350 - 300 BC. Charming style! Finely toned and
well-centred on a broad flan! Extremely fine.
521 - 478 BC. Electron! RR! Bodenstedt lists only 8 examples!
Masterpiece of archaic art! Extremely fine.
Dareike ø 17mm (8,21g). 361 - 364 BC. Gold!
Otherwise unknown variant of the rare type! RRR!
Marcus Antonius 38 BC. Aureus ø 19mm (8,15g).
Gold! RRR! Very fine.
Aureus ø 20mm (5,10g).Gold! RR!
Mint state splendid specimen!
AE obol ø 28mm (14.69g). Marvellous black-brown patina,
extremely fine.
BRANDENBURG / PRUSSIA. Frederick William,
“the Great Elector”, 1640 - 1688. 1682 LCS ducat, Berlin.
CITY OF REGENSBURG. double ducat without year
(1745 - 1765), Regensburg.
Maximilian I, 1490-1519. Guldiner without year, Hall.
Attractive toning, slight mint weakness, almost extremly fine.
Alexander I, 1801 - 1825. 1812 ruble , St. Petersburg.
Splendid specimen! Extremely rare in this condition.
Late Roman and Byzantine Solidi in Top Quality at Solidus
Solidus Numismatik
Auction 134
Coins
16 July 2024
Online
Solidus presents Auction 134 with 677 attractive lots. The auction will take place on Tuesday 16 July 2024 from 16:00 as a live auction on the Auex platform. Bids can already be placed.
The auction includes numerous late Roman solidi from the late 4th and early 5th centuries as well as from the early Byzantine period, mostly in excellent condition. Furthermore, a comprehensive selection of coins from antiquity to modern times as well as coins from Islam. Some extremely rare provincial Roman coins deserve special mention. The auction ends with attractive groups of coins at very moderate estimated prices. Here are some highlights of the auction:
Lot 1004: East celts. Middle Danube. Boii. Hexadrachm. 1st century BC. Nonnos. Very rare. Very fine. Estimate: 2,200 EUR.
Lot 1362: Arcadius (383-408). Solidus. 402-403. Constantinopolis. Very rare. Uncirculated. Excellent portrait and sharp relief heights on front and back. Estimate: 1,100 EUR.
Lot 1364: Aelia Eudoxia (400-404). Solidus. 402-403. Constantinopolis. Extremely rare. Minimal fine scratch on reverse above the shield, otherwise uncirculated. Estimate: 7,000 EUR.
Lot 1371: Iustinus I und Iustinianus I (527). Solidus. 527. Constantinopolis. Extremely rare variety. Uncirculated, minimal abrasion on relief heights. Estimate: 7,000 EUR.
