| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 611 Price realized: 4,500 USD (Approx. 4,122 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.91 g, 5h). Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; CAESAR • IM downwards to right; large crescent dividing P M upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and leaning on scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS BVCA around from upper right. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 103 (A8/R4 – this coin illustrated); CRI 102 (same rev. die); Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Wonderful cabinet tone, reverse off center, reverse die wear. Near EF. A magnificent portrait of Caesar. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 480; Sternberg XI (20 November 1981), lot 547. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 612 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,953 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 5h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; CAESAR • IM downwards to right; large crescent dividing P M upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and leaning on scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS BVCA around from upper right. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 21 (A4/R13 – this coin illustrated); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; BMCRR Rome 4152-3; Kestner 3685; RBW –. Toned with iridescence, light marks, areas of minor flatness on reverse, slight edge roughness. Good VF. Superb portrait of Caesar. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 315 (hammer $6,500); Luigi de Nicola Collection. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 621 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.23 g, 4h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and leaning on scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 118 (A36/R37); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Toned with light iridescence, areas of soft strike, banker's mark and die flaw on obverse. Good VF. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 613 Price realized: 20,000 USD (Approx. 18,318 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.08 g, 3h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right; CAESAR downwards to right, IMPER upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe to right; A to left, M • METTIVS downwards to right. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 59 (A9/R7); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35; BMCRR Rome 4137; Kestner –; RBW 1686. Toned, underlying luster, a few light scratches on reverse. EF. Well struck with a bold and expressive portrait. Verism, a style of portraiture that strives to be hyper-realistic in its depiction of the subject "warts and all," can be traced as far back as the reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 13th century BC. It came to its full fruition in the late Roman Republic, perhaps influenced by the practice of making wax masks of the deceased. Caesar was the first living Roman to place his image on coins, and, in keeping with the style of portrait busts in stone and bronze, many of his numismatic portraits are veristic to the extreme. It is surprising to modern sensibilities that a man of his alleged vanity would allow himself to be portrayed with the balding pate, sagging jowls, and long "turkey neck" seen on this lifetime denarius. But it was clearly less important to Caesar that he be flattered with an idealized portrait, in the manner of Hellenistic kings, than to have his image convey the power and gravitas that only age and experience could provide. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 620 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.35 g, 3h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and leaning on scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 49 (A6/R2); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Lightly toned with hints of iridescence, minor marks and scratches, some flatness. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVI.2 (Second Quarter, 1991), no. 107; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 472; Classical Numismatic Review XV.4 (4th Quarter, 1990), no. 50. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5643 Price realized: 1,400 USD (Approx. 1,286 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.97 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right; lituus and simpulum to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe to right; H to left. Crawford 480/3; Alföldi Type III, 22 (A4/R11); CRI 100; Sydenham 1056; RSC 34; RBW 1678. Iridescent toning, broken and repaired, crystallized, flan crack, porosity, some reverse die rust, scratches under tone. VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
