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Sale 63
The Pre-Long Beach Auction of US, World Coins and Currency
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Lot 2648 |
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Two Sicilian Gold Coins. A Byzantine semissis of Theophilus (ninth century) and a tari of Friedrich II (early thirteenth century). Condition is VF or better. Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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| Realized
$528 |
Lot 2649 |
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Two EF Gold Solidi of Justin I and Justinian I. S. 56 and S. 140. Lot of 2 coins.
Encompassing 1700 years from Republican times through the fall of the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire in 1453, the permutations in forming a coin collection of the ancient Romans are nearly limitless. For most collectors, one coin of each emperor is still a viable solution of spanning each historical period, while studying the inscriptions, artistic treatment, economics, minting procedures, to name only a few apects.
This lot is one of 29 from such a collection, lovingly formed and studied. The owner also managed to include a few usurpers and quite a number of Byzantine solidi which cost around $35 each in the late 1960s. Based on the coin types and condition represented, the collection might well have been substantially formed from the 1960s to the 1980s. For this cataloguer, it's part of the fun to envision why a particular coin was chosen, for each coin adds to the total force of the array.
Estimated Value $475 - 625.
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$834 |
Lot 2650 |
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Two Gold Issues of Byzantium. Tremissis of Tiberius II (S. 425; lustrous, EF) and a solidus of Maurice Tiberius (S. 478; lustrous, Superb EF).
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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$661 |
Lot 2651 |
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Seventeen Byzantine and Related Bronzes. An array of coins is presented with most all being minted from different reigns. Condition averages typical VG with a few "duds" and a few higher grade items. Lot of 17 coins.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
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$207 |
Lot 2652 |
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Two Choice VF Gold Solidi of the Seventh Century. Heraclius (S. 770) plus a solidus of Constans II (S. 959). Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $475 - 575.
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$661 |
Lot 2653 |
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Three Gold Byzantine Coins. Constantine IV (solidus; obverse scratching, EF), Michael II and Theophilus (Syracusan solidus; About VF), plus Constantine VII and Romanus I (solidus; Fine). Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value $475 - 550.
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$828 |
Lot 2654 |
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Two Byzantine Silver Coins. Miliaresion of John I (S. 1792; Choice VF) and a quarter hyperpyron of John VIII (S. 2565; F-VF). Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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$414 |
Lot 2655 |
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Two Gold Coins of the Eleventh Century. Histamenon nomisma of Romanus III (S. 1819; Choice VF) and a histamenon nomisma of Romanus IV (S. 1861; VF). Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $475 - 550.
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$690 |
Lot 2656 |
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Two Electrum Histamenon Nomismas (Nomismata). Michael VII (S. 1868; About VF) and Nicephorus III (S. 1881; Fine). Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $350 - 425.
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$483 |
Lot 2657 |
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Trio of Electrum Emissions. Nicephorus III (histamenon nomisma; S. 1881; Choice VF); Isaac II (aspron trachy; S. 2002; Choice VF), plus Andronicus II and Michael IX (hyperpyron; cf. S. 2396; F-VF). Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value $375 - 450.
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$529 |
Lot 2658 |
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Three Gold Coins of the Later Byzantine Empire. Alexius I (hyperpyron; S. 1913; edge irregularities, Choice VF); John II (hyperpyron; S. 1941; obverse border scratches, VF); John III of Nicaea (hyperpyron; S. 2073; VF for issue). Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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$690 |
Lot 2659 |
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Four Silver Coins. Emanating from such ancient cities as Tarsos (stater), Larissa, Istros and Apollonia in Illyria, condition averages F-VF. Lot of 4 coins.
Estimated Value $450 - 550.
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$437 |
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