A GROUP OF TWENTY-NINE ROMAN AND GREEK COPPER ALLOY AND SILVER COINS, 1ST CENTURY BC-4TH CENTURY AD
拍卖行: Galerie Zacke
专场: 经典艺术:藏家慧眼——约根·伊卢姆·鲁本收藏亚洲艺术与古董
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A GROUP OF TWENTY-NINE ROMAN AND GREEK COPPER ALLOY AND SILVER COINS, 1ST CENTURY BC-4TH CENTURY AD This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve Comprising twenty Roman copper alloy coins depicting heads of Emperors with inscriptions, as well as nine Greek coins, of which two are of silver, one a silver alloy, and the others copper alloy. (29) The Roman coins show: -Germanicus (b. 15 BC-19 AD), twice -Claudius (r. 41-54 AD) -Nero (r. 54-68 AD) -Domitianus (r. 81-96 AD) -Nerva (r. 96-98 AD) -Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 AD) -Faustina Senior (r. 138-140 AD) -Caracalla (198-217 AD) -Alexander Severus (r. 222-235 AD) -Maximinus (r. 235-238 AD) -Claudius Gothicus (r. 268-270 AD) -Constantine the Great (r. 306-337 AD) -Constans (r. 337-350 AD) -Constantius II (r. 337-361 AD), thrice -Julianus II (r. 361-363 AD) -and Theodosius I (379-395 AD), twice. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Diameter 0.3 - 2.7 cm Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze coin of Severus Alexander, dated 222-235 AD, 2.6 cm in diameter, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inventory number GR 8528. Compare a closely related bronze coin of Claudius Gothicus, dated 268-269 AD, 2.2 cm in diameter, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, RÖ 20997. Compare a closely related bronze coin of Germanicus, dated to 40-41 AD, 2.7 cm in diameter, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inventory number RÖ 5246. Compare a closely related bronze coin of Constans, dated 348-350 AD, 2.2 cm in diameter, in the British Museum, registration number 2024,8011.19. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Bonhams New York, 17 December 2013, lot 1000 Price: USD 15,210 or approx. EUR 19,000 (for fifty-three) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Note this group lot is of earlier date with the coins dating from the second half of the first millennium BC, and also contains silver and a few gold coins.
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