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17 November 2019, 16:00 CET
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich |
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Lot 422
Estimate: 750 CHF
Time of Leontius, 695-698. Georgios, General Commerciarios of the Apotheke of Isauria, 695-697. Seal (Lead, 32 mm, 30.59 g, 12 h), Indictions 9 and 10 of Leontius, 696/7. ΓΕΩPΓ[IOC A]ΠO YΠATΩN / ł-I/Θ Leontius, crowned, standing facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. Rev. [S] ΓE/NIKOY KO/MMEPKIA/PIOY AΠOΘI/KHC EΠAPX/IAC ICAYP/[IAC] in seven lines. Cf. Zacos I, 191-192 for similar seals from Armenia and Caria; for a seal, which might possibly be of the same commerciarios, see Zacos I 177. A strongly impressed and clear example with a tan patina. Some minor defects and marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.
The commerciarii were charged with the duty of collecting the "κομμέρκιον", a 10% tax applied, as is the VAT of today, on all commercial activities. The use of a double indiction date means that the seal's issuer had been in office for two years, in this case 695/6 and 696/7, and that the seal was made during his second year in office.
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Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019 10:00:00 |
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Current Date & Time: 07 Dec 2019 12:48:41 |
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Lot 422
Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price: 600 CHF
Time of Leontius, 695-698. Georgios, General Commerciarios of the Apotheke of Isauria, 695-697. Seal (L ...
Time of Leontius, 695-698. Georgios, General Commerciarios of the Apotheke of Isauria, 695-697. Seal (Lead, 32 mm, 30.59 g, 12 h), Indictions 9 and 10 of Leontius, 696/7. ΓΕΩPΓ[IOC A]ΠO YΠATΩN / ł-I/Θ Leontius, crowned, standing facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. Rev. [S] ΓE/NIKOY KO/MMEPKIA/PIOY AΠOΘI/KHC EΠAPX/IAC ICAYP/[IAC] in seven lines. Cf. Zacos I, 191-192 for similar seals from Armenia and Caria; for a seal, which might possibly be of the same commerciarios, see Zacos I 177. A strongly impressed and clear example with a tan patina. Some minor defects and marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.
The commerciarii were charged with the duty of collecting the "κομμέρκιον", a 10% tax applied, as is the VAT of today, on all commercial activities. The use of a double indiction date means that the seal's issuer had been in office for two years, in this case 695/6 and 696/7, and that the seal was made during his second year in office.
Lot 423
Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price: 600 CHF
Tiberius III (Apsimar), 698-705. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.44 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 1st officina (A). ...
Tiberius III (Apsimar), 698-705. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.44 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 1st officina (A). D TIbERI-ЧS PE AV Crowned and cuirassed bust of Tiberius III facing, holding spear in his right hand and with shield over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORIA AVSЧ A / CONOB Cross potent on base and three steps. DOC 1a. MIB 1. SB 1360. An excellent, sharp example. Some minor marks and areas of flatness, otherwise, good extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hirsch 151, 24 September 1986, 905.
Lot 424
Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price: 3200 CHF
Philippicus (Bardanes), 711-713. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.56 g, 5 h), Constantinople, 10th officina (I). ...
Philippicus (Bardanes), 711-713. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.56 g, 5 h), Constantinople, 10th officina (I). d N FILEPPICЧS MЧL-TЧS AN Crowned bust of Philippicus facing, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger in his right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in his left. Rev. VICTORIA AVSЧ I / CONOB Cross potent on base and three steps. Cf. DOC 1j, MIB 1 and SB 1447, but this legend apparently unpublished. A superb, toned coin with an exceptionally clear and well-struck obverse. Minor flatness on the reverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 135, 19 January 1983, 803.
The legend on the obverse of this coin is quite extraordinary! All the other examples of this type known have the correct Latin spelling of the emperor's name, Filepicus, but this one, with the double P, shows clearly that the engraver was thinking of how the name was spelled in Greek! In some ways this is actually a wonderful die engraver's mistake.
Interestingly enough, there are other examples from the same obverse die, but which seem to have been either unnoticed or noticed, but not recognized! CNG has had at least three: CNG 109, 2018, 768, CNG 105, 2017, 1046 and Triton VI, 2003, 1203 in all three the second P was unnoticed, including the tremendously legible Triton piece; another appeared as Heritage 3067, 2018, 30397 (the second P was recorded, but they did not realize what it was, it cannot be seen in the illustration because the coin is in a slab...
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