| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24245 Price realized: 460 USD (Approx. 432 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients John VIII Palaeologus (AD 1421/5-1448). AR stavraton (25mm, 1h). NGC Choice VF. Constantinople. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, book of Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across fields, pellets within double border around / + IΩANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠΑΛЄΟΛΟΓOC / ΘV XAPITI AVTOKPATOP, nimbate bust of John VIII facing, crowned and wearing loros; pellet in left and right fields. Sear 2564 (AR half-hyperpyron). Ex Pegasi Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included. The long reign of the penultimate Byzantine emperor was spent desperately pleading with Western leaders to help Byzantium from the Turkish threat. John sent messengers to the Council of Florence in 1439 in hopes of reuniting the Orthodox Church with Rome, but this move towards conciliation was adamantly rejected by the population, who refused to forgive the Latins for the Sack of Constantinople in 1204. The major western powers of England, France, Castille, and the Holy Roman Empire refused to act, leaving Constantinople to the mercy of the Ottomans. The only material aid came from Europe's eastern nations - in 1444, the armies of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia marched towards Constantinople in the last crusade of the Middle Ages. The two armies met at Varna in Bulgaria on November 10; it was a decisive victory for the Turks, who inflicted heavy losses on the Europeans and killed the brave 20-year old king of Poland Wladyslaw III, who died leading his men in a charge directly towards the Sultan. With the defeat of the final crusade at Varna, Byzantium's fate was all but sealed. John VIII died four years later in 1448, and the capital finally fell in 1453. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-john-viii-palaeologus-ad-1421-5-1448-ar-stavraton-25mm-1h-ngc-choice-vf/a/61386-24245.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24244 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 798 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients John VIII Palaeologus (AD 1421/5-1448). AR stavraton (23mm, 7.05 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Constantinople. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, book of Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across fields, pellets within double border around / + IΩANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠΑΛЄΟΛΟΓOC / ΘV XAPITI AVTOKPATOP, nimbate bust of John VIII facing, crowned and wearing loros; pellet in left and right fields. Sear 2564 (AR half-hyperpyron). Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included. The long reign of the penultimate Byzantine emperor was spent desperately pleading with Western leaders to help Byzantium from the Turkish threat. John sent messengers to the Council of Florence in 1439 in hopes of reuniting the Orthodox Church with Rome, but this move towards conciliation was adamantly rejected by the population, who refused to forgive the Latins for the Sack of Constantinople in 1204. The major western powers of England, France, Castille, and the Holy Roman Empire refused to act, leaving Constantinople to the mercy of the Ottomans. The only material aid came from Europe's eastern nations - in 1444, the armies of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia marched towards Constantinople in the last crusade of the Middle Ages. The two armies met at Varna in Bulgaria on November 10; it was a decisive victory for the Turks, who inflicted heavy losses on the Europeans and killed the brave 20-year old king of Poland Wladyslaw III, who died leading his men in a charge directly towards the Sultan. With the defeat of the final crusade at Varna, Byzantium's fate was all but sealed. John VIII died four years later in 1448, and the capital finally fell in 1453. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-john-viii-palaeologus-ad-1421-5-1448-ar-stavraton-23mm-705-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5/a/61386-24244.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 42 | Auction date: 30 October 2023 |
| Lot number: 193 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: BYZANTINE EMPIRE; Michael VII Ducas. (AD 1071-1078). AV/EL histamenon nomisma scyphate (4.36 gm; 28mm). NGC-Choice XF. Constantinople. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left; IC-XC across fields, double border / Bust of Michael VII facing, bearded, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left; double border. Sear 1868. NGC-Choice XF (strike 3/5: Surface 3/5). Certificate # 6369302-014. Estimate: 1000 USD Starting price: 600 USD |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61375 | Auction date: 20 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 25276 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Ancients Anonymous. Class A3. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII (AD 1020-1028). AE follis (30mm, 10.75 gm, 6h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople. +EMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with voided box in each limb, pallium and colobium, book of Gospels decorated with pellets on cover in both hands, IC-XC (barred) across fields / +IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ, legend in four lines; decorative element above and below. Sear 1818. A rich dark green patina, accented with sandy highlights throughout. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 231644 (3 November 2016), lot 61144. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-anonymous-class-a3-time-of-basil-ii-and-constantine-viii-ad-1020-1028-ae-follis-30mm-1075-gm-6h-n/a/61375-25276.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61375-05202024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61357 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 22067 Price realized: 460 USD (Approx. 420 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Anonymous. Class A3. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII (AD 976-1035). AE follis (29mm, 10.95 gm, 6h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople. +EMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with voided box in each limb, pallium and colobium, book of Gospels decorated with five pellets on cover in both hands, IC-XC (barred) across fields / +IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ, legend in four lines; decorative element above and below. Sear 1813 (AD 976-1020/1025). https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-anonymous-class-a3-time-of-basil-ii-and-constantine-viii-ad-976-1035-ae-follis-29mm-1095-gm-6h-ng/a/61357-22067.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61357-01142024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24172 Price realized: 110 USD (Approx. 103 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Anonymous. Class A2. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII (AD 976-1035). AE follis (36mm, 15.66 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. Constantinople. +EMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with voided box in each limb, pallium and colobium, book of Gospels decorated with five pellets on cover in both hands, IC-XC (barred) across fields / +IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ, legend in four lines; pellet above and below. Sear 1813 (AD 976-1020/1025). From the James Lomiento, Jr. Collection. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-anonymous-class-a2-time-of-basil-ii-and-constantine-viii-ad-976-1035-ae-follis-36mm-1566-gm-6h-ng/a/61386-24172.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
