Triton XXVII - Session 2
Date: 2024-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 632
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Autumn 34 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.37 g, 1h). Alexandria mint(?). Bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara to left, ANTONI • ARMENIA • DEVICTA around / Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; at point of bust, prow right; CLEOPATRAE REGINA[E • REGVM • FILI]ORVM • REGVM around. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210; RSC 1; BMCRR East 179–81; cf. Kestner 3836; RBW 1832. Deeply toned, banker's mark on obverse, graffiti on reverse, edge chip. Good VF. Two pleasant portraits. Ex Varesi 8 (12 November 1987), lot 35.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 633
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG III across lower field. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28; BMCRR East 193; Kestner 3844; RBW 1839. Lightly toned, small area of weak strike, short die break on reverse. EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex CNG inventory 903520/78585 (ca. 1992–6).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 634
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG IV across lower field. Crawford 544/17; CRI 352; Sydenham 1219; RSC 30; BMCRR East 195; Kestner 3846; RBW –. Iridescent cabinet toning, minor marks. Near EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX.2 (Second Quarter 1994), no. 191; Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (2 March 1994), lot 665.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 635
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG V across lower field. Crawford 544/18; CRI 354; Sydenham 1221; RSC 32; BMCRR East 196; Kestner 3847; RBW 1840. Toned, light surface marks, struck on a small flan. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 636
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VI across lower field. Crawford 544/19; CRI 356; Sydenham 1223; RSC 33; BMCRR East 197; Kestner 3848; RBW 1841. Lightly toned, hairlines on reverse. EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex CNG inventory 903520/78597 (ca. 1992–6).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 637
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; BMCRR East 198; Kestner 3849; FFC 38 (this coin); RBW 1842. Lightly toned, a couple of tiny die flaws. Choice EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.2 (Summer 2021), no. 576421; Alba Longa Collection (Aureo & Calico 339, 14 November 2019), lot 1109; Ponterio 80 (29 March 1996), lot 309.Antony's Legio VII was founded by Julius Caesar at the outset of his Gallic campaign, circa 58 BC, and remained loyal to him throughout the heavy fighting and civil conflict that followed. Its first cognomen, Paterna, derives from Caesar's title of Pater Patriae ("father of the fatherland"). Caesar disbanded his seventh circa 45 BC and settled them near Capua, but after the Ides of March 44 BC, it was evidently reconstituted in "split" form, as were several other Caesarian legions, with one Legio VII joining Mark Antony's force in the east and the other supporting his triumviral partner and later rival, Octavian, in Italy. Thus the civil war of 32-31 BC saw two Legio VIIs serving on opposite sides, but the failure of Antony's fleet at Actium meant they never faced each other in the field. After Actium, Antony's Legio VII was evidently disbanded entirely while Octavian's went on to become the long-serving Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 638
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (15.5mm, 3.72 g, 5h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; BMCRR East 198; Kestner 3849; RBW 1842. Lightly toned with underlying luster. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 639
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.72 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG VII across lower field. Crawford 544/20; CRI 357; Sydenham 1224; RSC 34; BMCRR East 198; Kestner 3849; RBW 1842. Lightly toned with underlying luster, minor marks. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 640
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.64 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG X across lower field. Crawford 544/24; CRI 361; Sydenham 1228; RSC 38; BMCRR East 202; Kestner 3853; RBW –. Toned, multiple marks and hairlines, light deposits. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 641
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG XI across lower field. Crawford 544/25; CRI 362; Sydenham 1229; RSC 39; BMCRR East 203; Kestner 3854; RBW –. Toned, lustrous, minor marks. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 642
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.35 g, 11h). Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG XVI across lower field. Crawford 544/31; CRI 372; Sydenham 1236; RSC 48; BMCRR East 211; Kestner 3860; RBW –. Old cabinet toning, areas of weak strike, scratches. EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXX (11 June 1994), lot 283.Not to be confused with a similar legion under the command of Octavian, this Antonian legion was either disbanded or incorporated into another legion after Actium.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 643
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3..82 g, 6h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below / Aquila between two signa; LEG XVIII across lower field. Crawford 544/33; CRI 376; Sydenham 1239; RSC 51; BMCRR East 213; Kestner 3862; RBW –. Toned, small reverse scratch. EF. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex CNG inventory 903050 (ca. 1992–6).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 644
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.55 g, 4h). Legionary type. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT AVG above, III VIR • R • P • C below / Three signa decorated with wreaths and rostra; CHORTIS • SPECVLATORVM above. Crawford 544/12; CRI 386; Sydenham 1214; RSC 6; BMCRR East 185; Kestner 3841; RBW 1837. Old cabinet toning, banker's marks on obverse, minor scratches, obverse scrape, area of weak strike, edge filing. VF. Rare. From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 26 October 1989. Ex Tom McKenna FPL 1-10 (October 1981), no. 30.Serving as scouts and messengers, the cohortes speculatorum filled the role of spies within each legion. Normally ten in number per legion, Mark Antony created a special group of cohortes who specifically served around him, carrying out personal instructions and protecting his well-being, essentially acting as an early secret service – a concept which was further developed during the empire under Augustus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 645
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 12h). Uncertain mint (Actium?). D. Turullius, moneyer. Bare head right; M • ANTONIVS • AVG • IMP • IIII • COS • TERT III VIR • R • P • C around / Victory standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm; all within wreath. Crawford 545/2; CRI 388; Sydenham 1211a; RSC 81; BMCRR East 228; Kestner –; RBW 1851. Toned with underlying luster, edge scrape. Near EF. A wonderful example of the type. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 646
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.41 g, 12h). Cyrene mint; L. Pinarius Scarpus, imperator. Head of Jupiter-Ammon right; AVGVR PONTIF around / Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder in left hand; IMP CAESAR / DIVI F across field. Crawford 546/4; CRI 411; Sydenham 1281; RSC 125; BMCRR Cyrenaica 4; Kestner –; RBW 1854. Toned, obverse die flaws, reverse scrape. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 647
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Mark Antony. Late 40-early 39 BC. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 8.02 g, 5h). Mint in central or southern Italy. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR IMP around / Bare head of Mark Antony right; ANTONIVS IMP around. Crawford 529/1; CRI 301; Sydenham 1327; Bahrfeldt 29; Calicó 105a; Biaggi 64; BMCRR Gaul 90; Kestner 3810; RBW 1815. Underlying luster, scattered edge and field marks, slightly off center. Good Fine. Rare. Unlike most other dual portrait Imperatorial issues, the fabric of this rare aureus suggests that Octavian (identified as CAESAR IMP) is on the obverse and Antony (ANTONIVS IMP) occupies the reverse, and so it is attributed to Octavian rather than the senior Triumvir. It also omits the triumviral titles and the name of the moneyer, both of which appear on the counterpart issues of Antony. The mint is not immediately obvious; Crawford attributes it to a "mint moving with Octavian," Calico suggests Gaul, and Sear proposes southern or northern Italy. The types suggest that the occasion for this issue was the signing of the Treaty of Brundisium between Octavian and Antony in October of 40 BC, which renewed their partnership and, for a time, staved off civil war between them.