Roman Imperial AV aureus AD 40-1 Antonia, mother of Claudius, ex-Tyszkiewicz collection etc, pedigree to 1901 VF+

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Antonia (38 BC - AD 37), mother of Claudius, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, AV aureus (7.69 g), struck under Claudius c. AD 40-1. Her corn-ear wreathed and draped bust right/Ceres standing facing with long torch and cornucopiae.

Better than very fine, perfectly centered on a large, medallic flan, lustrous, test cut on edge. Very rare and with an exceptional and glamorous provenance.

RIC 65; Calico 318a; von Kaenel 16, 316 (these dies); cf. Roma XXIX, lot 430 (same dies, £46,000 hammer)

Acquired in Tokyo, Japan;
ex-Superior, 7-10 June 1987, lot 4379;
ex-Buddy Elsen (1908-2003) collection; the American actor starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's among other classics;
ex-Superior 8-11 June 1981, lot 1711 ($15,250 hammer);
ex-Miguel L. Munoz collection;
ex-Stacks 1 May 1980, lot 139 ($10,500 hammer);
ex-Frederick S. Knobloch collection;
ex-Florange & Ciani 18-20 December 1924, lot 339 (750 francs hammer)
ex-Barrachin collection;
ex-Sotheby 27-8 February 1908, lot 79;
ex-Frederick Andrew Inderwick KC (1836-1904) collection;
ex-Veuve Raymond Serrure auction, 25 June 1901, lot 62;
ex-Count Jozef Tyszkiewicz (1850-1905) collection;

and given the lack of earlier auction provenance, possibly from the collection of his father Count Michał Tyszkiewicz (1828-1897) collection, formed in Rome circa 1862-1897; most (all ?) of the aureii Jozef Tyszkiewicz bought for himself came from auction sales, e.g. Ponton de Amacourt, Montagu; the Serrure catalogue notes that other pieces were inherited from Michał Tyszkiewicz. Michał Tyszkiewicz was notoriously a perfectionist collector who would sell most of the items he bought, but he loved medallic coins with full impressions of the dies, which suggests this piece may well have belonged to him.

 

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