| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 683 Price realized: 1,800 USD (Approx. 1,649 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28.5mm, 10.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P •, bare head left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, S C across field, Constantia, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, raising right hand and holding long spear in left hand. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 199-201; BN 226-9. Dark green patina, gently smoothed. Near EF. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 215; Lanz 26 (5 December 1983), lot 465; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 278. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 684 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51-52. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • XI • IMP • P • P COS V, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, her right arm is bent upwards and with right hand she pulls out a fold of her robe below the neck, holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointed downwards at a serpent gliding right before her. RIC I 62; von Kaenel Type 44, 752 (V638/R655); RSC 68; BMCRE 69; BN 71 (Lugdunum). Beautiful deep and iridescent toning. Choice EF. Perfectly centered on both sides. A very attractive coin. Ex G.W. Trow Collection; New York Sale XXXIV (6 January 2015), lot 532; C.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 648; Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 765. Nemesis is the goddess who enacts divine retribution on those who display hubris, or arrogance before the gods. By Roman times she is usually depicted as a winged woman holding out a fold of her garment before her, expressing aversion by spitting upon her bosom (supposedly humans could avoid her anger by making the same gesture). From early in his reign, Claudius employed on his coins a version of Nemesis sharing some features with Pax (Peace) along with the legend PACI AVGVSTAE ("the Emperor's peace"). Claudius's Nemisis coinage starts in AD 43 and probably refers to his invasion and subsequent conquest of Britain, with Rome meting out "divine retribution" on the arrogant British tribes. "The Emperor's peace" presumably refers to Britannia being brought within the Pax Romana, albeit by force of arms. Nine decades later Hadrian would employ a similar reverse as a reference to the Bar Kochba conflict. Estimate: 7500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 445 Price realized: 150 USD (Approx. 139 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (29.5mm, 11.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Bare head left / Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76. Green and brown patina, smoothed, flan flaw on reverse. VF. From the Delaware Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 334 (3 September 2014), lot 293. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 6045 Price realized: 250 USD (Approx. 230 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (30.5mm, 11.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Bare head left / Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76. Dark green-brown patina, smoothing. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 925. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 694 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,748 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S C across field, ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on parazonium; to right, shields set on ground. RIC I 275; WCN 137; BMCRE 180; BN 364. Dark green-brown patina, smoothed. Good VF. Ex Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 1172; Naville II (12 June 1922), lot 350. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 680 Price realized: 8,000 USD (Approx. 7,327 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 43-44. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • III, laureate head right / IMPER RECEPT across top of front wall, view of the Castra Praetoria: in front is a wall with two small arched openings below and five battlements on top; above and behind it stands a soldier on guard looking left, holding spear in right hand; aquila to left; behind him is a pediment in which is a crescent, on two pillars, flanked left and right by walls, each with a battlement above and an arch below. RIC I 20; von Kaenel Type 18 (V –/R292 [unlisted obv. die]); Lyon 35 (D –/R135 [unlisted obv. die]); RSC 42a; BMCRE 21 (same rev. die); BN –; CNR XIV, 290 (this coin). Toned, some roughness, traces of deposits, scratches along edge . VF. From the CLA Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 25 July 1992. Ex Münz Zentrum XX (24 April 1974), lot 18. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
