| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 944 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,061 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (16.5mm, 1.45 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 542-565. D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath in right hand and globus cruciger in left; star to right; CONOB. DOC –; MIBE 24b; Metcalf, Thess. 364-366; SB 173E. Some luster, lightly clipped, slightly bent, light hairlines. Superb EF. From the Iconodule Collection. Ex Nea Rhomê Collection; Leu Numismatik Web Auction 24 (3 December 2022), lot 668. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 942 Price realized: 1,900 USD (Approx. 1,740 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 542-562. D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left shoulder / VICTORI A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and globus in left; eight-rayed star to right; CONOB. DOC 7 (Constantinople); MIBE 22; Metcalf, Thess. 341-350; SB 138 note (Constantinople). Some luster, light scratches. EF. A bold strike. From the Iconodule Collection. Ex Nea Rhomê Collection; Leu Numismatik Web Auction 24 (3 December 2022), lot 666. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 943 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,061 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.41 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 542-562. D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left shoulder / VICTORI A AVGGG, Angel standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and globe in left; star to right; CONOB. DOC 7 (Constantinople); MIBE 22; Metcalf, Thess. 341-350; SB 138 note (Constantinople). Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6558178-003, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, clipped. From the Iconodule Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 1255. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 756 Price realized: 13,000 USD (Approx. 11,907 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 128-circa 129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS III, Hadrian, Roma, and Genius of the Senate group: On right, Hadrian, togate, standing left, extending right hand, left hand at side; on left, the Genius of the Senate, togate, standing right, extending right hand and holding short scepter in left; Roma, helmeted and in military dress, standing right behind and between them, holding vertical spear in left hand and with right draws right hand of Hadrian toward that of the Senator. RIC II.3 934; Strack 216β; Calicó 1212 (same dies as illustration); cf. BMCRE 506-7; Biaggi 585 (same dies). Edge smoothing and marks, a few minor minor scuffs and hairlines, residual luster, die break bisects the reverse. Near EF. Wonderful reverse composition. Struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare, possibly the second recorded example. Hadrian, throughout his reign, was at pains in his official propaganda to pay homage to the Augustan concept the Principate, in which emperor and senate ruled jointly. On the reverse of this lovely aureus, which closely follows a famous sculpture group now in the Musei Capitolini in Rome, Hadrian is shown being greeted by the Genius of the Senate and the female figure of Roma. The harmonious image is at odds with reality: Hadrian's relations with the senate were frequently rocky, if not openly antagonistic. As a young man he gave a speech in the senate and was mocked for his Spanish accent, which may have set the tone. Later he became the protogé of the Emperor Trajan and seemed marked out for the succession, but he was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117. The transition proved rough, and four distinguished ex-consuls were summarily executed for plotting a coup. Hadrian also abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of retrenchment and consolidation, which was unpopular with the expansionist wing of the senate. Consequently, Hadrian never really felt comfortable in Rome and spent most of his 21-year reign traveling. Estimate: 15000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 643 Price realized: 190 USD (Approx. 176 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (16.5mm, 1.51 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Some luster, slightly wavy flan, minor die rust, light scratches. VF. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 6388 Price realized: 300 USD (Approx. 276 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (16.5mm, 1.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Toned, areas of scratches, light deposits. Near EF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Ex Hirsch 284 (26 September 2012), lot 3099. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
