Auction 126 - Session 2
Date: 2024-05-29 00:00:00
Lots: 316
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 456
CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla & Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (35mm, 26.72 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Philon, prytanis. [Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta] vis-à-vis laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing calathus, holding patera and torch; at feet left, lighted altar. SNG Leypold 849. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina, cleaning scratches, lightly double struck. Near EF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla's damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 457
CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla & Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (38mm, 27.02 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Philon, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding scepter; at feet right, lighted altar. CNG EA 306, lot 262. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Dark brown patina, reverse flan crack, a few pits. Good VF. Very rare. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla's damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 458
CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla & Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (37mm, 26.08 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Hierokles II, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: laureate and draped bust of Caracalla within circular incuse / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. SNG von Aulock 2684. For c/m: Howgego 84. Brown patina, light porosity, flan adjustment marks. VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla's damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 459
CARIA, Stratonicaea. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (39mm, 26.67 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC VII.1 659A (same obv. die). Brown patina, reverse porosity, flan flaws and scratches, flan crack. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one recorded in RPC, possibly the second known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 460
LYCIAN LEAGUE. Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.45 g, 6h). Probably Rome mint. Struck AD 95. Laureate head right / ЄTOYC IΔ YΠATOC IZ (date), winged caduceus between two lyres. RPC II 1504.11 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 4265 (same dies); BMC 7. Lightly toned with iridescence, light marks and scratches. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Benito Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 515; Group CEM (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 707; Lanz 112 (25 November 2002), lot 429.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 461
CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (36mm, 23.63 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / The Judgement of Paris: Paris seated left on rock, wearing Phrygian cap and holding apple and pedum, facing Aphrodite, nude, standing right, drawing drapery from shoulders, veiled Hera enthroned right, and Athena standing right, resting shield on ground before her and holding spear. SNG BN 1587 (same dies); RPC VI Online 7109.10 (this coin); SNG Levante –; Cornell 117 (this coin). Earthen red-brown patina, slight roughness. VF. Rare. From the Hesiod Collection. Ex Historical Scholar Collection (Heritage 3101, 25 August 2022), lot 32073; David Simpson Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1755; Classical Numismatic Group XXIV (9 December 1992), lot 497.Before the birth of her second son, Hekaba, wife of King Priam of Troy, dreamed that she had brought forth a flaming firebrand that destroyed the city, and the new-born child was therefore exposed on Mount Ida. Brought up by a shepherd, he was called Paris, and later, by his courage, earned the name Alexander or 'defender of men'. He was beloved by the nymph Oenone, but he deserted her as a result of a tempting suggestion by Aphrodite which led to the Judgement of Paris. When Hermes came to Mount Ida with the three goddesses he called Paris and said to him: "Come here and decide which is the more excellent beauty of face, and to the fairer give this apple's lovely fruit." (Colluthus, The Rape of Helen 130). While Paris reflected, the goddesses, who for the occasion had bathed their immortal bodies, offered him bribes in order to win the apple award of beauty: Athena offered him the command of Phrygia and the destruction of Hellas, or as some say, that he would be bravest of mortals and skilled in every craft. Likewise Hera offered him, besides wealth, the dominion over Asia and Europe. But Aphrodite offered him the hand of Helen, whose beauty was famous worldwide, and this bribe won the apple.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 462
CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (37mm, 28.77 g, 6h). Radiate and cuirassed bust left, seen from the front, right hand raised, holding Nike in left / Gordian standing facing, head left, holding Nike and long scepter; bound Persian captive seated to left. RPC VII.2 3067; SNG BN 1723 (same dies); SNG Levante 1146 (same dies). Dark brown patina, light pitting, minor smoothing. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 463
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 2.98 g, 6h). Dated RY 16 (AD 207/8). Laureate head right / Half-length female bust left (Artemis?), holding scepter and patera; ЄT Iϛ (date) across field. Ganschow, Münzen 437c (this coin); Sydenham, Caesarea –. Toned, lustrous, minor marks. VF. Extremely rare, only this coin known to Ganschow, three in CoinArchives. From the Weise Collection. Ex Künker 77 (30 September 2002), lot 520; Lanz 109 (27 May 2002), lot 576.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 464
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.71 g, 11h). Ephesus mint(?). Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia, slight drapery / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. Hiltmann, Type 2; RPC I 2202 (Cistophoric Mint); CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Deeply toned, light roughness, scattered marks. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 461.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 465
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.76 g, 1h). Ephesus mint(?). Laureate head right / Pax standing left, holding caduceus; to right, serpent arising from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group I, 50 var. (O72/R– [unlisted rev. die]); RPC I 2203 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 218. Minor marks, trace deposits. Good VF. Well centered and struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 466
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (24mm, 11.92 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right, head left, cornucopia on back; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group VI, 239a (O33/R43, this coin); RPC I 2213 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 16. Cabinet toning, minor marks, graffito on obverse. Good VF. Ex Lempertz 243 (21 September 1926), lot 293.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 467
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.81 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS, six grain ears bound together. Sutherland Group VI 276 var. (O61/R–;[unlisted rev. die]); RPC I 2214 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 32b. Toned with hints of iridescence, minor marks. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, January 2018. Ex Gorny & Mosch 224 (13 October 2014), lot 358 (hammer €2800); Gorny & Mosch 22 (25 May 1982), lot 407.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 468
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.72 g, 12h). Pergamum mint(?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Triumphal Arch of Augustus, surmounted by charioteer in facing quadriga; an aquila before each side wall; IMP • IX • TR • POT • V • on entablature. Sutherland Group VIIα (unlisted dies); RPC I 2218 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 298. Toned, small patches of find patina, some scratches. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (19 May 2021), lot 521 (hammer $3,750, since conserved).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 469
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (24mm, 11.94 g, 1h). Pergamum mint(?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Hexastyle Temple of Rome and Augustus set on five-tiered base; pediment surmounted by acroteria; ROM ET AVGVST on entablature. Sutherland Group VIIβ, 513-7 var. (O12/R–; unrecorded rev. die); RPC I 2219 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 86. Minor marks, find patina remaining, edge filing. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 470
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ "Sestertius" (37mm, 28.98 g, 12h). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head right / Large CA within laurel wreath framed by double-pelleted border. Howgego, Coinage, Class 2a; RPC I 2233; SNG von Aulock 6671. Light brown patina, cleaning marks. Near VF. Ex Rudolf Berk Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1190 (hammer $2000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 471
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 10.79 g, 6h). Struck in Rome for circulation in Asia Minor. Struck January-November AD 97. Laureate head right / Cult statue of Diana of Perge within distyle temple on three steps; DIΛNΛ PERG across entablature. Woytek, Cistophore 3a; RPC III 1301 (Uncertain Cistophoric mint); RSC 42. Toned. Near EF. A superb example of the type. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Warden Numismatics. Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (5 August 2020), lot 20124; Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 1182.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 473
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Mark Antony & Cleopatra VII of Egypt. 36 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.68 g, 12h). Struck circa 36-34 BC. Diademed bust of Cleopatra right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / Bare head of Antony right. McAlee 174; Prieur 27; RPC I 4094. Toned, light porosity, obverse off center, trace deposits. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 474
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Galba. AD 68-69. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.68 g, 1h). Dated RY 2 (AD 68/9). Bare head right / Eagle standing left on wreath, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left, ЄTOYC B (date) in exergue. McAlee 308; RPC I 4198; Prieur 100. Lightly toned with traces of iridescence, obverse scratch, minor marks. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 475
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Otho. AD 69. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on wreath, with wreath in beak and wings displayed; palm frond to left; ЄTOYC A (date) in exergue. McAlee 315; RPC I 4200; Prieur 102. Lightly toned, minor porosity, small edge rub, trace deposits. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 476
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73 g, 12h). Dated "New Holy Year" 5 (AD 72/3). Laureate bust left, slight drapery / Eagle standing left on garlanded altar, with wings displayed, holding caduceus in beak, palm frond in right talon. McAlee 360/2 (this coin illustrated); RPC II 1975.4 (this coin); Prieur 138 (this coin illustrated). Toned, scratches in obverse field. Good VF. Attractive portrait in high relief. Very rare. Ex Peter Corcoran Collection (New York Sale LIV, 11 January 2022), lot 248; Michel Prieur Collection (Triton XXII, 7 January 2019), lot 583.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 477
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.14 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 202-204. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings displayed. McAlee 658; Prieur 186. Lustrous, minor marks. EF. A superb specimen.