Triton XXVII - Session 3
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 795
Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.72 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDEI CO HO R TIVM AVG, Fides standing left, holding two grain ears in right hand and vexillum in left. Cf. RIC III 199 (AR Denarius); MIR 18 –; Calicó –; Biaggi –; cf. G. Hirsch 303, lot 3090. Lightly toned and lustrous, scratch, small spot of hairline scratches. EF. Extremely rare, the second known and in superior grade. Despite his increasingly erratic rule, the Emperor Commodus enjoyed relatively good relations with the soldiery during his 15-year reign. Early on, aristocratic conspiracies against Commodus caused his complete alienation from the Roman Senate, leading him to rely heavily on the army, the 10 cohorts of Praetorian Guard in particular, to carry out his will. The two Praetorian commanders, or praefects, wielded great power in this regime, but at the same time bore the brunt of his violent mood swings and arbitrary decisions. Cleander, the most powerful of these viziers, held sway for three years before a grain shortage caused public rioting and calls for his execution, which Commodus quickly heeded. This extremely rare aureus type, issued in AD 192, thanks the Praetorian Cohorts for their loyalty to him in the aftermath of Cleander's fall, slyly referenced by the figure of Fides (Fidelity) clutching two grain ears. The new praefect, Laetus, would soon engineer a successful conspiracy against his master, and the Praetorians would ultimately prove themselves loyal only to whomever paid them the most.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 796
Pertinax. AD 193. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right / [O]PI DIVIN • TR P COS II, Ops, draped, seated left on throne, holding two grain ears in right hand and resting left hand on seat of throne. RIC IV 8a; Lempereur Type 9, 452a (D169/R242 – this coin); RSC 33; BMCRE 19-20. Lightly toned, a few scratches and minor deposits on obverse. Near EF. From the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Bowers & Ruddy Galleries, 14 August 1981. Ex Monetarium 34 (Spring 1981), no. 129.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 797
Pertinax. AD 193. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right / VOT DECEN TR P COS II, Pertinax, veiled and draped, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod left, and holding volumen in left hand at side. RIC IV 13a; Lempereur Type 11, 694 (D257/R329); RSC 56; BMCRE 24. Wonderful iridescent toning, underlying luster, slightly granular surfaces, tiny flan flaw on reverse. VF. From the J. Okun-Dubitsky Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 798
Pertinax. AD 193. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG, laureate head right / VOT DECEN TR P COS II, S C across field, Pertinax, veiled and togate, standing left, holding volumen in left hand and sacrificing out of patera in right over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 24; Lempereur Type 11, 799a (D287/R409 – this coin); Banti 22; BMCRE 44. Dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Good VF. Bold portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Michael Weller Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 1034; Classical Numismatic Review XXII.3 (Fall/Winter 1997), no. 92; Hess-Divo 271 (4 June 1997), lot 54; Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 865.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 799
Didius Julianus. AD 193. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.93 g). Rome mint. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / RECTOR ORBIS, Didius Julianus, togate, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC IV 3; RSC 15. Golden toning. VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 800
Didius Julianus. AD 193. Æ Sestertius (27.5mm, 17.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M DID SE [VER] IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / CO[NCOR]D MILIT, Concordia, draped, standing left, holding aquila in right hand and signum in left; S C across field. RIC IV 14; Woodward, Didius dies –/B (unlisted obv. die); BMCRE 20; Banti 1. Dark green patina, smoothing, details strengthened. VF. From the Gil Steinberg Collection, purchased from Bowers & Ruddy, 20 July 1981.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 801
Manlia Scantilla. Augusta, AD 193. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Didius Julianus. MANL SCAN TILLA AVG, draped bust right / IVNO RE GINA, Juno, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head turned upwards to right. RIC IV 7a; BMCRE 11 var. (rev. legend break); RSC 2. Attractively toned with iridescence, flan crack, die wear. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc54544 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 802
Manlia Scantilla. Augusta, AD 193. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 21.47 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Didius Julianus. MANLIA SCAN TILLA AVG, draped bust right / IVNO REG[INA], Juno, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head turned upwards to right; S C across field. RIC IV 18a; Woodward, Didius dies 6/B; BMCRE 32-6; Banti 2. Green patina, roughness, smoothed. Near VF. Ex Editions V. Gadoury (15 October 2022), lot 73.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 803
Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PE S NIGER IVS A, laureate head right / AETERNITATIS AVG, seven stars above and within upturned crescent. RIC IV 1 var. (legends); BMCRE † var. (same); RSC 1 var. (same). Toned, minor scratches. Near EF. An extremely rare variety of an already very rare issue. From the DFA Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 804
Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NI[G]ER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / FORTNAE REDVCI, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 29 var. (rev. legend); BMCRE –; RSC 26a var. (same). Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4680544-005, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Rare legend variety. Ex W.B. and R. E. Montgomery Collection (Heritage 3012, 2 January 2011), lot 24714.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 805
Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / CERER FRVG, Ceres, draped, standing left, holding grain ears in extended right hand and scepter in left. RIC IV 7b; BMCRE 291 var. (rev. legend breaks); RSC 12. Lightly toned, minor edge split. EF. Rare. Well struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 806
Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, cista filled with grapes, grain ear, poppies, and assorted fruit. RIC IV 17; BMCRE 293; RSC 16a. Toned, scratch on reverse. Good VF. Rare. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Berk BBS 94 (16 January 1997), lot 392.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 807
Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / IVSTIT IA AVG, Justitia, draped, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and scepter in right. RIC IV 50; BMCRE –; RSC 45. Toned with some iridescence, slight porosity. Good VF. Rare. From the CLA Collection. Ex Goldberg 5 (6 April 2000), lot 3617.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 808
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (41mm, 59.51 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194. L • SEPTIMIVS • SEVERVS PERTINAX • AVG IMP IIII, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [P] M TR P III [COS] II P P, FIDEI • MILIT, Septimius Severus standing left on däis, right hand raised in salute and holding scepter with left; behind him, Caracalla and Geta, both in military attire, standing left; before, six soldiers standing right, the front row holding shields, the back row holding two signa and a vexillum. Gnecchi II, 16 (pl. 94, 7); Banti 51; Cohen 152; Grueber 3; Froehner p. 153. Attractive dark green and brown patina, slight roughness, a few light scratches. Good VF. Extremely rare. A very impressive piece. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 786; Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 456.Although Septimius Severus is often described as first of the "soldier emperors," his early career was almost entirely civilian, rising steadily through the ladder of Roman magistracies, much like his predecessors. Nevertheless, his reign proved a major step in militarizing Roman government and life. He entered the Senate in AD 173 and gained some early military experience as legionary officer in Africa and Syria, where he served under the later Emperor Pertinax. After reaching the Consulship in AD 190, he was appointed as governor of Pannonia Superior, which placed him in command of Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix, strategically located within easy march of Italy and Rome. With the assassination of Commodus in AD 193, followed within weeks by the murder of his mentor Pertinax, Severus was hailed as emperor by the XIIIIth at Carnuntum. A lightning march to Rome deposed the pathetic Didius Julianus and placed Severus in firm control of the capital, whereupon he immediately prepared for civil war against two rivals who had likewise been proclaimed in the provinces, Clodius Albinus and Pescinnius Niger. Though wealthy and connected, Severus was from a "new" family and relied heavily on the army to cement his power. He raised military pay and showed his troops many preferments, including ending the longtime ban on marriage for regular soldiers. The army began to think of him as one of their own and, after disposing of Niger and Albinus, he suffered no revolts or serious internal threats for the rest of his reign. This remarkable bronze medallion, struck in AD 194 for presentation to a senior officer, depicts Severus being hailed as Imperator (victorious general) by his soldiers. Behind him stand his sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he told on his deathbed, "get along with one another, enrich the soldiers, and despise everyone else!"
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 809
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 26.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196-197. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVI AVG FELI CIS SIMO, Septimius Severus on horseback right, bareheaded and wearing military attire, raising right hand in salutation; to right, a soldier, helmeted and wearing military attire, advancing right, head left, leading the emperor's horse; S C in exergue. RIC IV 719; BMCRE 596; Banti 4 (same obv. die as illustration). Dark brown and earthen patina, light roughness. VF. Ex Numismatik Naumann 113 (6 February 2022), lot 692; Leu 10 (24 October 2021), lot 2316.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 810
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Roma, helmeted, draped to feet, seated left on small, round shield, holding palladium on extended right hand and scepter, nearly vertical, in left, resting feet on stool. RIC IV 288; Calicó 2529a; BMCRE 358; Biaggi 1101; Jameson –; Mazzini –. In NGC encapsulation 4938386-016, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, edge scuff. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 13 (15 November 2021), lot 47 (hammer CHF 22,000); Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 633 (hammer ₤14,000); Roma 3 (31 March 2012), lot 503 (hammer ₤42,000).Flush with plunder from his eastern conquests and cash forcibly extracted from his political enemies, Septimius Severus engaged in a prodigious building campaign in the city of Rome, including the arch that bears his name and still survives in the Roman Forum. He also built the Septizodium, an elaborately layered colonnade that served as a public gathering place and alternate forum, which survived until demolished by Pope Sixtus V in 1588. These and other improvements were celebrated on coinage naming Severus as "Restitutor Urbis," or "Restorer of the City," including this aureus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 811
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 207. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV COSIII P P, distyle temple; within, Aesculapius standing facing between two serpents erect, holding a serpent-entwined wand in right hand. RIC IV 205; Calicó 2511 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 262, note †; Biaggi 1094 (same dies). Lightly toned with some luster, light scratches, edge bump. Good VF. Extremely rare. Only one example in CoinArchives. Aesculapius, the god of healing, is depicted in his temple, which was located on Tiber Island in Rome. Built circa 290 BC, according to legend the location was marked by a snake that slithered out of a ship and into a grotto on the island, indicating the god's favor. Remains of the temple can still be seen on the island today. The Severans all counted Aesculapius among their patron deities and featured him on their coinage.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 812
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (26mm, 9.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 208. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / [P] M TR P XVI above, COS III P P/ S C in two lines in exergue, bridge with curved side and curved roof, with four pillars above; on bridge, five figures–heads and shoulders showing; below, boat on river: at each end of bridge, triumphal arch with three arches below and groups of statuary on top. RIC IV 786b; BMCRE 857 var. (bust type); Hill 203; Mazzini 523 (same obv. die); cf. Gorny & Mosch 265, lot 1402 (hammer €1800). Brown patina, smoothing. VF. Very rare. Ex Libertas Collection; Sotheby's (5 October 1989), lot 166.This rare coin copies the Danubian bridge type of Trajan (RIC II 569), and is possibly the bridge over the Firth of Forth, built for Severus' Scottish campaigns.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 813
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21.5mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVGVSTOR VM, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta on horses prancing left, each with right hand raised. RIC IV 305; Calicó 2578; BMCRE 374 (same rev. die); Biaggi 1116. Underlying luster, minor edge marks. Good VF. This rare and attractive aureus type was struck at Rome early in AD 210 and depicts Severus, Caracalla and Geta on horseback galloping side by side, a military scene commemorating the campaign in northern Britain that was in full swing. This was the first occasion in Roman history when three emperors reigned jointly – Severus' youngest son Geta having been raised to the rank of Augustus just a few months prior to the issue of this aureus.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 29.61 g, 12h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210. L SEPT SEVE RVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIAE BRITANNICAE, two Victories, both draped, standing vis-à-vis, holding between them a shield and placing it on palm tree in center; at base of palm tree flanking, two seated captives, both with hands bound behind back; S C in exergue. RIC IV 818; BMCRE 811 (same obv. die); Banti 167; SCBC 652. Dark brown-green patina with some red, some light smoothing. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 September 2004), lot 1621; Sternberg XXVIII (with Freeman & Sear, 30 October 1995), lot 174.In AD 208, Septimius Severus together with the entire imperial family (his wife Julia Domna and their sons Caracalla and Geta) set out for Britain where the situation on the northern frontier demanded urgent attention. He was to spend the last two and a half years of his life in the island province and was destined never to return to Rome. Together with his elder son, the co-emperor Caracalla, he campaigned vigorously beyond the imperial frontier, penetrating far into Scotland. The line of their marching-camps can still be detected today by aerial photography. Severus also restored Hadrian's Wall, the northern frontier of the province, which was in serious need of renovation now that more than eighty years had elapsed since its original construction. Little is known of the success of these military operations, though they were to bring peace to the area for the remainder of the third century and an extensive issue of coinage in all metals was produced to commemorate the British victory.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 3 . 815
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (25.5mm, 11.59 g, 6h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VICT BRIT P M TR P XIX COS III P P, Victory, draped, standing right, holding vexillum in both hands; seated captives flanking, both draped at waist and with hands bound behind back, heads looking up at Victory; S C flanking. RIC IV 812b; BMCRE 264. Attractive dark green-brown patina, smoothing in fields, minor pitting. Good VF. From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 139 (15 February 2017), lot 146; B. A. Seaby, 14 February 1934; R. Laughlin Collection (A. Hess, 18 December 1933), lot 712.