Catalogue
Lot 4437
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius, (668-685), gold solidus (4.36 g), Constantinople mint, struck 674-681, obv. d N CO' T NUS P, bearded facing ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Lot 4438
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
CONSTANTINE V, (741-775) with Leo IV (from 751), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 751-757, (4.42 g), obv. facing busts of Constantine V and son Leo ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
Lot 4439
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
BASIL I AND CONSTANTINE, (867-886), gold solidus (4.41 g), Constantinople mint, struck 868-879, obv. Christ enthroned facing wearing nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, also ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $560
Lot 4440
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
CONSTANTINE VIII, (1025-1028), gold histamenon nomisma, (4.35 g), Constantinople mint, obv. Christ bust facing wearing nimbus, in hand the Gospels, around [+ Ih]S XIS REX ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Lot 4441
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
ROMANUS III, (1028-1034), gold histamenon nomisma, Constantinople mint, (4.40 g), obv. Christ enthroned facing with nimbus, around +IhS XIS REX REgNANTInm, rev. Virgin with nimbus ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $800
Lot 4442
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
CONSTANTINE IX, (1042-1055), gold histamenon nomisma, (4.40 g), struck at Constantinople mint, scyphate flan, Class III, obv. Bust of Christ facing, with nimbus, rev. Constantine ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $750
Lot 4443
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
CONSTANTINE X, (1059-1067), gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.33 g), obv. Christ seated facing on throne with straight arms, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Lot 4444
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
ROMANUS IV, (1068-1071), gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, Class II, (4.33 g), obv. Christ standing on footstool, with nimbus crowning Romanus and Eudocia, IC ...
Estimate $350
SOLD $420
Lot 4445
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
MICHAEL VII, (1071-1078), electrum gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.27 g), obv. bust of long bearded Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Lot 4446
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
JOHN II COMNENUS, (1118-1143), gold Hyperpyron (4.32 g), Constantinople mint, first coinage, circa 1118-1122, obv. seated facing figure of Christ Pantokrator IC XC across at ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Lot 4447
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
MANUEL I, (1143-1180), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.33 g), obv. Christ bust facing, beardless wearing nimbus, IC XC over to left +KERO, to right ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $440
Lot 4448
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
ANDRONICUS II AND MICHAEL IX, (1295-1320), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (2.83 g), obv. bust of Virgin within city walls and four towers, control letters ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Lot 4449
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
ANDRONICUS II AND ANDRONICUS III, (1325-1328 or later), joint reign, gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (3.30 g), obv. bust of Virgin within city walls and ...
Estimate $250
Lot 4450
Sale 111 Byzantine Gold Coins
SASANIAN KINGDOM, kings of, Varhran (Bahram) II (A.D. 276-293), gold dinar, (7.43 g), obv. diademed and draped bust of Varhran II right with winged crown ...
Estimate $10,000
Lot 4451
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
CELTIC, Eastern Europe, imitation of Philip II of Macedon, silver tetradrachm (13.49 g), 4th-3rd century B.C., Vollstandiger Legende (Compelete Legend) type, Struck in central Dacia, ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Lot 4452
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.480 B.C.), silver stater, (8.02 g), obv. six grain ear of corn, META upwards on left, rev. six grain ear of corn, ...
Estimate $1,000
Lot 4453
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Lucania, Thourioi (Thurium), (c.320 B.C.), AE 34, (40.46 g), obv. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone, rev. ...
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
Lot 4454
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (500-460 B.C.), silver stater or nomos (7.86 g), obv. tripod, crane to left on right, QPO upwards to left, rev. tripod, ...
Estimate $500
Lot 4455
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Bruttium, Rhegion, (c.450 B.C. [Arnold-Biucchi chronology]), silver tetradrachm, (16.94 g), obv. lion's head facing, within dotted border, rev. Iokastos the traditional founder of the ...
Estimate $4,000
Lot 4456
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (272-235 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.22 g), obv. naked rider on stationary horse to right, Nike flying to right above ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Lot 4457
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IV, (8.37 g), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AK behind, RA in front, ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $480
Lot 4458
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.422-406 B.C.), AE 28 (or hemilitron), (24.04 g), obv. eagle with open wings standing to left on hare, rev. crab with crayfish ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Lot 4459
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Akragas (Agrigentum), AE 21, trias, (425-406 B.C.), (8.86 g), obv. eagle to right holding hare in talons, [AKPA] behind eagle, rev. crab, three dots ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $340
Lot 4460
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Centoripae, (344-336 B.C.), AE drachm or litra, (32.25 g), (one of the largest ancient Greek bronzes), obv. head of Kore-Persephone crowned with ears of ...
Estimate $750
SOLD $600
Lot 4461
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Gela, (c. 465-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.96 g), obv. slow quadriga driven left (only two horses are shown), by male charioteer holding reins, a ...
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $2,800
Lot 4462
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Kamarina, (c.420-405 B.C.) AE tetras, 17mm, (3.64 g), obv. Gorgoneion facing, rev. owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard with talon [K]AMA upwards to ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Lot 4463
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Leontinoi, (c.425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.93 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, dotted border, rev. head of lion to left, around three ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
Lot 4464
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Messana, (450-446 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.05 g), issued 455-451 B.C., obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $850
Lot 4465
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Messana, (445-439 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.14 g), obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above crowning horses, in ...
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,700
Lot 4466
Sale 111 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Messana under the Mamertinoi, (220-200 B.C.), AE 27 a pentonkion, (11.90 g), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. naked warrior charging right ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $160