Triton XXVII - Session 3
Date: 2024-01-09 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 690
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.09 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 across field, triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 432; WCN 422; Lyon 113; BMCRE 329; BN 77; Kleiner 22a. Brown patina, some brassy highlights, small flan flaw on obverse, short hairline flan crack. Near EF. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 819; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4 (3 December 1985), lot 462.This monumental triumphal arch was erected by Nero to commemorate Roman military campaigns against the Parthians in Mesopotamia and Armenia. Although not particularly successful in a military sense, with Paetus losing almost his entire army at Randeia in Armenia, the war did end with a peace treaty favorable to Rome that was upheld for nearly fifty years. This coin type is vitally important for architectural historians as the arch's appearance is only known through its depiction on the coins.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 691
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Biaggi 225-6. Lustrous, edge marks, ex jewelry. EF. From the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 28 July 1981.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 692
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot resting on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and resting left hand on parazonium at side; round and oblong shield and greave to right. RIC I 54; WCN 27; Calicó 439 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 82 (same dies); BN 222-3; Biaggi 238 (this coin); Morgan 65 (this coin). Attractive red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale, traces of deposits, small edge split. Near EF. Ex collection of an attorney (Künker 341, 1 October 2020), lot 5797; Collection of a European Scholar (LHS 97, 10 May 2006), lot 7; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 727; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 252; Leo Biaggi De Blasys Collection, 238; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (as consigned by Wayte Raymond, H. Schulman, 26 April 1951), lot 3048, previously purchased en bloc by Wayte Raymond from the Morgan Library; Prof. Carlo Stiavelli Collection (Santamaria, 6 April 1908), lot 400; Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 693
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 15.40 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head right / MAC AVG above, S C across field, Façade of the Macellum Magnum: statue standing facing on base within cylindrical tetrastyle entrance set on tiered base, upper tristyle story surmounted by ornate conical dome; two-story tristyle porch on either side; II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 184; Wulzinger Series V; WCN 203; BMCRE –; BN 318-9. Green and red-brown patina, smoothing. VF. Excellent architectural type. The Macellum Magnum was Nero's great provision-market, probably dating from AD 59. This magnificent structure, originally occupying the middle of a square lined with porticoes and shops, was located on the Caelian Hill. It survived in its original state until the late 4th century, when its dilapidated condition necessitated a major reconstruction. During the turbulent 5th century the building again fell into partial ruin and in the latter part of the century it was transformed under Pope Simplicius (468-482) into the church of S. Stefano Rotondo.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 694
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S C across field, ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on parazonium; to right, shields set on ground. RIC I 275; WCN 137; BMCRE 180; BN 364. Dark green-brown patina, smoothed. Good VF. Ex Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 1172; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 350.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 695
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 15.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head right / S C across field, ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot resting on helmet, holding wreath in right hand and resting left hand on parazonium at side; three round shields to right. RIC I 296; WCN 225; BMCRE 205; BN 389-91. Attractive light brown surfaces, some smoothing, a couple of pits, minor flan flaws. Good VF. Excellent portrait. From the Lionel Tenby Collection, with a Seaby ticket.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 696
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 7h). 'G P R Group II'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or in the Rhine Valley. G • P • R, draped bust of the Genius of the Roman people to right; scepter over shoulder / MARS VLTOR, Mars, nude but for helmet and parazonium slung around his chest, advancing right, wielding spear in his right hand and holding shield in his left. RIC I 48; AM 25, but cf. 24 and pl. 2, 24 P (for an aureus struck from the same reverse die); RSC –; Mairat 35.3 (this coin); BMCRE 21 note; Nicolas, Néron 26, but cf. 24-25 and pl. I, 24 P & 25 CAL (for aurei struck from the same reverse die). Deeply toned, slight roughness in the fields. Near EF. Extremely rare and exceptional for issue. Among the finest known. Ex Dipl.-Ing Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1138; Lanz 128 (22 May 2006), lot 291; Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (23 May 2016), lot 501.Exceptional style, not typically encountered in the Civil War denarii. While most of the Rhine mint denarii tend to be of a more crude style and fabric, this specimen is superb, revealing the hand of a particularly talented engraver. The Denarii of the Civil War The civil wars at the end of Nero's reign began with the revolt of the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gaius Julius Vindex, probably around the beginning of March of AD 68. Vindex offered the leadership of the revolt to Servius Sulpicius Galba, then governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, who was hailed imperator by the Spanish legions at Carthago Nova in April of the same year. The title was cautiously refused, but Galba did declare himself the legatus of the senate and people of Rome. Just a month later, Galba's confidence would be shaken by the crushing defeat of Vindex near Besançon by the general Lucius Verginius Rufus, governor of Germania Superior. But in another twist of fate, by 9 June, Nero was dead, having taken his own life. Galba began his march to Rome, and his brief reign was underway.Coinage, of course, was needed during these precarious months of revolt and without an emperor to strike in the name of (save for that in honor of the "model emperor" of Roman history, Augustus) the coinage was struck with messages suiting the political climate. The issues struck under Vindex possess a more aggressive air that underscores the militant nature of his revolt, while Galba's tend to be more constitutional and optimistic in tone.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 697
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 1h). 'SIGNA P R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or in the Rhine Valley. MARS VLTOR, draped bust of Mars to right, wearing crested helmet and plain necklace / SIGNA / P - R, Aquila to right before lighted altar; signum on either side. RIC I 51; AM 60; RSC 406; Mairat 78.8 (this coin); BMCRE 39; Nicolas, Néron 94 and pl. VIII, 94 PR1 (this coin). Toned, area of edge scuffs. Good VF. Ex Dipl.-Ing Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1123; Gordon McLendon Collection (Christie's New York, 12 June 1993), lot 103; Numismatic Fine Arts XII (23 March 1983), lot 201; Dr. E.P. Nicolas Collection (Kampmann, 9 March 1982), lot 203; A. Page (14 June 1933), lot 799 ('Collection d'un Amateur Parisien').
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 698
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.17 g, 12h). 'S P Q R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck May/June-December AD 68. SALVS GE NE RIS HVMANI, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left / S P Q R within oak wreath. RIC I 72; AM 77; RSC 420; BMCRE 36; BN 41-2. Toned, minor marks, reverse slightly off center, edge test cut, area of minor edge filing, tooled. Good VF. Rare. Ex Dipl.-Ing Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1083, purchased from Seaby.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 699
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 26.31 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck circa November AD 68. SER • GALBA • IMP • CAES • AVG • TR • P •, laureate head right / EX • S C/ OB/ CIVES/ SER in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 434; ACG 42 (A57/P71); BMCRE 62; BN –. Brown patina, areas of roughness. EF. Outstanding portrait struck in high relief. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XII (23 March 1983), lot 207.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 700
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.68 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa October AD 68. SER • GALBA • IMP • CAESAR • AVG • TR • P, laureate head right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC I 387; ACG 169 (A61/P144 – this coin); BMCRE 68; BN 195 (same obv. die). Brown patina, light roughness, slight double strike on obverse. Good VF. Ex Collection de Monsieur B... (Ciani, 1 June 1920), lot 351.By AD 68, Servius Sulpicius Galba had governed Hispania for nearly eight years with a single Roman legion, VI Victrix, under his command. In April of that year, with Nero's support crumbling, Galba proclaimed himself as representing the Senate and People of Rome, in opposition to Nero, thus taking the first steps that would lead to his brief, chaotic reign as emperor. However, the final collapse of Nero's regime took several months, during which the Roman coinage reflected the uncertain political climate.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 701
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.56 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa October AD 68. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate head left / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C across field, Libertas standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC I 389; ACG – (A84/R– [unlisted rev. die]); BMCRE p. 319 §; BN 196. Green and red patina, some roughness. VF. High relief portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 310 (4 September 2013), lot 372.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 702
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.33 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa October AD 68. SER • GALBA • IMP • CAESAR • AVG P M TR P, laureate head left / S C across field, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left over left shoulder. RIC I 400; ACG 196 (A99/P149); BMCRE –; BN 205 (same obv. die); Mazzini 248 (same dies). Brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. Rare type with head left. From the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, 21 May 1981.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 703
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.48 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. Struck circa June-August AD 68. IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / S P Q R/ OB/ CIV SER in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 262; ACG 289 (A100/P151); BMCRE 117; BN 121 (same dies). Mottled red-brown patina, small collector's cachet at base of neck. VF. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1338.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 704
Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ OB C S in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 164; Calicó 509; BMCRE 29-30; BN 72-4; Adda 42; Biaggi 265; Jameson 53; Mazzini 286; NAC 97, lot 93 (same dies; hammer CHF 60,000). Toned, some hairlines on reverse, minor edge marks. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan. Exceptional portrait. Ex Provence Collection (Triton XXIII, 14 January 2020), lot 679; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 20 February 1951), lot 1669; Sir Hyman Montagu Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 20 April 20 1896), lot 172.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 705
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ OB/ C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; RSC 287; BMCRE 34 corr. (not laureate); BN 76-7. Lightly toned, a few minor scratches, faint hairlines. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex CNG inventory 96391 (ca. 1990-1991).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 706
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head right / DIVA AVGVSTA, Diva Julia Augusta (Livia), draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 186; RSC 55; BMCRE 8-9; BN 83-4. Wonderful old cabinet tone with some blue and gold iridescence. Near EF. Bold portrait.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 707
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.42 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate and draped bust right / DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left. RIC I 189; RSC 55a. Toned with some light golden hues and iridescence, hairlines. Near EF. Nicely centered with a wonderful bust of Galba. Ex Pecunem 9 (Gitbud & Naumann, 3 November 2013), lot 440.He (i.e., Galba) showed marked respect to Livia Augusta, to whose favor he owed great influence during her lifetime and by whose last will he almost became a rich man; for he had the largest bequest among her legatees, one of fifty million sesterces. But because the sum was designated in figures and not written out in words, Tiberius, who was her heir, reduced the bequest to five hundred thousand, and Galba never received even that. (Suetonius 5.2) The line of the Julio-Claudian emperors had died out with Nero, but the new emperor Galba still wished to demonstrate continuity with the dynasty that had ruled for the last century, via his close friendship with Livia.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 708
Otho. AD 69. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January-8 March. IMP OTHO CΛESΛR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECVR I TAS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 9; Muona Group 2, Type 9A, Portrait Type B; Calicó 529; cf. BMCRE p. 366, note †; BN 9; Adda 43; Biaggi 273; Mazzini 14. Smoothing and tooling. Good VF. Ex Triton XXV (11 January 2022), lot 814; Künker 312 (8 October 2018), lot 2820; Künker 273 (14 March 2016), lot 674; Gorny & Mosch 224 (13 October 2014), lot 471.Marcus Salvius Otho was a minor functionary in the court of Nero, known more for his enthusiastic participation in the emperor's revels than for any real competency. His one mistake was in introducing his beautiful wife Poppaea Sabina to his master. Very soon, Otho got the governorship of the remote province of Lusitania, and Nero got Poppaea. With Nero's downfall, Otho aligned himself with his fellow governor Galba, fully expecting to be named the elderly emperor's successor. When Galba designated Piso as his successor, the disappointed Otho joined the conspiracy that lead to Galba's assassination. Otho himself would perish three months later, by his own hand as the armies of Vitellius approached Rome.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 709
Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.28 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck late February-16 April. IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / PAX ORBI[S TE]RRARVM, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and caduceus in left. Cf. RIC I 5 (Aureus); Muona Group 2, Type 7B, Portrait Type D; RSC 4a. Light cabinet tone, scratches. Good VF. Great portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVII.2 (Summer 2022), no. 5604303.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 710
Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.69 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECV RI TΛS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 8; Muona Group 1, Type 4B, Portrait Type A; RSC 17; BMCRE 17-8; BN 10. Attractive deep cabinet tone. Good VF. Wonderful portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.