Auc. 112 Lot 71Cilicia,
Persian satrap Mazzaios.
AR Stater (361-334 BC)
with Baal of Tarsus.
Condition: ef.Estimate: 2.000 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 472Roman Empire, Titus.
AE Sestertius (AD 80–81), Rome.
"Judaea Capta" type.
Condition: rare, ef.Estimate: 26.000 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 505Roman Empire, Trajan.
AV Aureus (AD 107–113), Rome.
Restitution issue honoring Augustus.
Condition: extremely rare, near vf.Estimate: 24.000 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 1467Province of the United Netherlands.
Arendsrijksdaalder (Eagle Rixdollar), 1598.
Condition: very rare, vf.Estimate: 800 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 1871Bremen, City.
Thaler, 1657.
Bearing the title of Ferdinand III.
Condition: near ef/ef.Estimate: 1.200 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 2139Free City of Frankfurt.
Vereinstaler 1857.
Condition: attr. piece, first strike.Estimate: 3.900 EUR

Auc. 112 Lot 2363Saxe-Meiningen, Louise Eleonore.
Convention thaler, n.d. (after 1803),
issued on the death of Duke Georg.
Condition: extremely rare, unc.Estimate: 6.100 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 149Central African Republic.
Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale,
1000 francs 1974.
Condition: I-.Estimate: 500 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 161Lübeck.
Commerz-Bank,
20 Thaler, July 1, 1865 (1866), blank.
Condition: I.Estimate: 400 EUR

Auc. 113 Lot 288Bank Deutscher Länder banknotes.
50 Deutsche Mark 1948, specimen.
Condition: very rare, I.Estimate: 1.000 EUR

Archive: People and Markets

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