Search in eAuction


CNG Bidding Platform

Information

Products and Services


Use Old Home Page

eAuction
Electronic Auction 473

Lot nuber 528

BULGARIA. Anonymous imitative issues. Late 12th-early 13th century. Lot of three (3) BI Trachea.


Electronic Auction 473
Lot: 528.
 Estimated: $ 100

World, Billon

Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

BULGARIA. Anonymous imitative issues. Late 12th-early 13th century. Lot of three (3) BI Trachea. Includes: Bust of Christ Pantokrator / Half-length figures of emperor and St. Constanttine facing, each holding labarum and globus cruciger between them. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.1.4-8; cf. DOC 3b (Bulgarian imitation); cf. CLBC 10.3.1 (Bulgarian imitation); cf. SB 2011-3 (for official issue); S. Bendall, “A Latin Coinage for Thesssalonica?,” in NumCirc CV.3 (April 1997), 1e (this coin) // Bust of Christ Pantokrator / Emperor standing facing, holding cross and globus cruciger. DOC 12 (Manuel Il for rev. of official type); cf. SB 1964-5 (Manuel I; same); CLBC 11.Local issue.2 = CNG E-84, lot 212 (there as a Bulgarian imitation; issue in bronze or baser silver); S. Bendall, “A Latin Coinage for Thesssalonica?,” in NumCirc CV.3 (April 1997), 2d (this coin). Lot also includes an unusual scyphate imitation or counterfeit in billon: Angel standing facing, holding cross and globus cruciger (as on early solidi) / Bust of Irene facing, holding cross and globus cruciger; star in left field. All retrograde. Areas of flat strike. VF to Near VF. Three (3) coins in lot.

From the collection of Simon Bendall.


Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 12:55:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.