Triton XXVII - Session 2
Date: 2024-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 506
JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Diadumenian. As Caesar, 217-218 CE. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.67 g, 12h). M OΠ ANTωN • KAI, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Δ HMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC ΠΠ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, wine jar (amphora). Meshorer, Aelia 99a; Prieur 1646; Sofaer 96. Lightly toned with underlying luster, a few minor marks. Near EF. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, four in CoinArchives, this coin superior to all published specimens.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 507
JUDAEA, Ascalon. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.27 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. [AVT K • M] • AN TΩNЄINOC C Є, laureate head right / ΔH ЄΞ Y ΠATOCTO • Δ, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove right with olive branch in beak. Prieur 1654; Sofaer 177. Traces of luster, some obverse die weakness. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 508
JUDAEA, Ascalon. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.48 g, 1h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT K • M • ANT ΩNЄINOC C Є, laureate head right / ΔH EΞ Y ΠATOC TO • Δ, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, T dove right T. Prieur –; Sofaer –. Toned, light marks. VF. Extremely rare and unpublished. The dove with two Ts in the exergue is not known for any emperor, this is the first appearance of such a type.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 509
JUDAEA, Ascalon. Macrinus. 217-218 CE. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.26 g, 12h). AVT KAI ΟΠ CЄ MAKPЄIИOC, laureate head right / ΔHM AP X ЄΞ VΠ Δ, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, dove standing right, holding olive branch in beak. Prieur –; Sofaer –; Triton XXII, lot 736 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, lustrous, minor marks. EF. Extremely rare and possibly unique. While there are two similar specimens in CoinArchives, the reverse legends are slightly different. A great rarity missed by Prieur when compiling his book. He did, however, record a single tetradrachm of Diadumenian, so the appearance of an issue for Macrinus is not surprising.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 510
JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (21.5mm, 6.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (42/3 CE). [BA]ⳞIΛEYⳞ MEΓAⳞ AΓPIΠΠAⳞ [ΦIΛOKAI], diademed and draped bust right / KAIⳞAPAI H ΠPOⳞ TΩ ⳞEBAⳞTΩ ΛIMENI, Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and palm frond in left; L Z (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 6276; RPC I 4985; Sofaer 165. Earthen brown surfaces, light cleaning marks, metal flaw on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, one of the finest known. From the J. K. Biblical Collection, purchased from J.P. Fontanille, January 2013. Ex Archaeological Center 14 (18 April 1995), lot 15.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 511
JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Vespasian. 69-79 CE. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.03 g, 12h). Dated "New Holy Year" 3 (70/1 CE). AYTO • KP • KAIΣ • OYEΣΠAΣIA, laureate head right / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; club to left; ETOYΣ Γ IEPOY (date) around. McAlee 352 (Antioch); RPC II 1964; Prieur 131 (Antioch). Minor deposits, small die flaw on obverse, light scuff on reverse edge, edge hammered. Good VF. Very rare, only four known to RPC, another four in CoinArchives. The date "New Holy Year" 3 coincides with the fall of Jerusalem in August of AD 70 to the Romans under Titus' command. The portraits of Titus for this year are similar to those seen on "Judaea Capta" bronze coins, and it is has been suggested that these tetradrachms were struck at the same mint. RPC has reattributed this series to Casearea Maritima based on portrait style.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 512
JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Diadumenian. As Caesar, 217-218 CE. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.89 g, 12h). M • OΠ • ANTωN • KAI, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX • Є Z, eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1681; Sofaer –. Luster over tone, slight porosity. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur and one in CoinArchives, the third known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 513
JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.94 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT K • M • AV ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO • Δ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, symbol of Marnas. Prieur 1691; Sofaer –. Toned with traces of luster, area of weakness. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, two in CoinArchives (CNG 99, lot 524 hammered for $9,500). Possibly the fourth known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 514
JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.58 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ VΠATOC TO • Δ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; symbol of Marnas above each wing, between legs, wreath with fillets. Prieur 1692; Sofaer –. Lightly toned with underlying luster. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, two in CoinArchives, this coin finer than both. Possibly the fourth known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 515
JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT KAI AN TωNINOC C B, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T • Δ, temple complex atop Mt. Gerizim; all within linear border supported by eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, wreath in beak. Cf. Kropp, Roman, Fig. 1 (for rev., same rev. die); Prieur 1700 var. (bust type); Sofaer –; Galst, New Fig. 2 var. (rev. temple complex, eagle). Lustrous, light porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare and unpublished, none in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 516
JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.48 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT KAI AN TωNINOC C B, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠTOC Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, three-horned altar. Kropp –; Prieur 1310 (Byblus). Lustrous, minor marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, none in CoinArchives (one listed but incorrectly attributed). Dr. Kropp has reattributed this series, by die study, from Byblus to Neapolis in Judaea (see Dr. Andreas Kropp, "A Roman altar on Mt. Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria)" in JRA 34 [2021]. pp. 220-236).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 517
JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.38 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. ΛVT KΛI ΛN TΩNINOC CЄ, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, laureate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; altar to upper right. Prieur 1699 = BN Inv. 1965.1117 (same rev. die); Bellinger –; Bellinger, Dura-Europos –; Sofaer –; Triton XXII, lot 743 var. (obv. legend; same rev. die). Toned, porosity, some flan flaws. VF. Extremely rare obverse legend variety, only one cited by Prieur (in the Bibliothèque Nationale).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 518
MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.65 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843 (same obv. die). Lustrous, small flan crack, minor edge chips. EF. Rare, high relief portrait.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 519
MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.12 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • AИTΩИЄIИOC CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur –. Lustrous, small die flaws on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare and unpublished.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 520
MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.81 g, 11h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAP • X • ЄΞ • VΠATOC TO • Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 850 (same obv. die as illustration). Attractive cabinet tone, trace deposits. Choice EF. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 904.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 521
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nilus reclining left on crocodile, holding cornucopia in extended right hand, and cradling reed in left arm; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1808; K&G 32.470; RPC III 5730; Emmett 1014.13. Brown patina with earthen highlights. EF. Struck with dies of fine style. Ex Triton XI (7 January 2008), lot 525.The "Iς" on the reverse represents 16 cubits on the Nilometer, the gauge which measured the annual flood crest of the Nile, with 16 being the ideal point for the agriculture of the Nile valley. Lower than 16 cubits brought the danger of drought conditions, much higher and there was the possibility of damaging floods.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 522
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.89 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). AVT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Diademed bust of Hermanubis right, slight drapery on shoulder, wearing calathus and wreath; L IH (date) and palm frond to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7685; K&G 32.584 var. (caduceus-palm frond combination before bust on reverse); RPC III 5891.9 (this coin); Emmett 986.18 (R3). Dark green patina, light roughness, light cleaning marks. Near VF. Very rare. From the CLA Collection, purchased from Forum Ancient Coins, inventory no. 17103, 4 March 2007.Rainer Pudill, in his 2014 book Antinoos – Münzen und Medaillen, classifies this type from Hadrian's regnal year 18 as "pseudo-Antinoos" or a "hidden" representation of Antinoüs (see p. 96). Indeed, when Hadrian introduced coinage at Alexandria specifically to honor Antinoüs, he is always depicted in the guise of Hermanubis or Hermes.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 523
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 29.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 138/9). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNINOC ЄVCЄB, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Altar of Agathodaemon: monumental hexastyle altar; within, uncertain deity sacrificing to left; to either side of altar, a coiled serpent; above; four serpents rise from rocks with aphlasta as acroteria; below, LB (date). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3007; K&G –; RPC IV.4 96.5 (this coin); Emmett 1449.2 (R4). Dark green patina, flan void on reverse, edge chip. Good VF. Fine style portrait. Very rare. Ex Künker 347 (22 March 2021), lot 154.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 524
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 28.79 g, 11h). Dated RY 13 (AD 149/50). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / The Dioscuri on horseback facing each other, both holding a spear and wearing pileus, star above each; L TPIC KAIΔ (date) above and below. Köln 1636; Dattari (Savio) 8401 (same dies); K&G –; RPC IV.4 Online 14910; Emmett 1492.13. Mottled green-brown patina. Good VF. Rare. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 113.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 525
EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius, with Antonia. AD 41-54. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.81 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 41/2). TI KΛAVΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AVTOKP, laureate head of Claudius right; L B (date) below chin / ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Antonia right. Köln 62-3; Dattari (Savio) 114-5; K&G 12.3; RPC I 5117; Emmett 73.2. Deep cabinet toning, slight obverse roughness, off center obverse. Good VF. Rare. Fine style portrait of Antonia. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Ponterio 61 (26 February 1993), lot 339.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 526
EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Drachm (17mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). [TI KΛ KA] CЄ AV, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 12.25; RPC I 5136; Emmett 76.3 (R4). Golden yellow patina, edge roughness, off center obverse. VF. Extremely rare, finer than the published examples. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XIV (20 March 1991), lot 463; Aufhäuser 6 (5 October 1989), lot 310; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions IV, 21 September 1988), lot 255; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 813.