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Sale 100
September 3-6 2017 Pre Long Beach Sale
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Lot 2220 |
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Basil II Bulgaroktonos. Gold Solidus (4.07 g), 976-1025. Constantinople, 977-989. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTihm, bust of Christ facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. Reverse: + bASIL' C ConSτAnτI b A, crowned busts of Basil II, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2c; Füeg 2.B; SB 1796. Some file marks on the edges. Fine to Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
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$517 |
Lot 2221 |
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Justinian I. Æ follis (19.75 g), 527-565. Nicomedia, RY 23 (549/50). D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif; in upper right field, cross. Reverse: Large M; above, cross; across field, date (A/N/N/O X/X/II/I); B//NIKO. Cf. DOC 129 (officina not attested); MIBE 113a; SB 201. Black and tan patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
Ex CNG 87 (18 May 2011), 1201.
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$294 |
Lot 2222 |
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Heraclius, 610-641. Gold Solidus (4.47g). Facing busts of Heraclius (on l.) and Heraclius Constantine (on r.), each wears chlamys and crown with cross. Reverse Cross potens on three steps. Sear 738. Some marks and scratches around the reverse rims. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
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$376 |
Lot 2223 |
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Tiberius III (Apsimar). Gold Solidus (4.41 g), 698-705. Constantinople. D τIbERI-ЧS PE AV, crowned and cuirassed bust of Tiberius III facing, holding spear over chest and shield with horseman motif on arm. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ, cross potent set on three steps; B//CONOB. DOC 1b; MIB 1; SB 1360. Outstanding portrait fully struck up with some weakness in the legends. Wonderful lustrous surfaces throughout. Mint State. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,200
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$1,028 |
Lot 2224 |
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Justinian II. Gold Solidus (4.37 g), second reign, 705-711. Constantinople. δ N IhS ChS REX RGNANTIЧM, bust of Christ facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; cross behind head. Reverse: D N IЧSTINIA-NЧS E[T TIbE]RIЧS PP A, crowned half-length figures of Justinian II, on left, and Tiberius, on right, facing, each wearing divitision and chlamys, holding between them cross potent on two steps. DOC 2b; MIB 2b; SB 1415. Rare. Struck on a full, broad flan. Some areas of weakness nonetheless, fully lustrous. Mint State. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500
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$2,409 |
Lot 2225 |
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Constantine IX Monomachus. Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.31 g), 1042-1055. Constantinople. + IHS X REX REGNANTInm, Bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. Reverse: + CωnST-AnTn bASILEUS Rm, crowned bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus-cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1830. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5 (misidentified on the holder as Constantine VIII). Estimate Value $700 - 800
Ex Eliasberg Collection.
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$793 |
Lot 2226 |
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Constantine X Ducas. Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.35 g), 1059-1067. Constantinople. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm, Christ, nimbate, seated on square-backed throne, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. Reverse: + Kωn RAC Λ O Δ[OVKA]C, empeor sanding facing on cushion, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 1a; SB 1847. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450
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$423 |
Lot 2227 |
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Romanus IV Diogenes. Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.33 g), 1068-1071. Constantinople. KωN MX ANΔ, Michael, in center, holding labarum and akakia, between Constantius, on left,and Andronicus, on right, the latter two each holding globus cruciger and akakia, all standing facing on footstools; pelleted band below. Reverse: [PωMAN] EVΔKΩIM, Christ standing facing on footstool crowning Romanus, on left, and Eudocia, on right, each holding globus cruciger; across upper field, barred IC XC. DOC 1; SB 1859. Lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $700 - 800
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$793 |
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