10-02-2015 – 01-01-1970
Electronic Auction 344
CNG’s Electronic Auction 344 online
Classical Numismatic Group’s Electronic Auction 344 will be closing on 11 February 2015 from 10 AM ET offering 686 lots.
This auction features coins from a number of important collections.
Lot: 27: THESSALY, Demetrias. Circa 290 BC. Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.44 g, 5h). BCD Thessaly II 62 corr. (monogram; same dies). Good VF, darkly toned, die shift on the reverse. From the BCD Collection. Estimate $150.
In the Greek section, there are additional pieces from the BCD Collection, both in the areas of Thessaly and the Peloponnese.
Lot: 255: MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AE (27mm, 10.13 g, 7h). AMNG I 2281; Varbanov 4370. VF, brown patina. From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Estimate $100.
The Roman Provincial section offers an array of bronze issues from the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
Lot: 448: Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. Denarius (19mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Crawford 453/1a; CRI 29; Sydenham 959; Plautia 15. VF, toned, a few areas of porosity. From the Elwood Rafn Collection. Estimate $150.
Selections from two further collections are scattered throughout the sale – the Elwood Rafn Collection, parts of which will also be available in the next monthly upload…
Lot: 611: ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. Penny (18.5mm, 1.10 g, 9h). SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 402 (same dies); BMC -; North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, toned, peck marks, central striking crack. From the Michael Joffre Collection. Estimate $500.
… and the Michael Joffre Collection, which has a particular emphasis on medieval and British issues.
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