| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 510 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,748 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (21.5mm, 6.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (42/3 CE). [BA]ⳞIΛEYⳞ MEΓAⳞ AΓPIΠΠAⳞ [ΦIΛOKAI], diademed and draped bust right / KAIⳞAPAI H ΠPOⳞ TΩ ⳞEBAⳞTΩ ΛIMENI, Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and palm frond in left; L Z (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 6276; RPC I 4985; Sofaer 165. Earthen brown surfaces, light cleaning marks, metal flaw on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, one of the finest known. From the J. K. Biblical Collection, purchased from J.P. Fontanille, January 2013. Ex Archaeological Center 14 (18 April 1995), lot 15. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5505 Price realized: 4,000 USD (Approx. 3,674 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I, with Herod of Chalcis and Claudius. 37-43 CE. Æ (24.5mm, 15.40 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 8 of Agrippa (43/4 CE). BAΣ AΓPI[ΠΠAΣ ΣEB KAIΣAP BAΣ HPΩΔHΣ] (King Agrippa, Augustus Caesar, King Herod), Claudius, togate, standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar, between Agrippa I and Herod of Chalcis, each crowning the emperor with a wreath; [L H (date) in exergue] / [OPKIA BAΣ ME] AΓPIΠΠA [ΠΡ ΣEΒ KAIΣAP AK ΣYNKΛHTON, K ΔHM POM ΦIΛI K ΣYNM XI AY] (A vow and treaty of friendship and alliance between the Great King Agrippa and Augustus Caesar, the Senate and the People of Rome) in two concentric circles divided by wreath; clasped right hands in center; c/m: crude head left within oval incuse. Burnett, Coinage 8; Meshorer 124; Hendin 6278a; RPC I 4982. For c/m: Howgego 156. Rough dark red-brown surfaces, but types clearly visible. Fine. Rare and of great historical importance. Agrippa I had a close relationship with both Gaius (Caligula) and Claudius, in part helping to secure the rule of the latter in the uncertain days following his unexpected rise to the purple. Indeed, his relationship with Claudius was so close that Josephus (Ant. xix. 5.1) records that among the new emperor's first acts was publishing an edict guaranteeing Agrippa's kingdom (with the title "Great King") and granting the territory of Chalcis to Agrippa's elder brother Herod. This remarkable and rare issue not only explicitly refers to the alliance on the reverse, even using Agrippa's new title "Great King," but depicts the oath taking ceremony that occurred in the Roman Forum and is discussed in historical sources: He also made a league with this Agrippa, confirmed by oaths, in the middle of the Forum in the city of Rome. (Josephus, Ant. xix.5.1) He struck his treaties with foreign princes in the Forum, sacrificing a pig and reciting the ancient formula of the fetial priests. (Suetonius, Claud. 25.5) For the extremely rare counterpart issue of Herod of Chalcis with a similar obverse, albeit with the position of the brothers switched, see Meshorer 361. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 493 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I, with Queen Cypros. 37-43 CE. Æ (15.5mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Caesarea Paneas mint. Dated RY 2 (37/8 CE). ΚΥΠΡΟC, draped bust of Cypros (wife of Agrippa) right / Hand holding three ears of grain; L B (date) flanking, vine in right field. Meshorer 114; Hendin 6269; RPC I 4975; Sofaer 149. Earthen brown surfaces, small spot of verdigris. VF. Very rare. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 523 Price realized: 60 USD (Approx. 56 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ Drachm (32mm, 18.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 of Philip I (AD 248/9). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Tyche Soterios standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L ς (date) to left, palm frond to right. Köln 2780; Dattari (Savio) 5013; K&G 75.70; RPC VIII Online 2537; Emmett 3579.6. Red-brown surfaces with patches of green, roughness, smoothing. Good Fine. Rare. Emmett lists this type as R1 but its lack of presence in museum collections and recent sales records would indicate a much rarer rating would be appropriate. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 521 Price realized: 3,500 USD (Approx. 3,206 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nilus reclining left on crocodile, holding cornucopia in extended right hand, and cradling reed in left arm; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1808; K&G 32.470; RPC III 5730; Emmett 1014.13. Brown patina with earthen highlights. EF. Struck with dies of fine style. Ex Triton XI (7 January 2008), lot 525. The "Iς" on the reverse represents 16 cubits on the Nilometer, the gauge which measured the annual flood crest of the Nile, with 16 being the ideal point for the agriculture of the Nile valley. Lower than 16 cubits brought the danger of drought conditions, much higher and there was the possibility of damaging floods. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5522 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 322 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 24.84 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated right on pile of rocks, holding reed with his right hand and cornucopia with his left; crocodile to left below; before him, Isis-Euthenia standing facing, head left, holding a sistrum in her raised right hand and two grain ears with her left; L Iς (date) in exergue. Köln 1058; Dattari (Savio) 1811; K&G 32.520; RPC III 5793; Emmett 1020.16 (R4). Red-brown surfaces, roughness, edge splits. Near VF. Rare. A one year type, struck only in year 16. The reference in Emmett to a regnal year 10 example refers to the Dattari coin, no. 1810, which is almost certainly year 16, with the date being mostly off of the flan. Estimate: 250 USD |  |
