. VF. Extremely rare, four known to RPC, including this coin, one more in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Praefectus Coins, 15 December 2015. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 381; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 10159.Each of the five coins studied were struck from the same reverse die. At first glance, it appears that the A in the date is double struck, but on closer inspection, it is an A over Δ. The reverse die has most likely been recarved from a year four tetradrachm of Maximinus, used the previous year and earlier in the same year.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 552
EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.04 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K ΔЄK KAIΛ BAΛBINOC ЄYC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Homonoia standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopia in right; L A (date) to lower left. Köln 2611 var. (obv. legend ends EV); Dattari (Savio) 10171 = RPC VII.2 3673.2 (this coin); K&G 70.7 var. (same); Emmett 3374.1 (R4). Dark brown patina with underlying luster, minor roughness. VF. Very rare, only five known to RPC, including this coin. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (21 September 1988), lot 317; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 10171.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 553
EGYPT, Alexandria. Aemilian. AD 253. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.85 g, 11h). Dated RY 2 (AD 253). A K M AIMΛ AIMIΛIANON ЄYC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Alexandria, wearing turreted crown, standing left, raising right hand, holding scepter in left; L B (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10509-10; K&G 85.3; RPC IX 2326; Curtis 1487 (this coin); Emmett 3692.2 (R4). Dark brown patina, light porosity, edge chip. Good VF. Very rare, only one in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex Kalmbach Collection; Col. James W. Curtis Collection, no. 1487.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 554
EGYPT, Alexandria. Zenobia. Usurper, AD 268-272. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 9.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Vabalathus (AD 272). CEΠTIM ZHNOBIA CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Homonoia standing facing, head left, raising her right hand, holding double cornucopia with her left; L Є (date) to left. Bland, Coinage 59; Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 5512; K&G 108.2; RPC X Online 75758; Emmett 3912.5 (R2). Brown patina, roughness, flan crack, small edge chip. VF. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 6 October 2009.The widow of Odenathus, the ruler of the rich eastern trade center Palmyra, and the mother and regent of Vabalathus, Septimia Zenobia became a powerful regional ruler in her own right. Granted de facto power in the East by the emperor Gallienus to counteract the Persian advance, Odenathus used the opportunity to establish his own separatist kingdom. When Odenathus was murdered in AD 267, Zenobia used the moment to advance her son Vabalathus. Since he was still in his minority, Zenobia took over as regent, using the confusion following the death of Gallienus to offset her position between Rome and Persia and expand Palmyrene power. In AD 269 the Palmyrenes seized control of Egypt and with it, the Roman grain supply. To bolster her position, Zenobia began to lay claims to an illustrious ancestry, including Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the legendary Dido of Carthage.Aurelian, initially taken with concerns in the west, pragmatically acquiesced to Zenobia and Vabalathus' rule in the East. Eventually, though, the situation was stabilized in the West, allowing him to vigorously campaign against them in AD 272. Palmyra was sacked, and both Zenobia and Vabalathus were captured as they tried to make their way to Persia. She was brought to Rome and paraded in Aurelian's triumph in AD 274, bound in gold chains. According to later tradition, Aurelian, impressed by her beauty and dignity, later freed her, and granted her a villa in Tibur, where she spent the rest of her life.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 555
EGYPT, Alexandria. Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 8.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 272). AYT K OYABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHNO CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Radiate and draped bust of Helios right; L Є (date) across field. Bland, Coinage 51; Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 5508; K&G 109.1; RPC X Online 75755; Emmett 3909.5 (R4). Brown patina, light roughness. Near VF. Rare, only two in CoinArchives. Well centered and struck. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Holyland Numismatics, 25 May 2011.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 556
EGYPT, Alexandria. Diocletian. AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (20mm, 6.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 295/6). ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right; L I B (date) in field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 5773; K&G 119.137; RPC X Online 76336; Emmett 4086.12 (R4). Dark brown patina. Choice EF. Very rare, five in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, 21 March 1995.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 557
EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.96 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 295/6). MAΞIMIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Draped and cuirassed bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, holding spear forwards; L I A (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10699; K&G –; RPC X Online 76363; Emmett 4097.5 (R5). Brown patina with golden iridescence. Choice EF. Extremely rare and possibly the finest known. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 45 (9 December 2018), lot 263.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 558
EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Potin Octodrachm(?) (22mm, 8.52 g, 11h). Dated RY 2 (AD 297/8). ΔOMITI ANOC CЄB, radiate head right / Serapis standing right, raising right hand, holding scepter with left, palm frond to left; L B (date) across field. Köln 3367 var. (position of date); Dattari (Savio) 10829-32; K&G 126.2; RPC X Online 76424; Emmett 4241.2. Brown patina, slight reverse weakness, light roughness, small flan crack. Good VF. Rare. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions V (9 December 1988), lot 210; Numismatic Fine Arts XII (23 March 1983), lot 441.The revolt of Domitius Domitianus in Egypt destabilized a vitally strategic region by interrupting the grain supply to Rome and opening the possibility of a Sasanian invasion. For almost a year, Domitius Domitianus controlled Alexandria and its mint, striking aurei and folles, as well as a series of pre-reform provincial denominations.Domitianus issued a denomination reform at Alexandria during his brief occupation of the city. A major question regarding these latter coins has been what were their specific values. For the most part, scholars agree that the larger coins featuring the radiate bust must be a double, and thereby call it an octodrachm. At half the weight, then, the smallest coins with the Nike on the reverse must be tetradrachms, though these coins have erroneously been called heretofore didrachms. The weights of these tetradrachms appear consistent with the final issues of pre-reform tetradrachms of the Tetrarchs. The middle denomination poses the largest challenge to this arrangement. By weight, it should be a hexadrachm. However, no such denomination was known to have been struck in Egypt, though tetradrachms earlier in the third century achieved this weight. The obvious problem here would be the confusion caused in circulating the same denomination in two different weights. As this type is the rarest of the group, it is possible that it was meant for a special occasion, or more remotely, a stalled attempt to reinstitute the pre-reform coinage on an earlier weight standard. Further investigation may shed more light on this subject.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 559
EGYPT, Alexandria. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 7.47 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 292/3). ΦΛA KωCTANTIOC K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Draped bust of Isis left, wearing crown of horns and solar disk; L A (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10765-6; K&G –; RPC X Online 76526; Emmett 4192.1 (R5). Dark red-brown patina, slight porosity and peripheral roughness. Near EF. Extremely rare, only the Dattari specimen in CoinArchives (hammer £1700). From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 27 September 1997. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXVI] (18 October 1990), lot 2538.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 560
EGYPT, Alexandria. Galerius . As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19mm, 6.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 295/6). ΓΑΛ ΜΑΞI MIANOC K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Galerius left, holding a spear over his right shoulder and a shield on his left shoulder; his helmet decorated with a crowning Nike; star over L ∆ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) – (but cf. 6110 – a similar bust right with shield only); K&G – (but. cf. 122.39 – same); RPC X Online 88566 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 4221.4 (R5); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 249; Triton XXI, lot 250. Dark brown patina, slight roughness. EF. Extremely rare, the second and finest known example (the other, Triton XXI, lot 250, hammer $1600). From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, 21 March 1995.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 561
Anonymous. Circa 280 BC. Æ Aes Grave Semis (53mm, 156.75 g, 12h). Libral cast series. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Minerva left, wearing high crested Corinthian helmet; S (mark of value) horizontally below; all on raised disk / Bare head of Venus left; S (mark of value) above; all on raised disk. Crawford 14/2; ICC 26; Sydenham 9; Haeberlin pl. 38, 9-10; HN Italy 269; RBW –. Dark brown patina, cleaning scratches, casting voids with deposits. Good Fine. Very rare. From the Ramrodivs Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 562
Anonymous. Circa 270 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (66mm, 326.0 g, 12h). Libral cast series. Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo right; | (mark of value) above; all on raised disk / Diademed head of Apollo left; | (mark of value) above; all on raised disk. Crawford 18/1; Sydenham 15; HN Italy 279; ICC 33; Haeberlin pl. 34, 1-10; BMC Italy –; Kestner –; RBW 20. Beautiful green patina with patches of red, small casting voids. Good VF. Impressive cast in high relief giving a sculptural appearance. Rare. From the D. K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 563
Anonymous. Circa 270 BC. Æ Aes Grave Triens (47mm, 106.65 g, 12h). Libral cast series. Rome mint. Head of horse right; •••• (mark of value) below / Head of horse left; •••• (mark of value) below. Crawford 18/3; Sydenham 17; HN Italy 281; ICC 35; Haeberlin pl. 36, 2-4; BMC Italy p. 52, 13–7; Kestner 33–4; RBW –. Brown patina, light smoothing, casting voids. VF. Impressive cast in high relief. From the Ramrodivs Collection, purchased from James Beach.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 564
Anonymous. Circa 264-255 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.21 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed head of beardless young Hercules right, wearing lion skin around neck; club on shoulder / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); ROMANO in exergue. Crawford 20/1; Sydenham 6; HN Italy 287; RSC 8; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 28; Kestner 38-9; RBW 23. Toned, minor marks, trace deposits. Good VF. Ex Peus 337 (3 November 1993), lot 274.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 565
Anonymous. Circa 250-240 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.50 g, 6h). Neapolis(?) mint. Head of Roma (or Diana) right, wearing Phrygian helmet adorned with griffin's head; sword in scabbard with strap to left / Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm frond; ROMANO to left, II to right. Crawford 22/1; Burnett, Romano, pl. III, 49; Sydenham 21a; HN Italy 295;RSC 7a; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 41 var. (rev. control); Kestner –; RBW 30 corr. (Sydenham reference). Old cabinet toning, reverse scrape, minor edge flaws. Good VF. Ex M. Ratto FPL (February 1966), no. 285.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 566
Anonymous. Circa 250-240 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.69 g, 6h). Neapolis(?) mint. Head of Roma (or Diana) right, wearing Phrygian helmet; cornucopia to left / Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm frond; ROMANO to left, I to right. Crawford 22/1; Burnett, Romano, pl. I, 10; Sydenham 21; HN Italy 295; RSC 7; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 36 var. (control); Kestner –; RBW –. Toned, minor marks under tone. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 916; Frederick H. Rindge Collection (Malter XXX, 7 June 1985), lot 1444.While this series is not particularly rare, the I control is considerably rarer than the others. It is unlisted in Crawford and this coin is the only specimen recorded in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 567
Anonymous. Circa 235 BC. Æ Semilitra (12mm, 1.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet adorned with griffin's head / Dog standing right, left paw raised; ROMA below. Crawford 26/4; Sydenham 22; HN Italy 309; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 44; Kestner 66-74; RBW 51. Dark brown patina, minor porosity. Near EF. Very rare, one of the finest known. Ex Goodman Collection (Triton I, 2 December 1997), lot 842; Virgil Brand Collection (Part VII, Sotheby's, 25 October 1984), lot 478 (part of); Niklovitz Collection (L. Hamburger [76], 19 October 1925), lot 221.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 568
Anonymous. Circa 235 BC. Æ Aes Grave Sextans (34.5mm, 19.19 g, 12h). Rome mint. Cockle (or scallop) shell, convex; • • (mark of value) and club below / Cockle (or scallop) shell, concave; club below. Crawford 27/9; Sydenham 42; HN Italy 322; ICC 62; Haeberlin pl. 29, 13-7; BMC Italy p. 47, 10–2; Kestner 87; RBW 59. Green-brown patina with light deposits, small casting voids. VF. From the Gil Steinberg Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 19 August 1980.