| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 900 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Licinius I. AD 308-324. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.21 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 316. LICINI VS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSER VATORI AVG, Jupiter standing left, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter in left; at his feet to left, eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; –|X//SIS. RIC VII 21; Depeyrot 12/1 var. (rev. legend break); Calicó 5120; Biaggi –. Toned with some luster, light hairlines, minor edge marks. EF. Extremely rare. Ex Brexit Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 801; ArtCoins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), lot 715 (hammer €20,000). This aureus was struck at Siscia (modern Sisak, Croatia) during the brief border war of AD 316 between the rival emperors Licinius I, in the East, and Constantine I, in the West. The reverse invokes the protection of Jupiter, traditional head of the Roman pantheon, as the champion of Licinius in his struggle against Constantine, who had forsaken the old gods of Rome to embrace Christianity. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 901 Price realized: 14,000 USD (Approx. 12,823 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Licinius I. AD 308-324. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.28 g, 12h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 316. LICINI VS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CON SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe right in outstretched right hand and scepter in left; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; –/X//SIS. RIC VII 18; Depeyrot 16/1; Calicó 5108A; Biaggi –. Lightly toned and lustrous, minor deposits. EF. Very rare. Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 411. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 900 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Licinius I. AD 308-324. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.21 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 316. LICINI VS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSER VATORI AVG, Jupiter standing left, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter in left; at his feet to left, eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; –|X//SIS. RIC VII 21; Depeyrot 12/1 var. (rev. legend break); Calicó 5120; Biaggi –. Toned with some luster, light hairlines, minor edge marks. EF. Extremely rare. Ex Brexit Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 801; ArtCoins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), lot 715 (hammer €20,000). This aureus was struck at Siscia (modern Sisak, Croatia) during the brief border war of AD 316 between the rival emperors Licinius I, in the East, and Constantine I, in the West. The reverse invokes the protection of Jupiter, traditional head of the Roman pantheon, as the champion of Licinius in his struggle against Constantine, who had forsaken the old gods of Rome to embrace Christianity. Estimate: 10000 USD | |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 896 Price realized: 5,000 USD (Approx. 4,580 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.37 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 294-295. MAXIMIANV S NOB CAES, laureate head right / IOVI CONSE RVATORI, Jupiter standing left, nude but for chlamys draped over shoulders, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left; SMN. RIC VI 6; Depeyrot 2/5; Calicó 4916; Biaggi 1860; Mazzini –; Barhfeldt –; Jameson –. Toned and lustrous, a few light scratches. EF. Ex Rauch 108 (4 June 2019), lot 357. Estimate: 6000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 692 Price realized: 45,000 USD (Approx. 41,216 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot resting on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and resting left hand on parazonium at side; round and oblong shield and greave to right. RIC I 54; WCN 27; Calicó 439 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 82 (same dies); BN 222-3; Biaggi 238 (this coin); Morgan 65 (this coin). Attractive red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale, traces of deposits, small edge split. Near EF. Ex collection of an attorney (Künker 341, 1 October 2020), lot 5797; Collection of a European Scholar (LHS 97, 10 May 2006), lot 7; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 727; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 252; Leo Biaggi De Blasys Collection, 238; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (as consigned by Wayte Raymond, H. Schulman, 26 April 1951), lot 3048, previously purchased en bloc by Wayte Raymond from the Morgan Library; Prof. Carlo Stiavelli Collection (Santamaria, 6 April 1908), lot 400; Boscoreale Hoard of 1895. Estimate: 30000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 728 Price realized: 9,500 USD (Approx. 8,701 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head left / COS VIII in exergue, Vespasian, in military dress, standing left, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left, crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC II.1 936; Calicó 625a; BMCRE 205; BN 183; Adda 55; Biaggi 318. Light reddish tone, some underlying luster, faint hairlines. Good VF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (23 June 2021), lot 660; Künker 304 (19 March 2018), lot 1096. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
Match 6:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 691 Price realized: 8,500 USD (Approx. 7,785 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Biaggi 225-6. Lustrous, edge marks, ex jewelry. EF. From the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 28 July 1981. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
