Really got lucky!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by panzerman, Dec 4, 2017.

  1. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I picked up this nice piece from German Auction last year. It had a starting bid of 800 euros/ so I put a proxy bid on it for 800. I ended up winning it:)
    the coin is:
    AV 4 Tari ND Messina Mint/Sicily/ Stempelglanz=mint state
    Emperor Konrad I 1250-58 of Hohenstaufen

    I looked up the coin in newest Friedberg book and noted that the price in VF =10k
    EF=VERY RARE/ so I ended up with a good win. b04714f3bab2d04086df2acf85568198.jpg
     
    panzerman, Dec 4, 2017
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  3. nicholasz219

    nicholasz219 Well-Known Member

    Holy cow!
     
    nicholasz219, Dec 4, 2017
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  4. Whizb4ng

    Whizb4ng HIC SVNT DRACONES

    That's not a cow. That's an eagle!

    Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'll show myself out.
     
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  5. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    That coin has a lot of character. I like it! :)
     
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  6. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Very nice. A great catch.
     
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  7. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Love the obverse.
     
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  8. TJC

    TJC Well-Known Member

    That is neat coin!!
     
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  9. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    sweet
     
    randygeki, Dec 5, 2017
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  10. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    so what grade is your coin then ?
     
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  11. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    the auction house graded it as mint state/stempelglanz/UNC.

    I seen a Frederick II Hohenstaufen AV 1 Tari slabbed as MS-64=CH> UNC/ that looked EF. It was from the Baron Von Bruck collection.
     
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  12. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ..somehow, i knew it was gold coin before i clicked on..nice..
     
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Oh, love it!

    Looks rather thick for medieval gold, but then I've seen other (1-) tari pieces with a rather chunky look, almost more like an ancient than a medieval.

    I don't know much about them, but I do have a medieval Sicilian tari watchlisted. Nothing like this, of course.

    Congratulations!
     
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