Provenance Information

Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014), Dallas, Texas, by 1991; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, June 19, 1991, lot 164. [Sale, Stack’s Galleries, New York, December 9, 1992, lot 3065 (probably unsold)] [see note 1]. Sale, Coin Galleries, New York, July 14, 1993, lot 40. Sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, January 8, 2018, lot 32015. Sale, Heritage Auction, August 19, 2021, lot 33008. Sale, Classical Numismatic Group, October 8, 2022, lot 155; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022

Note 1: According to the Stack's auction archive, the lot remains unlisted in their "prices realized' list.

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Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

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Sale, CNG Triton VII, New York, January 13–14, 2004, lot 1031; sold to Ben Lee Damsky,January 13–14, 2004 (on loan as a promised gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2008–23); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

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Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

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Provenance Information

Sale, J. Hirsch, Munich, May 11–13, 1911, lot 933. Sale, Adolph Hess Nachfolger, Frankfurt, November 28, 1912, lot 288. Sale , J. Schulman, Amsterdam, March 5, 1923, lot 1034 . Robert Jameson (1861–1942), London. Giuseppe Mazzini (1883–1961). Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906–-1979), probably Italy. Sale, Bank Leu, Zurich, April 23, 1980, lot 273. Sale, Stack’s, New York, December 9–10, 1992, lot 3024; sold to Herb Kreindler, New Jersey, December 9–10, 1992; sold to Ben Lee Damsky, 1992 (on loan as a promised gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008–23); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

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Sale, Numismatics Ars Classica, Zurich, June 26, 2003, lot 1802; sold to Ben Lee Damsky, June 26, 2003 (on loan as a promised gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008 –23); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

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Provenance Information

Sale, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Penn., September 18, 2001, lot 1462; sold to private collection, California, September 18, 2001. Possibly Franz Fueg (1921–2019), Switzerland [see note 1]. Private collection, Eastern Europe [see note 2] [sale, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Penn., January 16, 2002, lot 2296 (unsold)]. Sale, Freeman and Sear, Los Angeles, California, about 2003; sold to the Rust Collection, California, about 2003s [see note 3]; sale, Classical Numismatic Group, New York, January 10, 2023, lot 946; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

Note 1: Published in Fueg (2007), which includes some coins from his collection, it is uncertain whether this coin was one owned by him.

Note 2: Email from CNG to the Gallery, January 17, 2023, copy in accession file

Note 3: Email from CNG to the Gallery, January 17, 2023, copy in accession file

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Provenance Information

Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

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No information available

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Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

Provenance Information

[CNA (Classical Numismatic Auctions) XVIII, Dec. 3, 1991 lot 872], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1991-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

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Publication Information

CNA (Classical Numismatic Auctions) XVIII, Dec. 3, lot 872, Quarryville, PA and London, 1991.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

Provenance Information

Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

Exhibition Information

No information available

Publication Information

No information available

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogue, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

Provenance Information

Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

Exhibition Information

No information available

Publication Information

No information available

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past, this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

Provenance Information

[Muenzen und Medallien AG, Basel, FPL 560, November/December 1992, lot 133], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1992-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

Exhibition Information

No information available

Publication Information

Muenzen und Medallien AG, FPL 560, November/December, lot 133, Basel, 1992

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.