428, Lot: 639. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BYZANTINE. Lot of seven (7) bronzes. Includes: Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Decanummium. Carthage mint. Dated RY 14 (540/1). DOC 298; MIBE 199; SB 269. Fine, dark green to black patina with lighter highlights // Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. Æ Follis. DOC 25a; SB 1760. VF, green patina, pitted in areas. Overstruck // Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. Æ Half Tetarteron. DOC 21; SB 1978. Near VF, dark green patina // Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy. DOC 91-5; PCPC 37; SB 2275. Near VF, reddish-brown patina with touches of green, traces of lacquer // Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Æ Assarion. DOC 690; PCPC 173; SB 2441. Near VF, dark green surfaces, flatly struck in areas. Rare, only two specimens on CoinArchives // Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Æ Assarion. DOC 677–80; LPC p. 88, 36; PCPC 168; SB 2435. VF, green-brown patina, usual weakness of strike // Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy. Cf. DOC 5 (for larger module); SB 2185. Fine, dark brown surfaces . Fine to VF, mostly with patinas, problems as described. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Seven (7) coins in lot.