379, Lot: 672. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BYZANTINE. Lot of five (5) late bronzes from the Fitts Collection. Includes: Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. Æ Trachy. Thessalonica mint. DOC 849-51; LPC p. 210, 11; SB 2370. Good VF, olive and brown patina, struck on ragged flan // Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. Æ Assarion. Constantinople mint. DOC 894-5; LPC, p. 124, 10; SB 2478. VF, dark green patina // Latin Rulers of Constantinople. 1204-1261. Æ Trachy. DOC 16; SB 2036. VF, dark green patina, flan splits // Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy. Constantinople mint. DOC 59-63; PCPC 24; SB 2263. VF, green-brown patina // Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Æ Assarion. Constantinople mint. DOC 692; PCPC 175; SB 2443. VF, dark green patina. Average VF, as described above. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. The third coin is Ex Classical Numismatic Goup Electronic Auction 263 (31 August 2011), lot 421.