Triton XXVII - Session 3
Date: 2024-01-09 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 669
Agrippina Senior. Died AD 33. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 29.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M • F • GERMANICI • CAESARIS, draped bust right / TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M TR • P • IMP • P • P • around large S • C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 78; BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius); BN 236-40 (Claudius). Red-brown and green patina, smoothed and details slightly enhanced. EF. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1032; Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 185; John W. Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 734, purchased from M. Schulman, 1 April 1927; Baron Augustus Carolus Delbeke Collection; J. Hirsch XI (4 May 1904), lot 758.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 670
Agrippina Senior. Died AD 33. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 29.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M • F • GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust right / TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P • around large S • C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 78; BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius); BN 236-40 (Claudius). Dark green and brown patina, minor smoothing. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 671
Agrippina Senior. Died AD 33. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 30.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M • F • GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust right / TI • CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P • around large S • C; c/m: NCAPR (= Nvmmvs Caesare Avgvsto PRobatvs[?]) in rectangular incuse. RIC I 102 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 78; BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius); BN 236-40 (Claudius); c/m: Pangerl 1; CNR XII 52/9 (this coin). Green and red-brown patina. Host coin: VF; c/m: VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 1 December 1985. Ex Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1242.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 672
Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT •, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / GERMANICVS • CAES • P • C • CAES • AVG • GERM, bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 18; Lyon 172/6a (D149/R150); RSC 2; BMCRE 19-20; BN 28-9. Light iridescent toning, slightly granular surfaces, faint hairlines, small flat spot on edge. VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex CNG inventory 520 (ca. 1990–1991).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 673
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.56 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 1st emission, after 18 March AD 37. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT • COS •, bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right; two stars flanking. RIC I 2; Lyon 157 (unlisted dies); RSC 11 (Caligula and Augustus); BMCRE 4-5; BN 3-8. Find patina, a few scratches, granular surfaces, some smoothing. Near EF. Two pleasing portraits. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 674
Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.39 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early 38. C • CΛESΛR • ΛVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA • MAT • C • CAES • AVG • GERM •, draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 14 (Rome mint); Lyon 169 (D77/R111); RSC 2; BMCRE 15 (same dies); BN 24. Toned, porosity, scrapes and scratches, edge scrapes. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 675
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON M • TR • POT •, laureate head left / AGRIPPINA on left, DRVSILLA above, IVLIA on right, S • C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas), head right, holding cornucopia in right hand and leaning on column, placing left hand on shoulder of Drusilla (as Concordia), head left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; on right, Julia (as Fortuna), head left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 33; BMCRE 36 -7; BN 47-9. Green-brown patina, light porosity. Good VF. An attractive coin in hand. From the Wayne Scheible Collection.On this popular and beautiful reverse, the three sisters of Gaius "Caligula" – Drusilla, Julia Livilla, and Agrippina the Younger – are honored and portrayed as goddesses. All three were deeply involved in deadly Julio-Claudian politics. Caligula's hostile biographers depict him as excessively and unnaturally fond of his sisters, Drusilla in particular, whom he named as his primary heir in AD 37, while he was suffering from a near-fatal illness. Drusilla herself died of a virulent plague in 38 AD at the age of 22, plunging Caligula into violent grief. He gave her a state funeral befitting an Augusta and ordered the Senate to deify her. In his depression, Caligula's affections for his remaining sisters cooled and they took to plotting against him, for which he ultimately banished them to the Pontian Islands. After Caligula's assassination in AD 41, the new emperor, his uncle Claudius, rescinded his nieces' exile. Julia Livilla soon fell afoul of Claudius' wife Messalina, who had her imprisoned and starved to death in AD 42. Messalina herself overreached and was executed in AD 48. The following year, Claudius married his surviving niece Agrippina and she quickly became the most powerful woman the Roman Empire had yet seen.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 676
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (28mm, 10.89 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG PRON AVG P • M • TR • P • IIII P • P, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse scepter in left. RIC I 54; BMCRE 72-3; BN 121-2. Green patina, fields smoothed. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 677
Claudius. AD 41-54. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 6h). Romano-British imitation. Imitating Rome mint issue of AD 50-51. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG P M TR • P • X • P P IMP VIII, laureate head right / SPQR/ P • P/ OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. North Suffolk 75-83 (dies G/5); cf. RIC I 60; cf. von Kaenel Type 39; cf. RSC 94; cf. BMCRE 60 note; BN –. Attractive light iridescent tone, hairlines under tone, minor deposits. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 678
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P, Laureate head right / EX • S • C/ OB • CIVES/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 16; von Kaenel Type 8; Lyon 17; RSC 35. Lightly toned with hints of iridescence, a few faint scratches. Good VF. The reverse of this attractive denarius depicts the Corona Civica or "Civic Crown," the second highest military decoration of the Republic, which took the form of a chaplet of oak leaves woven into a wreath. It was awarded to a citizen who had saved the lives of his fellow citizens by defeating or slaying an enemy of the state. The recipient was required to wear the wreath at any public gathering. Julius Caesar won the award for his actions during the Siege of Mytilene in 81 BC, which gained him immediate entry into the Senate. Augustus was voted the honor by the Senate for ending the destructive Roman civil wars. Caligula was granted the honor for "saving" Rome from the tyranny of Tiberius. Ironically, Claudius was bestowed the Corona Civica for saving Rome from the tyranny of Caligula.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 679
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.79 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 43-44. TI • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M TR • P • III •, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand and holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right with head erect. RIC I 21; von Kaenel Type 19, 356 (V289/R297); Lyon 36/1 (D156/R167); Calicó 364; BMCRE p. 167, note †; BN 37 (same dies); CNR XIV 108 (this coin). Scratches and hairlines. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 963; M. Ratto FPL 1969.2 (April-June), no. 4.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 680
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 43-44. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • III, laureate head right / IMPER RECEPT across top of front wall, view of the Castra Praetoria: in front is a wall with two small arched openings below and five battlements on top; above and behind it stands a soldier on guard looking left, holding spear in right hand; aquila to left; behind him is a pediment in which is a crescent, on two pillars, flanked left and right by walls, each with a battlement above and an arch below. RIC I 20; von Kaenel Type 18 (V –/R292 [unlisted obv. die]); Lyon 35 (D –/R135 [unlisted obv. die]); RSC 42a; BMCRE 21 (same rev. die); BN –; CNR XIV, 290 (this coin). Toned, some roughness, traces of deposits, scratches along edge. VF. From the CLA Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 25 July 1992. Ex Münz Zentrum XX (24 April 1974), lot 18.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 681
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.65 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 49-50. TI CLAVD CAESAR AV[G P M] TR P VIIII IMP XVI, laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies. RIC I 45; von Kaenel Type 31, 813 (V558/R572); Lyon 61/4a (D293/R313); RSC 19; BMCRE 50; BN 62. Toned, some porosity. VF. From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), lot 593.Thanks to the Dr. Malcom Lyne and other featured collections, Triton XXVII is remarkably rich in coinage relating to, or struck in, Roman Britain (Provincia Britannia). Beginning with two exploratory probes by Julius Caesar in 55-54 BC, Roman interest and influence in Britannia grew throughout the next three centuries. Many emperors were personally involved in campaigns, which were often commemorated on their respective coinages.During the reign of Claudius, Verica, king of the Atrebates and ally of Rome, was forced into exile by invasions of the Catuvellauni, a neighboring tribe to the east. This served as the pretense for the Claudian invasion of Britannia in AD 43, led by general Aulus Plautius, who subsequently served as governor of the region (the future emperor Vespasian also ranked among the commanders). While Claudius had some participation in the campaigns–bringing reinforcements and elephants to Camulodunum–and received a triumph after his return to Rome, he refused the title Britannicus. The success of the invasion was commemorated on various issues. This denarius depicts the triumphal arch erected by the Roman Senate in honor of "Britannia conquered" (DE[victa] BRITANNIA). So momentous was the establishment of Roman rule in Britain that Claudius celebrated it even on a provincial issue from the far eastern mint in Cappadocia.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 682
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 29.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / SPES AVGVSTA, S C in exergue, Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left. RIC I 99; von Kaenel Type 55 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 124-5; BN 165-7. Handsome brown patina, some smoothing. Good VF. Wonderful portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 683
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28.5mm, 10.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P •, bare head left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, S C across field, Constantia, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, raising right hand and holding long spear in left hand. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 199-201; BN 226-9. Dark green patina, gently smoothed. Near EF. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 215; Lanz 26 (5 December 1983), lot 465; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 278.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 684
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51-52. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • XI • IMP • P • P COS V, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, her right arm is bent upwards and with right hand she pulls out a fold of her robe below the neck, holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointed downwards at a serpent gliding right before her. RIC I 62; von Kaenel Type 44, 752 (V638/R655); RSC 68; BMCRE 69; BN 71 (Lugdunum). Beautiful deep and iridescent toning. Choice EF. Perfectly centered on both sides. A very attractive coin. Ex G.W. Trow Collection; New York Sale XXXIV (6 January 2015), lot 532; C.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 648; Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 765.Nemesis is the goddess who enacts divine retribution on those who display hubris, or arrogance before the gods. By Roman times she is usually depicted as a winged woman holding out a fold of her garment before her, expressing aversion by spitting upon her bosom (supposedly humans could avoid her anger by making the same gesture). From early in his reign, Claudius employed on his coins a version of Nemesis sharing some features with Pax (Peace) along with the legend PACI AVGVSTAE ("the Emperor's peace"). Claudius's Nemisis coinage starts in AD 43 and probably refers to his invasion and subsequent conquest of Britain, with Rome meting out "divine retribution" on the arrogant British tribes. "The Emperor's peace" presumably refers to Britannia being brought within the Pax Romana, albeit by force of arms. Nine decades later Hadrian would employ a similar reverse as a reference to the Bar Kochba conflict.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 685
Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. Fourrée Denarius (19mm, 2.88 g, 5h). Imitating a Rome mint issue of AD 51. [TI CLA]VD CAESAR AVG • GERM TRIB POTES P [P], laureate head of Claudius right / ΛGRIPPINΛE ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing wreath of grain ears, from which one long tie hangs down at back; her hair is fastened at the neck in a long plait taken up. Cf. RIC I 81; cf. von Kaenel Type 50, p.18, pl. 17, 1243 (same dies); cf. RSC 4; BMCRE 78, pl. 33, 2 (same dies); BN –; CNR XVI 45/1 (this coin). Old collection toning, marks under tone. VF. Apparently the second known, and the only example in private hands. Ex Baranowsky FPL (Part 1, 1932), lot 430.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 686
Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck December AD 54. AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, bare head of Nero right, facing draped bust of Agrippina Junior left / NERONI CLAVD [DIVI F CAES] AVG GERM IMP TR P •, EX • S C within oak wreath. RIC I 2 (Rome); WCN 36; Lyon 5/5a (D22/R27); RSC 7; BMCRE 3; BN 8-9. Attractive toning, hairlines, scratch on obverse. VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc52391 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 687
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.40 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 58-59(?). NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P [• V •] P • P •, EX S C within oak wreath. Cf. RIC I 17; cf. WCN 41; cf. Lyon 17; cf. RSC 211; cf. BMCRE 20; BN –. Attractively toned, slightly granular surfaces, scattered shallow scratches. Near EF. Outstanding portrait of a young Nero. Certainly the work of a master die engraver. Ex Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 551.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 688
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.74 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis, globe at point of bust / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, S C in exergue, Annona standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, facing Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in outstretched right hand and torch in left; between them, modius on garlanded altar, ship's stern in background. RIC I 372; WCN 402; Lyon 44 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 306; BN –. Glossy dark green patina. EF. Exceptional for the type. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Berk BBS 94 (16 January 1997), lot 712.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 689
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 25.63 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S C high to left and right, PORT AVG upside down in exergue, Port of Ostia: eight ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips. RIC I 440; WCN 420; Lyon 10/1 (D304/R315); BMCRE 323; BN 75 (same dies). Light green patina, even light roughness, minor smoothing and marks. Good VF. Exceptionally complete reverse. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc42956 (ND; their ticket included).While Julius Caesar recognized the value of expanding Rome's port facilities at Ostia, it was Claudius who began actual building in AD 42. As part of the construction, one of Caligula's pleasure galleys was scuttled and filled with cement; above it was constructed a lighthouse surmounted by a statue of Neptune. Although the actual date of completion is not certain, it must have occurred shortly before this sestertius was minted. A further expansion of the facilities was required under Trajan and Hadrian. By the fourth century, however, the port's importance began to diminish as a result of silting. Soon the region became a breeding ground for malaria and was abandoned.