Triton XXVII - Session 3
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 748 Numistats ref: 7769593
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late summer-autumn AD 114. IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONSERVATORI PATRIS PATRIAE, S • C in exergue, Jupiter, nude except for cloak hanging behind him from his shoulders, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand over Trajan standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC II –; Woytek 507f (this coin); Strack 448β; Banti 39 var. (bust type); BMCRE p. 215, * corr. (bust type); BN –. Brown patina, some green, flan preparation marks on obverse, light smoothing. Good VF. Extremely rare, Woytek records only one other example in the Vatican Collection, which BMCRE quotes with incorrect information about the bust variant. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Gemini II (10 January 2006), lot 347 (hammer $9,000); Lanz 123 (30 May 2005), lot 562.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 749 Numistats ref: 7769594
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck winter AD 114-early 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO. AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / SENATVS POPV LVSQVE ROMANVS, S C across field, Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding up caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 672; Woytek 534v2 (this coin); Strack 455; Banti 106; BMCRE 1002-3; BN 845-6. Handsome brown patina, marks on edge. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Berk BBS 89 (14 February 1996), lot 554; Numismatic Fine Arts XII (23 March 1983), lot 256; Hess-Leu [9] (2 April 1958), lot 317.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 750 Numistats ref: 7769595
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, FORT RED/ S · C in two lines in exergue, Fortuna Redux seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC II 652; Woytek 542v; Banti 66. Attractive brown patina with some green and red, some smoothing on edge. EF. Fine style. Ex T.R. Fehrenbach Collection (Heritage 3089, 21 January 2021), lot 32192; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 890 and color plate 15; Astarte 1 (11 May 1998), lot 243.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 751 Numistats ref: 7769596
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Restored issue of M. Claudius Marcellus. Rome. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. MARCELLINVS downward to right, bare head of the consul M. Claudius Marcellus right; triskeles to left / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST around, MARCELLVS downward in field to right, COS QVINQ downward in field to left, M. Claudius Marcellus advancing right, carrying trophy held in right hand into tetrastyle temple. RIC II 809 (same dies as illustration); Woytek 8342 (this coin referenced and illustrated); H. Mattingly, "The Restored Coins of Trajan" in NC 1926, 35, pl. XII, 16 (same dies); Komnick Type 36.0, 2 (V1/R2); RSC 35 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 689 (same dies); BN 502 (same obv. die): cf. Crawford 439/1 (for prototype); cf. Sydenham 1147 (same); cf. Claudia 11 (same). Cabinet toned. In NGC encapsulation 2130990-002, graded AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 114 (13 May 2020), lot 842; Palombo 17 (20 October 2018), lot 61; Numismatica Ars Classica 33 (6 April 2006), lot 479.This exceedingly rare coin, struck under Trajan, copies a denarius of 50 BC issued by the moneyer P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (ref. Crawford 439/1). The obverse shows the head of the general M. Claudius Marcellus, consul five times, with a triskeles behind that reminds of his conquest of Syracuse in 211 BC during the second Punic War. The reverse shows the moneyer's ancestor, carrying a Gallic trophy into the tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Feretrius (supposedly the first temple to have been built in Rome), which commemorates his victory of 222 BC against the Celtic Insubres under their king Britomartis. Curtis Clay wrote, the primary purpose of restored coins was to provide substitutes in circulation for coin types that had become familiar, but that the emperor was calling in, melting down, and restriking, because the originals were worn out and sometimes also because they contained more precious metal than current coins, so the emperor could make a profit. When selecting the types for the restored coins, however, a secondary purpose kicked in: to present a full picture of earlier Roman coinage, and to honor worthy earlier emperors, even if the earlier coins in question were not actually being called in and restruck, either because they were so old that they were no longer in circulation, or because they were so recent that they were still in excellent condition and contained no more bullion than the mint's current production. This secondary purpose explains Trajan's restoration of both a Republican didrachm, though such didrachms were certainly no longer in circulation, and of aurei of Nerva and Divus Nerva, though Nerva's aurei were only a decade old so didn't need restriking because of wear. It explains why Trajan Decius' restored antoniniani included coins for Divus Augustus, whose original denarii had long since disappeared from circulation. And finally it explains why Titus' restored bronzes included coins for Galba, whose original bronzes were also only a dozen years old. As Mattingly wrote regarding Titus' selection of emperors for restoration: "The list of persons whose coins were to be restored was evidently drawn up with deliberate care. Tiberius, Claudius, and Galba were included, Caligula, Nero, Otho, and Vitellius omitted. The list is something like a roll of honour of the early Empire, preserving all memories that deserved to be remembered" (BMC II, p. lxxviii). Relative to dating Trajan's restored coins, the traditional dating of AD 107 is based on Eckhel's theory linking the restitution coinage with the general recoinage that Dio places after Trajan's return from the Second Dacian War. Bernhard Woytek disagrees, and places their issue in AD 112/113, surmising that the appearance of Divus Nerva in this coinage must be contemporary to his appearance on an aureus securely dated to that period. Clay, however, pleads for the traditional dating of recoinage which, according to Dio, began circa AD 107. Curtis states that "If the restored coinage was connected with the recoinage, and the recoinage began circa AD 107, how likely is it that Trajan would have waited until AD 112-3 to issue the restored coins resulting from that recoinage?"
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 752 Numistats ref: 7769597
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Restored issue of Julius Caesar. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or AD 112/113. C • IVLIVS • CAES IMP • COS III, bare head of Julius Caesar right / IMP • CAES • TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Venus, bare to waist, standing right, leaning left elbow on column, holding helmet in right hand and transverse spear in left; shield on ground to right. RIC II 806; Woytek 851 (same dies as illustration – this coin referenced); Komnick 53.0, 1 (V1/R1); Calicó 47 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 696, pl. 23, 17 (same dies); BN –; Biaggi 34 (same dies); Jameson 422 (same dies). Reddish tone, minor marks, hairlines. Near Fine. Very rare. Woytek lists ten examples, including this coin. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Spink. Ex 1985 Arquennes Hoard, no. 404.Curtis Clay wrote, the primary purpose of restored coins was to provide substitutes in circulation for coin types that had become familiar, but that the emperor was calling in, melting down, and restriking, because the originals were worn out and sometimes also because they contained more precious metal than current coins, so the emperor could make a profit. When selecting the types for the restored coins, however, a secondary purpose kicked in: to present a full picture of earlier Roman coinage, and to honor worthy earlier emperors, even if the earlier coins in question were not actually being called in and restruck, either because they were so old that they were no longer in circulation, or because they were so recent that they were still in excellent condition and contained no more bullion than the mint's current production. This secondary purpose explains Trajan's restoration of both a Republican didrachm, though such didrachms were certainly no longer in circulation, and of aurei of Nerva and Divus Nerva, though Nerva's aurei were only a decade old so didn't need restriking because of wear. It explains why Trajan Decius' restored antoniniani included coins for Divus Augustus, whose original denarii had long since disappeared from circulation. And finally it explains why Titus' restored bronzes included coins for Galba, whose original bronzes were also only a dozen years old. As Mattingly wrote regarding Titus' selection of emperors for restoration: "The list of persons whose coins were to be restored was evidently drawn up with deliberate care. Tiberius, Claudius, and Galba were included, Caligula, Nero, Otho, and Vitellius omitted. The list is something like a roll of honour of the early Empire, preserving all memories that deserved to be remembered" (BMC II, p. lxxviii). Relative to dating Trajan's restored coins, the traditional dating of AD 107 is based on Eckhel's theory linking the restitution coinage with the general recoinage that Dio places after Trajan's return from the Second Dacian War. Bernhard Woytek disagrees, and places their issue in AD 112/113, surmising that the appearance of Divus Nerva in this coinage must be contemporary to his appearance on an aureus securely dated to that period. Clay, however, pleads for the traditional dating of recoinage which, according to Dio, began circa AD 107. Curtis states that "If the restored coinage was connected with the recoinage, and the recoinage began circa AD 107, how likely is it that Trajan would have waited until AD 112-3 to issue the restored coins resulting from that recoinage?"
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 753 Numistats ref: 7769598
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate bust with bare chest right, slight drapery / RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA, S C in exergue, Lictor, wearing short tunic and cloak, standing left, with brand in right hand setting fire to a heap of bonds on ground to left, and holding fasces with ax upright in left hand; to left, three citizens standing right, raising right hands in celebration. RIC II.3 264; Strack 556-7; Banti 622; BMCRE 1208. Dark green-brown patina, earthen deposits, scratch on obverse. VF. From the CLA Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1445.To promote his popularity, Hadrian cancelled debts and burned promissory notes in a general amnesty for tax arrears, the event this sestertius commemorates. The reverse depicts either Hadrian himself or a lictor applying a torch to a heap of documents (sungrafoi) symbolizing the debts being cancelled. The burning occurred in Trajan's Forum, where Hadrian erected a monument inscribed "the first of all principes and the only one who, by remitting nine hundred million sesterces owed to the fiscus, provided security not merely for his present citizens but also for their descendants by this generosity."The legend RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA literally translates to "old receipts in the amount of nine times a hundred thousand sestertii cancelled." The HS is a standard abbreviation for sestertii and, depending upon its context, it can mean a single sestertius, a unit of one thousand sestertii, or a unit of one hundred thousand sestertii. Novies means "nine times" and applies to the sestertius as a unit of one thousand sestertii. Considering the monumental inscription, the HS in the legend of this sestertius should be interpreted with the thousand, or mille, understood. Thus, the figure should be increased to 900 million sestertii, equaling the sum named on Hadrian's monumental inscription.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 754 Numistats ref: 7769599
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 29.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, S C across field, Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing left, with right hand dropping incense on candelabrum to left, and holding vertical spear in left hand; a round shield, on which a snake coils, rests against her left side. RIC II.3 668; Strack 574; Banti 583; BMCRE 1254. Brown and green patina, minor smoothing, flan crack. Good VF. Wonderful portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG (their ticket included).
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 755 Numistats ref: 7769600
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Medallion (52.5mm, 83.50 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 124-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III in exergue, symbols of the Capitoline Triad, to left, owl standing right on shield, head facing; in center, eagle standing right, head left; to right, peacock standing slightly left. RIC II.3 2825; Gnecchi III 64 and pl. 144, 10 var. (without frame); Banti 207 var. (same); Gemini III, 368 (same dies). Dark brown patina and brassy surfaces, roughness, some smoothing. VF. Extremely rare with frame. From the D. K. Collection. Ex Roma XIX (26 March 2020), lot 834.A most impressive medallion made from a single substantial flan containing a sestertius-sized central die bordered by a large frame with two circular grooves.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 756 Numistats ref: 7769601
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 128-circa 129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS III, Hadrian, Roma, and Genius of the Senate group: On right, Hadrian, togate, standing left, extending right hand, holding short scepter in left; on left, the Genius of the Senate, togate, standing right, extending right hand, left hand at side; Roma, helmeted and in military dress, standing right behind and between them, holding vertical spear in left hand and with right draws right hand of Hadrian toward that of the Senator. RIC II.3 934; Strack 216β; Calicó 1212 (same dies as illustration); cf. BMCRE 506-7; Biaggi 585 (same dies). Edge smoothing and marks, a few minor minor scuffs and hairlines, residual luster, die break bisects the reverse. Near EF. Wonderful reverse composition. Struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare, possibly the second recorded example. Hadrian, throughout his reign, was at pains in his official propaganda to pay homage to the Augustan concept the Principate, in which emperor and senate ruled jointly. On the reverse of this lovely aureus, which closely follows a famous sculpture group now in the Musei Capitolini in Rome, Hadrian is shown being greeted by the Genius of the Senate and the female figure of Roma. The harmonious image is at odds with reality: Hadrian's relations with the senate were frequently rocky, if not openly antagonistic. As a young man he gave a speech in the senate and was mocked for his Spanish accent, which may have set the tone. Later he became the protogé of the Emperor Trajan and seemed marked out for the succession, but he was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117. The transition proved rough, and four distinguished ex-consuls were summarily executed for plotting a coup. Hadrian also abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of retrenchment and consolidation, which was unpopular with the expansionist wing of the senate. Consequently, Hadrian never really felt comfortable in Rome and spent most of his 21-year reign traveling.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 757 Numistats ref: 7769602
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 128-circa 129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / HILA RI TAS • P • R •, S C across field, COS III in exergue, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding palm frond set on ground in right hand and cornucopia in left; on left, a small boy, standing right, lays hands on palm frond; on right, a small girl, standing left, grasping dress of Hilaritas. RIC II.3 988; Strack 629α; Banti 442; BMCRE 1372. Brown patina, a few pits on reverse. VF. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17 (14 August 2021), lot 2441.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 758 Numistats ref: 7769603
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 133-circa 135. [HAD]RIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / SALVS AV G, Salus, draped, standing right, right hand extended, feeding out of patera in left hand serpent coiled around and rising from altar to right. RIC II.3 2048; Strack 264δo; RSC 1335; BMCRE 717. Iridescent tone, a few shallow scratches on reverse. Superb EF. Struck with fresh dies. From the DFA Collection. Ex Ulysses Collection (Triton XXV, 11 January 2022), lot 899; Leu Numismatik 4 (25 May 2019), lot 646.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 759 Numistats ref: 7769604
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Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 128-circa 129. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, wearing double stephane, hair braided with pearls / Venus Victrix, seen half from behind, naked to the hips and draped below the waist, standing right, resting left elbow on column, holding scepter in left hand and helmet in right; to left, shield leaning on column. RIC II.3 2492; Abdy, Chronology, New Group 3; Strack 363a; BMCRE 920 (Hadrian); RSC 89 . Lightly toned, slight hairlines. EF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 973.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 760 Numistats ref: 7769605
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Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 26.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 130-133. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, wearing grain-ear wreath, hair in queue and wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left, holding patera in right hand, resting left elbow on head of statuette of Spes set on column; cornucopia below throne; S C in exergue. RIC II.2 2512; Abdy, Chronology, New Group 4; Strack 863; Banti 9; BMCRE 1864. Brown patina with green highlights, traces of brassy highlights, light marks, flan void on reverse, edge marks. Good VF. Superb portrait. Very rare, Banti cites three specimens with the grain-ear wreath. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Waddell FPL 71 (1997), no. 123; Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 264; Birkler & Waddell II (11 December 1980), lot 364.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 761 Numistats ref: 7769606
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Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 133-135. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, hair falling in plait down neck: hair waved at back and rises on top in crest over stephane above diadem / VES TA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne, holding palladium on extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II.3 2545; Abdy, Chronology, New Group 4; RSC 81; BMCRE 918 (Hadrian). Lightly toned and lustrous, reverse die wear. EF. Wonderful portrait. Ex Berk BBS 113 (22 July 2003), lot 360.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 762 Numistats ref: 7769607
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.97 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / TIBERIS, S C in exergue, Tiber reclining left on overturned urn from which water flows, right hand resting on boat, cradling reed in left arm; waves beneath. RIC III 642a; Banti 414 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1313-4 var. (no waves); Mazzini 819 var. (break in obv. legend). Dark brown and green patina, minor spots of smoothing, flan flaw, a couple light scratches on reverse. Near EF. Exceptional strike. Ex DMS Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, January 2003.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 763 Numistats ref: 7769608
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Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 24.77 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F COS around, S C below, bareheaded and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right. RIC III 1212; Banti 9; BMCRE 1209. Brown-green patina, minor porosity, small scratches on reverse. Good VF.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 764 Numistats ref: 7769609
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERA TOR II, Victory, winged and draped, flying right, holding trophy in both hands. RIC III 109; Strack 126δ; Calicó 1548 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 492; Biaggi 727 (same obv. die); Morgan 129 (this coin). A few minor marks, traces of deposits, slight flatness on Victory's leg. Near EF. High-relief portrait. From the Libertas Collection. Ex J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack's, 14 September 1983), lot 79; Hartwig Collection (Santamaria, 7 March 1910), lot 1477.J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was among the greatest American bankers and industrial magnates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Starting during the U.S. Civil War, Morgan's shrewd dealings placed his family banking company in a dominant position in all major industries, including railroads, steel production, and shipping. His wealth grew to legendary proportions by 1890, when his wide collecting interests began to proliferate. They included art and sculpture, gems, autographs, early manuscripts, and rare coins. He employed trusted dealers as agents to seek out works of rarity and beauty the world over. His impressive coin collections included ancient Greek and Roman pieces in silver and gold, including eight of the famous Aboukir gold medallions found in Egypt in 1902, and more than 200 gold aurei, including this specimen. The Morgan family retained his collection long after his death, publishing a portion of the holdings in 1953. Many of his coins have been subsequently sold at auction, including the Stack's sale of 1983.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 765 Numistats ref: 7769610
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 153-154. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVII, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC III 233a; Strack 270ζ; Calicó 1526a; BMCRE 812; Biaggi 717; Jameson –; Mazzini 311. In NGC encapsulation 2401326-004, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 766 Numistats ref: 7769611
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 159-160. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right / PIETΛTI ΛVG COS IIII, Pietas, draped, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and child in left arm; to left and right, small girl standing left, each raising right arm. RIC III 1031; Strack 1192δ; Banti 287; BMCRE 2088. Green patina, minor deposits. Near EF. Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 1095.
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 767 Numistats ref: 7769612
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.00 g, 11h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-141. DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / CONSE CRATIO, S C in exergue, funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by charioteer in biga right. RIC III 1135 (Pius); Beckmann dies (daf9/FP2); Strack 1238 (Pius); Banti 61 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1429; Mazzini 186 (this coin). Dark green and brown patina, some roughness, flan crack. Good VF. Exceptional for type. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 19145 (ND); Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (publ. 1957).The funeral pyre depicted on this sestertius is much more elaborate than those usually seen on other Roman consecration coins. The tiered structure is adorned with columns, garlands and what appear to be temple doors.
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