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Sale 104
June 10-13 2018 Pre Long Beach Sale
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Lot 3364 |
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Anastasius I, AD 491-518. Gold solidus (4.48g). Constantinople, 2nd officina, AD 498-518. D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Anastasius facing slightly right, spear over right shoulder, shield on left arm. Reverse: VICTORI-A AVGGG B, Victory standing left, holding long staff topped by reverted staurogram; star to left, CONOB in exergue. Sear 5. DOC 7b. Flan slightly bent, minor surface marks confined to reverse fields, otherwise well struck on a broad flan and delicately toned. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $700 - 800
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Lot 3365 |
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Anastasius I, 491-518. 4-piece lot. Includes SB 16 (Constantinople Follis, 2 examples), SB 38 (Nicomedia Half Follis) and SB 53 (Antioch Pentanummium). All coins VF. Lot of 4 coins. Estimate Value $125 - 150
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$60 |
Lot 3366 |
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Justinian I, the Great, AD 527-565. Lot of two gold solidi (4.25g. and 4.29g.). Constantinople, 3rd and 5th officinae, AD 542-546. Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding globus cruciger and shield. Reverse: Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star to right, CONOB in exergue. Sear 139. One slightly bent, both with various minor surface marks and lightly clipped. Lot of 2 coins. Very Fine or better. Estimate Value $500 - 550
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$750 |
Lot 3367 |
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Justinian I, the Great, AD 527-565. Gold Solidus (4.36g). Constantinople, 1st officina, AD 542-546. D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Reverse: VICTORI-A AVGGG A, angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star to right, CONOB in exergue. Sear 139. DOC 8a. Minor flan flaw in center, a few light rim marks, otherwise a pleasing example from this monumental ruler. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450
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$360 |
Lot 3368 |
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Justinian I. Æ Follis (g), 527-565. Cyzicus. RY 19 (545/6). D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI, elmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right. Reverse: Large M; A/N/N/O - X/?I/II/I (date) across field, cross above; B//KYZ. DOC 171b.1; MIBE 120a; SB 207 . Reddish-brown patina. Very Fine. Estimate Value $150 - 200
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$90 |
Lot 3369 |
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Justin II, 565-578. Includes: AE Half Follis Justin II (Constantinople, SB 380) and Justin II and Sophia (Carthage, SB 395). Both coins VF, the second scarce. Lot of 2 coins. Estimate Value $90 - 100
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$54 |
Lot 3370 |
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Maurice Tiberius, AD 582-602. Gold solidus (4.35g). Constantinople, 5th officina, AD 584-602. DN MAVRC Tib AVI, pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maurice facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield on left arm. Reverse: VICTORI-AVCCC E, Angel standing facing, holding long staff terminating in staurogram and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue. Sear 478. DOC 5e. Slight waviness, otherwise struck on a broad flan and quite pleasing. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450
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$408 |
Lot 3371 |
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Phocas. 602-610. Gold Solidus (4.30 g). Constantinople, 604-607. O N FOCAS PERP AVC, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust of Phocas facing, holding globus cruciger. Reverse: VICTORIA AVG? angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by a staurogram and globus cruciger; I//CONOB. DOC 10j var.; MIB 9 var.; SB 618/620. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450
From the Ora Eads Collection Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 1396.
A rare mule combining an obverse that starts with ON, and a reverse legend that ends with ? instead of GG.
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$384 |
Lot 3372 |
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Phocas, 602-610. Includes a Phocas Half Follis (SB 644) and a Follis of Heraclius (SB 884, uncertain undertype). Both coins VF or slightly better. Lot of 2 coins. Estimate Value $70 - 90
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$42 |
Lot 3373 |
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Heraclius. Gold Solidus (4.46 g). 610-641. Constantinople, 638/9-641. Crowned figures of Heraclius, in center, between Heraclius Constantine, on right, and Heraclonas, on left, standing facing, each holding globus cruciger. Reverse: VICTORIA AVG? cross potent set on three steps; in left field, monogram; I//CONOB. DOC 43 (unlisted officina); MIB 50; SB 769. Well centered and well struck obverse, areas of roughness on the reverse (as made). Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450
From the Ora Eads Collection Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 1402.
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$408 |
Lot 3374 |
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Heraclius. Æ 3/4 Follis (3.99 g), 610-641. Thessalonica, RY 20 (629/30). Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, standing facing, the former holding lon cross, the latter a globus cruciger. Reverse: Large ?; date to right; ?//[TEC]. DOC 152; MIB 224; SB 827. Extremely Rare - one of the great bronze rarities in the Byzantine series. Brown patina, overstruck. About Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
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Lot 3375 |
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Constans II, 641-668. 5-piece lot. Includes SB 1000 (Constantinople Follis, 2 examples), SB 1001 (Constantinople Follis), SB 1021 (Constantinople Decanummium), and SB 1060 (Carthage Half Follis). All VF or better. Pleasing examples for the types. Lot of 5 coins. Estimate Value $125 - 150
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Lot 3376 |
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Nicephorus I, Gold Solidus (3.78g). 802-811. Syracuse, circa AD 802/3. ΛΛI-FOLOS (sic) bAS, crowned facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left Reverse: IhSUS XRIS-TUS NICA X, cross potent on base and three steps, flanked by C-I. Sear --. DOC --. Apparently unrecorded in any standard reference; for similar examples see CNG 105, lot 1056, Nomos 12, lot 240; NAC 75, lot 696 (all from same dies). Extremely rare. A superb example, fully struck and possessing complete legends, with just a hint of toning around crisp devices. Mint State. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
The former "general logothete" (chief treasurer), Nicephorus I achieved power following a coup by imperial ministers that toppled the Empress Irene. He had his hands full, as Irene's chaotic reign had weakened the army and placed the Empire's frontiers in grave danger. Militarily his record was mixed; although he easily defeated several formidale pretenders to the throne, against the Arabs he suffered heavy defeats and was forced to buy them off with tribute of 50,000 gold solidi per year. Though hard-pressed in the West, the Byzantines retained control of the mint of Syracuse in Sicily, where this rare and remarkable solidus was produced early in his reign. His life and regime came to grief at the disastrous battle of Pliska against the Bulgarians in 811, after which the Bulgarian Khan Krum had the skull of Nicephorus made into a drinking cup.
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$3,840 |
Lot 3377 |
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Romanus III Argyrus, Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.39g). 1028-1034. Constantinople. +I hS XIS REX REghANTihM, Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in blessing and holding Gospels. Reverse: ΘCE bOHT' RωMahω, standing figures of Romanus, wearing loros of square pattern, four pellets on fold of robe, holding globus cruciger in left hand, and the Virgin Mary, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, who reaches up with right hand to crown Romanus, M T between them. Sear 1819; DOC 1c. Broad flan, a few edge marks. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
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$456 |
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