GORNY & MOSCH AUCTIONS 232-234

October 5-9, 2015
Gorny & Mosch
Auction 232-234

Over the course of its auction week, Gorny & Mosch will conduct three auction sales. The event on Monday will focus on high-quality ancient coins. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the “ordinary” ancient coins will come up for bid in Auction 233. In the auction to be held on Thursday, rarities from Medieval and Modern Times will be offered for sale. And the entire Friday will be devoted to Islamic coins as well as Russian coins, medals and decorations.

Lot 70: SYRACUSE (Sicily). Tetradrachm, ca. 415-405. Very rare. Very fine. Estimate: 26,000,- euros

Lot 96: APOLLONIA PONTICA (Thrace). Tetradrachm, ca. 400-350. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 12,000,- euros

Lot 119: EDONES (Thraco-Macedonian Tribes). Octodrachm, ca. 479-465. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 80,000,- euros

Lot 178: ATHENS (Attica). Wappenmünzen. Didrachm, 545-525/515. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 15,000,- euros

Lot 182: ATHENS (Attica). Wappenmünzen. Didrachm, 545-525/515. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 15,000,- euros

Lot 187: ATHENS (Attica). Tetradrachm, about 505-490. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 5,000,- euros

Lot 243: PHAISTOS (Crete). Stater, about 322-300. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate: 1.200,- euros

Lot 293: SELEUCUS I (312-281). Tetradrachm, 288-287, Susa. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate: 20,000,- euros

Lot 351: ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. 40 asses, 211-207, Rome. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 25,000,- euros

Lot 407: BRITANNICUS, 41-55. Sestertius, Thrace. Rare. Very fine. Estimate: 4,500,- euros

Lot 423: DOMITIAN as Caesar, 69-81. Aureus, 73, Rome. Extremely fine. Estimate: 20,000,- euros

Lot 430: TRAJAN, 98-117. Sestertius, 112-113, Rome. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 6,000,- euros

Lot 456: SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, 193-211. AE-medallion, 195. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 35,000,- euros

Lot 467: PHILIPPUS I ARABS, 244-249. Aureus, 244-247, Rome. FDC. Estimate: 32,000,- euros

Lot 524: VALENTINIANUS, 364-375. Multiple of 9 solidi, Rome. Unique. Unpublished. Very fine. Estimate: 75,000,- euros

The multiple to be auctioned off equals 9 solidi. It was given as a donative to distinguished dignitaries and officers. The mounting with a granule decoration and a hole suggests that the gorgeous medal was worn on a chain – for a longer period of time, as indicated by the traces of wearing. The identity of its wearer cannot be ascertained anymore. Surely, the medal was given to a barbarian ruler as one of Rome’s allies. Giving away a medallion, graced by the portrait of the emperor, was a Roman way of nobilitating the presentee, to the effect that his rule was almost divinely legitimized. Apart from that, both the influence and the charisma of the emperor were transferred upon the barbarian ruler. Unsurprisingly, the barbarians used to wear these gold medallions in such a way that everybody could clearly see the portrait of the emperor.

Lot 605: ARTAVASDUS, 742-743. Miliaresion, Constantinople. Rare. Very fine to extremely fine. Estimate: 3,000,- euros

Lot 1085: HERACLEA (Lucania). AE, 380-281. Very fine. Estimate: 120,- euros

Lot 4015: AUGSBURG. 1694 thaler. FDC. Estimate: 800,- euros

Lot 4028: BAVARIA. Charles Theodore, 1777-1799. 1777 gold medal by Joseph Scheufel on Charles Theodore taking office in Bavaria. Ex MMAG Auction, Basel (1983). Extremely rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 25,000,- euros

Lot 4094: CORVEY. Arnold of Waldois, 1638-1661. 1652 thaler, Höxter. Only 214 specimens struck. Ex MMAG, Basel Auction 48 (1973), 352. Extremely fine. Estimate: 10,000,- euros

Lot 4115: FRIEDBERG. 1591 double thaler. Unique. Extremely fine. Estimate: 40,000,- euros

Lot 4153: MAGDEBURG. 1673 broad double thaler. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 6 (1973), 580. 2nd specimen known to exist. Very fine to extremely fine. Estimate: 30,000,- euros

Lot 4163: MÜNSTER. Ferdinand I of Bavaria, 1612-1650. 1638 5 ducats, Münster. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 8 (1975), 524. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 30,000,- euros

Lot 4224: SAXONY. Anthony, 1827-1836. 1830 thaler. Only 25 specimens struck. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 20,000,- euros

Lot 4267: WUERTTEMBERG. William Louis, 1674-1677. 1677 thaler, Stuttgart. Very rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 20,000,- euros

Lot 4415: SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA. Ernest II, 1844-1893. 1677 20 mark E. Extremely rare. Nearly extremely fine / extremely fine. Estimate: 65,000,- euros

Lot 4484: KAUKO RÄSÄNEN. 1973 2-component commemorative medal on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Helsinki. Only 50 pieces struck. Artist’s specimen! Mint state. Estimate: 500,- euros

Lot 4538: AERONAUTICS. 1908 medal on the air race conducted in October that year. Very rare. Good extremely fine. Estimate: 250,- euros

Lot 4732A: GREAT BRITAIN. Alfred the Great, 871-899. “Ceolwulf type” penny. Extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate: 5,000,- euros

Lot 4733: GREAT BRITAIN. Oliver Cromwell. 1658 halfcrown, London. Very rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 5,000,- euros

Lot 4809: VATICAN. Leo XIII, 1878-1903. 1885 gold medal by F. Bianchi on resolving the controversy about the Carolines. Very rare. Nearly FDC. Estimate: 3,000,- euros

Lot 5049: UMAYYADS. Reign of Abd al-Malik, 685-705. Dirham 80 H. Extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate: 700,- euros

Lot 5153: OTTOMANS. Abd al-Majid, 1839-1861. On the monetary reform and the adoption of a new monetary system. Unique in this weight. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 30,000,- euros

Lot 6124: RUSSIA. Paul I, 1796-1801. 1796 rouble, St. Petersburg. Coinage in the standard of an albertusthaler. Rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 12,000,- euros

Lot 6289: RUSSIA. Order of St. Anne. 3rd class Cross, 1st model (since 1815). Very rare. Good extremely fine. Estimate: 50,000,- euros

Lot 6301: RUSSIA. Alexander III. Gold medal “For Bravery”. Specimen from the Michailovich Collection. Extremely rare. Nearly FDC. Estimate: 50,000,- euros

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