Auction 126 - Session 3
Date: 2024-05-28 00:00:00
Lots: 322
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 668
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / S • P • Q • R/ P • P/ OB • CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37. Dark green patina, light cleaning scratches and smoothing. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from H. D. Rauch, 2005.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 669
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. Laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies. RIC I 34; von Kaenel Type 27 (unlisted dies); Lyon 53 (unlisted dies); RSC 18; SCBC 634. Toned, light porosity, some hairlines. VF. From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Sovereign Rarities, 17 October 2016.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 670
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.81 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 49-50. Laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave, triumphal arch, surmounted by an equestrian statue of Claudius left, between two trophies. RIC I 44; von Kaenel Type 31, – (V558/R567 – [unlisted die marriage]); Lyon 60; Calicó 351; BMCRE 49 (same rev. die); BN –; cf. SCBC 633 (for rev. type). Toned, minor edge scrape on reverse. Fine. Rare. The reverse celebrates the Roman conquest of Britain, which began in AD 43. From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Baldwin's FPL (Winter 2013-2014), no. AR039.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 671
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 25.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Laureate head right / EX • S • C/ P • P/ OB • CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 112; von Kaenel Type 69. Green surfaces. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, March 2017.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 672
Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing wreath of grain ears. RIC I 81; von Kaenel Type 50 (unlisted dies); RSC 4. Toned, granular surfaces. Near EF. Two excellent portraits. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (23 June 2021), lot 633; Vecchi 16 (9 October 1999), lot 413.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 673
Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. Young bareheaded and draped bust right / EQVESTER/OR DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines on a shield; behind it, a vertical spear, pointing upward. RIC I 79 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53 (unlisted dies); RSC 97. Deep cabinet tone, slightly off center, minor die wear on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 674
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 60-61. Youthful bare head right / Roma standing right, holding and inscribing shield supported on knee, foot on helmet; dagger and bow at feet to right. RIC I 28; Lyon 28 (unlisted dies); RSC 222. Lovely old cabinet toning, contact mark on obverse under tone. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 94, 6 October 2016), lot 116; C.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 653; Classical Numismatic Group XXXII (7 December 1994), lot 361; Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (2 March 1994), lot 691.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 675
Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa October-December AD 54. Bare head of Nero right, facing draped bust of Agrippina Junior left / Legend within oak wreath. RIC I 2; RSC 7. Old collection toning, area of flat strike. VF. Rare. Ex Libertas Collection, purchased 14 December 1980; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1 May 1980), lot 192.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 676
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 60-61. Youthful bare head of Nero right / [PON]TIF • MAX • TR • P • VII • COS • IIII • P • [P] around oak wreath enclosing EX • S C. RIC I 22; RSC 216. Areas of flat strike, enhanced details in hair. Good VF. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Ex Peter Corcoran Collection; Berk BBS 198 (7 July 2016), lot 202; Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 577.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 677
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Nero, holding patera and scepter, and Messalina, holding patera and cornucopia, standing left. RIC I 45; RSC 43. Lightly toned with traces of luster, slight die shift on obverse. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 481 (hammer CHF 3000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 678
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Nero standing facing, radiate and togate, holding branch and Victory on globe. RIC I 47; RSC 45. Attractive toning. Near EF. Fantastic portrait. Ex Prof. David R. Beatty Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 761; CNG Inventory 717644 (December 1999).The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120 foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol that was created by Zenodorus for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of AD 64. Hadrian moved Zenodorus' work, by this point altered so that it no longer represented Nero, closer to the Flavian Amphitheater. The sculpture's memory was retained in the popular name of that amphitheater - the Colosseum.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 679
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC I 53; RSC 119. Lustrous, minor marks. Near EF. Ex Weise Collection; Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1008.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 680
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 26.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Port of Ostia: eleven 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, terminating with a figure seated on rock. RIC I 182; WCN 113; cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 83 (for rev. type); Heritage 3032, lot 23914 (same dies). Dark green surfaces, roughness and pitting. VF. 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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 681
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Temple of Janus with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to right. RIC I 266; WCN 139; Elkins, Monuments Figure 77. Dark brown patina, smoothing, minor porosity. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Lanz 158 (5 June 2014), lot 495.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 682
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium; shields to right. RIC I 273; WCN 145. Dark green and red patina, minor smoothing. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Gallery, October 2001.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 683
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 28.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and resting hand on parazonium; shields to right. RIC I 273 var. (aegis); WCN 145 var. (same). Green-brown patina, edge split. Good VF. Attractive. From the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 684
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.32 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66-67. IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left. RIC I 63; WCN 30; Calicó 413; BMCRE 77-9; BN 231-2; Adda 32; Biaggi 227-8; Mazzini 120 and 120*; CNR XVI 73/1 (this coin). Attractive violet-red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (6 May 2019), lot 621; Coppens Collection (Bourgey, 6 December 1961), lot 27. Possibly from the Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.On April 13, 1895, excavators working on a Roman villa near Pompeii unearthed a vaulted box containing more than 1,000 gold aurei. The coins were dispersed to local collectors before any records could be compiled, so today it is impossible to tell for certain whether any particular coin was from the Boscoreale Hoard. However, the presence of deep reddish toning on an aureus dating to before the eruption is regarded as highly suggestive that the coin was from this hoard.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 685
Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.12 g, 5h). 'S P Q R Group'. Uncertain mint in Gaul or Rhine Valley. Struck May-December AD 68. [PACI] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged, standing right, holding winged caduceus in left hand and holding out fold of drapery with her right, snake at feet / S P Q R enclosed within oak wreath, jewel at top. BMC 26 and pl. 50, 14; Martin 81 and pl. 8, 81 L = Nicolas 63 and pl. II, 63 BR = RIC I 56 (same dies). Deeply toned, minor areas of weakness. Good VF. Extremely rare; one of two known specimens, and by far the finer. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow Collection (Leu Numismatik 9, 24 October 2021), lot 1116; Künker 182 (14 March 2011), lot 590.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 686
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April to late AD 68. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Roma, helmeted and in military dress, advancing right, holding Victory on globe and transverse spear. RIC I 57; CSB 46; RSC 197. Light iridescent tone. Near EF. Very rare. Exceptional for the type. Ex Roma XXV (22 September 2022), lot 968; Áureo & Calicó 252 (28 May 2013), lot 39.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 687
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.20 g, 6h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. Struck circa October AD 68. Laureate head left / Concordia seated left on throne, holding olive branch and transverse scepter. RIC I 339; ACG 106 (A62/P227). Brown surfaces, applied patina delaminating, light corrosion. Good VF. Impressive portrait. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 346 (13 February 2019), lot 2534 (hammer €3000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 688
Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Laureate head right / Roma standing right, holding Victory and transverse scepter. RIC I 199; RSC 200. Rich cabinet toning. EF. Bold portrait. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Galba Collection (Hess-Divo 333, 30 November 2017), lot 148; Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 321; J. C. S. Rashleigh Collection (Part I, Glendining, 14 January 1953), lot 505.