Auction No. 103
Ancient and Modern Coins (Lots 1-1379)
Live bidding starts: 06th June 2021, 17:00 CEST
Greek Coins
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II (Circa 485-420 BC). GOLD Daric. Sardes.
Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, with quiver over shoulder.
Rev: Rectangular incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 8.32 g.
Diameter: 15 mm.
Greek Coins
BAKTRIA or PARTHIA(?). Didrachm (3rd century BC). Imitating Athens.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; monogram to left.
Rev: AΘE.
Owl standing right, head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf.
Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; SNG ANS 4; HGC 12, 3.
Rare.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 8.13 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
JULIUS CAESAR. Aureus (46 BC). Rome mint. A. Hirtius, praetor.
Obv: C CAESAR COS TER.
Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas ?) right.
Rev: A HIRTIVS PR.
Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis and securis.
Crawford 466/1.
Condition: Good very fine, ex jewelry.
Weight: 8.03 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
AUGUSTUS (27 BC-14 AD). Denarius. Rome. Restitution issue struck under Trajan or Hadrian (98-138).
Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE.
Laureate head right.
Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES.
Caius and Lucius Caesar standing facing; two shields and two sceptres between them; simpulum and lituus (with split end) above.
RIC -; RSC -; CNG 103, lot 806; CNG 102, lot 842; Numismatik Naumann 88/595.
Part of a rare restitution series struck under Trajan or Hadrian, this piece features a more bulbous-shaped simpulum and a lituus with a split end, along with more refined features to the portrait of Augustus—all characteristics which are not seen on the prototype series.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 3.22 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
CLAUDIUS (41-54). GOLD Aureus. Lugdunum.
Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P.
Laureate head right.
Rev: IMPER RECEPT across top of front wall, view of the praetorian camp; 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 left, holding a spear in right hand; to his right, an aquila; 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.
RIC² 7; Calicó 359.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 7.79 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
CLAUDIUS (41-54). GOLD Aureus. Rome.
Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI.
Laureate head right.
Rev: Triumphal arch, with DE BRITANN on architrave, surmounted by an equestrian statue of Claudius left, between two trophies.
RIC² 33; Calicó 349.
Condition: Near extremely fine; traces of mounting.
Weight: 7.79 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
NERO (Caesar, 50-54). GOLD Aureus. Struck under Claudius (51-54). Rome.
Obv: NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGN.
Bareheaded and draped bust right.
Rev: EQVESTER / OR DO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT.
Legend on shield, spear behind.
RIC² 78; Calico 407.
Condition: Very fine; edge nick.
Weight: 7.62 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
VESPASIAN (69-79). GOLD Aureus. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG.
Laureate head left.
Rev: COS VIII.
Vespasian standing left, holding spear and parazonium, crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond.
RIC² 936; Calicó 625a.
Condition: Extremely fine, edge nicks.
Weight: 7.38 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
TRAJAN (98-117). GOLD Aureus. Rome.
Obv: IMP NERVA TRAIANVS AVG GER DACICVS.
Laureate bust right, wearing aegis.
Rev: P M TR P COS V P P.
Trajan on quadriga left, holding branch and eagle-tipped sceptre.
Woytek 166e; RIC 87; Calicó 1062.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 7.15 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
HADRIAN (117-138). GOLD Aureus. Rome.
Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS.
Laureate head right, with slight drapery.
Rev: COS / III.
She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus.
RIC² 709.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 6.98 g.
Diameter: 21 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
HADRIAN (117-138). GOLD Aureus. Rome.
Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS.
Laureate bust right, with slight drapery.
Rev: COS III.
Hadrian riding horse right, holding spear.
RIC² 780; Calicó 1225.
Condition: Near extremely fine.
Weight: 7.27 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Roman Imperial Coins
PERTINAX (193). Denarius. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG.
Laureate head right.
Rev: IANO CONSERVAT.
Janus standing facing, holding sceptre in right hand.
RIC 3.
Condition: Near extremely fine.
Weight: 3.27 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
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