39 / 128
37
Rare Civic Issue of Artaxata
143.
Armenia, Artaxata.
AE 23-25, 9.92g (11h). Civic
Issue, Year 11 = 2/3 AD. Obv: Turreted, draped
bust of Tyche right. Rx: Upside-down wreath with
ties hanging from knot at top to its center; to left,
date IA (weak); to right monogram Πο. RPC Suppl.
2-I-3844B (5 spec.). Good VF. Excellent surfaces.
Extremely rare
$750
144.
Tiberius.
14-37 AD. Aureus, 7.72g (4h).
Lugdunum. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI - AVG F
AVGVSTVS Head laureate right. Rx: PONTIF -
MAXIM Livia seated right holding scepter and
branch, throne legs plain, double line beneath
throne. BM 30. Paris 13. RIC 25. Calicó 305d.
Giard, Lyon, 143, pl. XXXIII-IV (these dies not
illustrated). Mint State
$7,500
Ex Stack’s, December 2001, lot 18
.
Caligula and Agrippina
145.
Caligula and Agrippina I.
37-41 AD. Aureus,
7.73g (9h). Lugdunum, 37 AD. Obv: C CAESAR
AVG GERM P M TR POT Head of Caligula laure-
ate right. Rx: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG
GERM Bust of Agrippina draped right, her hair
falling in queue and one loose strand down her
neck. BM 14. Paris 24. Cohen 1 (200 Fr.). RIC 13
(R2). Calicó 326 (same dies). Giard, Lyon, 168, pl.
XXXIX-XL (these dies not illustrated). Virtually EF.
Miniscule spot in right field. Rare and desirable por-
traits of Caligula and his mother in gold
$32,500
Ex M&M 93, 16 December 2003, Arthur Bally-
Herzog Collection, lot 96. Ex Sotheby, 13-22 July
1908, H. Osborne O’Hagan Collection, lot 517
.
146.
Caligula.
37-41 AD. Sestertius, 27.68g (6h). Rome,
37-38 AD. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS
PON M TR POT Head laureate left. Rx: ADLOCVT
COH, without S C, Caligula standing left on plat-
form, camp chair behind him, addressing five sol-
diers holding standards. BM 33. Paris 45. Cohen 1
(15 Fr.). Excellent portrait. Very fine reverse detail.
Large and perfectly centered. EF
$12,000
Ex Künker 273, 14 March 2016, lot 635
.
The same obverse die was also used for Caligula’s
Three Sisters type, Paris 487, pl. XIII. Why the for-
mula S C was omitted from the ADLOCVT COH
type remains a mystery
.
Enlargement