| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 656 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (33mm, 24.09 g, 5h). "Triumphal Coinage" issue. Rome mint; M. Salvius Otho, moneyer. Struck 7 BC. [CAES]AR • AVGVST • PONT • MAX • TRI BVNIC • [POT], laureate head of Augustus left; behind, Victory, draped, touching fillet of laurel wreath with right hand and holding cornucopia in left / M • SALVIVS • OTHO • III • VIR • A • A • A • F • F • around large S • C. RIC I 429; BMCRE 224-5 = BMCRR Rome 4689-90; BN 685-6; CNR III 419/5 (same dies). Dark green-brown patina, some light cleaning marks. Good VF. Exceptional and rare. From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. (their ticket included). This coin, unusual because of its obverse, has been the subject of scholarly speculation. The obverse clearly shows Augustus as a victorous commander. By 7 BC, however, when this coin was struck, Augustus, now in his 50s, no longer personally commanded Rome's armies; instead, he acted as commander-in-chief, while it fell to his stepsons, Drusus and Tiberius, to actually take the field. Drusus died in 9 BC from complications resulting from a fall. Thereafter Tiberius became Rome's main commander until his retirement to Rhodes in 4 BC. This issue may then commemorate Tiberius' victories in Germania, as well as his subsequent triumph and assumption of the consulship for that year (Vell. Pat. 2.97). Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
