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17 November 2019, 16:00 CET
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich |
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Lot 428
Estimate: 7000 CHF
Theodosius III of Adramytium, 715-717. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.49 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 2nd officina (B), 715. d N ThEOdO-SIЧS MЧL A' Crowned facing bust of Theodosius II, wearing loros, holding a globe surmounted by patriarchal cross with an X at the intersection in his right hand and an anexikakia in his left. Rev. VICTORIA AЧSЧ B/ CONOB Cross potent on base and three steps. DOC 1 (but officins B not listed). Füeg 1.A.2 (this coin). MIB 1. SB 1487. This coin shares the same obverse die with the extremely rare Hexagram that appeared in Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, as lot 369. Of great rarity. Well-struck, sharp and toned. Extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Gorny 58, 9 April 1992, 1044.
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Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019 10:00:00 |
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Lot 428
Estimate: 7000 CHF
Hammer Price: 8500 CHF
Theodosius III of Adramytium, 715-717. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.49 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 2nd officina ...
Theodosius III of Adramytium, 715-717. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.49 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 2nd officina (B), 715. d N ThEOdO-SIЧS MЧL A' Crowned facing bust of Theodosius II, wearing loros, holding a globe surmounted by patriarchal cross with an X at the intersection in his right hand and an anexikakia in his left. Rev. VICTORIA AЧSЧ B/ CONOB Cross potent on base and three steps. DOC 1 (but officins B not listed). Füeg 1.A.2 (this coin). MIB 1. SB 1487. This coin shares the same obverse die with the extremely rare Hexagram that appeared in Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, as lot 369. Of great rarity. Well-struck, sharp and toned. Extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Gorny 58, 9 April 1992, 1044.
Lot 429
Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price: 3400 CHF
Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 19.5 mm, 4.33 g, 6 h), Constantinople. ϵIRIҺH bASILISSH Bust of Irene fa ...
Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 19.5 mm, 4.33 g, 6 h), Constantinople. ϵIRIҺH bASILISSH Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles and pendilia, holding a globus cruciger in her right hand and a cross tipped scepter in her left. Rev. •ϵIRIҺH bASILISSH⊕ Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles and pendilia, holding a globus cruciger in her right hand and a cross tipped scepter in her left. DOC 1b. Füeg 1.C.1. SB 1599. A lovely coin with sharp portraits and attractive toning. Slight flatness on the obverse edge and in the reverse legend, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired prior to 2000 from Bankhaus Aufhäuser.
Irene was the most powerful and active of all the Byzantine empresses, ruling very effectively for 22 years until she was deposed. She came from a noble Athenian family and in 769 was married to Leo IV, then joint-emperor with his father Constantine V. In 771 she had her only son, Constantine VI; upon his father's early death in 780 he succeeded to the throne, but under Irene's regency. Their relations went down hill quite soon, probably due to a combination of her intelligence and his evil disposition. In the end, after they began a joint reign in 790, his actions led to a coup by Irene in 797, which resulted in him being blinded so violently that he died a few days later. For the next five years Irene ruled alone, thus allowing Pope Leo III to claim the throne was vacant so that he could proclaim Charlemagne emperor. In 802 Irene was finally deposed in favor of her minister of finance and exiled to Lesbos, where she died the following year.
Lot 430
Estimate: 3000 CHF
Hammer Price: 3200 CHF
Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 17.5 mm, 3.63 g, 7 h), Syracuse, circa 797-798. IRIEN AΓOVST Bust of Ire ...
Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 17.5 mm, 3.63 g, 7 h), Syracuse, circa 797-798. IRIEN AΓOVST Bust of Irene facing, wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding an akakia in her left hand; behind her shoulders, the two curved lines of a throne-back. Rev. AΓOVSTI Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross on a triangle between two pinnacles, holding a cross potent on base in her right hand. Anastasi 452. DOC 3. SB 1601. Spahr 340. Very rare and well-struck and carefully centered on a tight flan. Struck on a tight flan and with some minor die breaks, otherwise, good extremely fine.
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