| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction | Auction date: 12 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 50097 Price realized: 1,150 USD (Approx. 1,049 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: AUGUSTUS with AGRIPPA, 27 B.C.- A.D. 14. Gaul, Nemausus. AE Dupondius (13.05 gms), A.D. 10-14. NGC MS, Strike: 3/5 Surface: 4/5. Adjusted Flan. RPC-I, 525; RIC-159-61; SNG Cop-700-1. Obverse: Heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate, back to back; Reverse: Crocodile right, chained to palm frond with wreath at top with long ties to right; two palm fronds at base. A delightful and ever-popular provincial issue, this specimen presents Rome's first emperor along with his best friend (and son-in-law), the general Agrippa. Some adjustment flans are noted--highly typical of the emission. Estimate: $1000 - $1500 |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 277 Price realized: 500 CHF (Approx. 568 USD / 528 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-AD 14. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 11.00 g, 1 h), Nemausus, circa 10-14. IMP / P - P / DIVI F Heads of Agrippa, on the left, wearing rostral crown combined with laurel wreath, and of Augustus, on the right, wearing oak-wreath, back to back. Rev. COL - NEM Crocodile standing to right, chained to large palm; below, two short palm fronds; above palm-tip, wreath with long ties. Cohen 8. RIC 159-61. RPC I 525. Attractive dark green patina. Struck slightly off center and with minor spots of corrosion, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex WAG 62, 17 September 2012, 587 and Triton XIV, 4 January 2011, 621. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 276 Price realized: 2,600 CHF (Approx. 2,956 USD / 2,745 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-AD 14. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 26 mm, 13.00 g, 11 h), Nemausus, circa 10-14. IMP / P - P / DIVI F Heads of Agrippa, on the left, wearing rostral crown combined with laurel wreath, and of Augustus, on the right, wearing oak-wreath, back to back. Rev. COL - NEM Crocodile standing to right, chained to large palm; below, two short palm fronds; above palm-tip, wreath with long ties. Cohen 8. RIC 159-61. RPC I 525. Beautifully patinated and very well struck. Faint adjustment marks as made, otherwise, extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins and from the collection of Yves Gunzenreiner, Leu 1, 25 October 2017, 170. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3300 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-AD 14. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 13.78 g), Nemausus, circa 10-14. IMP / P - P / DIVI F Heads of Agrippa, on the left, wearing rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus, on the right, wearing oak-wreath, back to back. Rev. COL - NEM Crocodile to right, chained to large palm; above to left and right, wreath with long fillets; below, two branches. Cohen 8. RIC 159-61. RPC I 525. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Oslo Myntgalleri AS > Auction 37 | Auction date: 25 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 1692 Price realized: 2,600 NOK (Approx. 243 USD / 222 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-AD 14. Æ dupondius (25 mm; 11,96 g). Nemausus, circa 16 - 10 BC. Heads of Agrippa and Augustus back to back, Agrippa on the left, wearing rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus on the right, bareheaded / Crocodile chained to palm branch with wreath attached; two branches below. Struck slightly off-center. Attractive glossy dark-brown patina with some remaining earthen deposits., RPC I 523, RIC I 157, Grade: 1+, From the inventory of a Swedish dealer Starting price: 900 NOK |  |
Match 5:
| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > February 2024 World CCO Auction | Auction date: 26 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 74099 Price realized: 900 USD (Approx. 829 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: AUGUSTUS, 27 B.C.- A.D. 14. AR Denarius (3.79 gms), Uncertain Mint in Spain, Possibly Colonia Patricia, ca. 19-18 B.C. NGC Ch VF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Punch Marks. RIC-37B; RSC-97. Obverse: Head of Augustus left, wearing oak wreath; Reverse: DIVVS - IVLIVS; Comet with eight rays and tail pointed upward. A beautiful example of the type featuring an excellent young bust of Rome's first emperor along with a crisply-struck reverse design. The surfaces exhibit great metal quality and shimmer with luster. The noted punch marks are tiny, with one appearing on the center of each side. Appearing suddenly during a religious festival just months after Julius Caesar's assassination, "Caesar's Comet", as it came to be called, took on immediate mystical significance for Romans of the time. The celestial object reportedly continued to shine for seven days and was commonly interpreted to be Caesar's soul leaving the earth. Octavian immediately seized upon the coincidence and used it to bolster his position as Caesar's nephew and heir during the dangerous power vacuum that followed the dictator's murder. This early imperial issue references the cosmic event with a lovely depiction of the comet itself along with simple legends that assert Caesar's deification. Estimate: $700 - $1000 |  |
