Estimated price: CHF 30'000.-Umayyads. Solidus imitating Byzantine solidi, early 660s AD.NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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Estimated price: CHF 750'000.-Roman Republic. Brutus. Aureus, 43-42 BC.
From the Mazzini Collection.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1032
Estimated price: CHF 50'000.-Roman Empire. Theodosius II, 402-450.
Solidus 416 or 418, Constantinople.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1054
Estimated price: CHF 200'000.-Holy Roman Empire. Leopold I, 1657-1705.
10 Ducats 1671 IGW, Graz. NGC MS64 (Top pop).
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1112
Estimated price: CHF 2'000.-China. Anhwei Province. 50 Cents year 24 (1898).
NGC MS63+
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1225
Estimated price: CHF 200'000.-Nuremberg. 10 Ducats 1694. NGC MS65 PL (Top pop).NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1479
Estimated price: CHF 5'000.-Hong Kong. Victoria, 1837-1901. PROOF 1/2 Dollar 1866.
NGC PF64.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1638
Estimated price: CHF 400'000.-Pamplona. Felipe IV, 1621-1665. 8 Escudos 1652.
From the Huntington Collection. Unique.
NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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1679
Estimated price: CHF 150'000.-Great Britain. Anne, 1702-1714. 5 Guineas 1703 VIGO.NUMISMATICA GENEVENSIS SA - AUCTIONS 19, 20 & 21
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2035
Estimated price: CHF 300'000.-Great Britain. George III, 1760-1820. PATTERN PROOF
5 Guineas 1777. NGC PF64 CAMEO (Top pop).
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