Numismatica Bernardi Trieste and Numismatik Lanz combined to hold the Jan. 4 auction.

A total of 62 lots, or 27.4 percent, were unsold. Among unsold lots were several of the promoted highlights, including the 1855 gold ducat of Maximilian II, issued in Bavaria in the Holy Roman Empire to commemorate the exploitation of the mines of Goldkronach.

The auction featured predominantly ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins, with a large selection of Italian coins and a small number of Russian medals.

A catalog is available for viewing online at www.lanz.com and also at www.sixbid.com.

Write to Numismatik Lanz at Luitpoldblock, Maximiliansplatz 10, D 80333 München, telephone it at (011) +49-89-299070 or e-mail the company at drlanz@lanz.com.

Write to Numismatica Bernardi it at Via Roma 3, 34121 Trieste, Italy, e-mail the business at ny@numismaticabernardi.com or telephone the firm at (011) 39 0406 39086.

Some highlights:

• Greece, Macedonia, Derrones, circa 480 to 450 B.C. silver dodecadrachm, Lot 18, Extremely Fine, $36,800.
  
• Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, circa 221 to 204 B.C. silver oktodrachm, Ptolemy IV Euergetes for Berenice II, Alexandria Mint, About Mint State, $50,600.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 475 to 476 gold solidus, Romulus Augustus, Ravenna, planchet flaw on forehead, otherwise EF, $36,800.
  
• Byzantine Empire, circa A.D. 539 gold solidus, Justinian I, Alexandria Mint, About Mint State, $69,000.
  
• Italy, Messina, circa 1266 to 1282 gold Augustalis, Carlos I d'Angio (Charles of Anjou), EF, $63,250.

Freeman and Sear auction results about $1.7 million

Freeman and Sear's first solo auction at the New York International Numismatic Convention Jan. 5 realized $1,697,385 with the 18 percent buyer's fee.

Twenty-four lots from the 480-lot sale, or 5 percent, did not sell.

The Aloysius Lynn Collection, featured in the auction, focused on Roman silver coins and was assembled from 1997 to 2003.

For more information or to request or view the catalog, telephone Freeman & Sear at (310) 450-9755, write the firm at P.O. Box 641352, Los Angeles, CA 90064, visit the business' Web site, www.freemanandsear.com, or e-mail the firm at info@freemanandsear.com.

Some highlights:

• Greece, Syracuse, winter 406 to 405 B.C., gold 2-litrae coin, Nearly Mint State, $35,400.
  
• Greece, Syracuse, circa 405 to 400 B.C. silver decadrachm, reverse die signed by Euainetus, Good Very Fine/Nearly Extremely Fine, $33,040.
  
• Greece, Syracuse, circa 405 to 400 B.C. silver decadrachm, unobtrusive die break, "otherwise EF," $41,300.
  
• Greece, Barcids in Spain, after 228 B.C. silver trishekel, Carthago Nova, "perhaps only the third specimen known," Good VF, $61,360.
  
• Greece, Attica, Athens, circa 500 B.C. silver tetradrachm, Good VF, $61,360.
  
• Ptolemaic Kingdom, circa 246 to 222 B.C. gold pentadrachm, Berenice II Euergetis, Alexandria Mint, EF, $61,360.
  
• Roman Empire, circa A.D. 64 brass sestertius, Nero, Nearly EF, $4,484.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 76 gold aureus, Vespasian, Good EF, $23,600.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 226 gold aureus, Severus Alexander as Augustus, Nearly Mint State, $10,030.
  
• Roman Empire, circa A.D. 309 silver argenteus, Licinius, Antioch, "previously unrecorded issue," VF, $18,880.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 421 gold solidus, Constantius III, Ravenna, Nearly EF, $79,650.

CNG sells 97% of total lots in Triton XIII in NYINC sale

Ancient, Byzantine and medieval coins realized $5,777,197.50 including the 15 percent buyer's fee in Classical Numismatic Group's Triton XIII auction, conducted Jan. 5 and 6 during the New York International Numismatic Convention.

Ninety-seven percent of the 2,071 lots offered were sold (with 64 lots unsold).

The auction presented Greek, Roman, Byzantine, British and other world coins in four sessions over two days, cataloged in two volumes.

The auction included the Todd A. Ballen Collection of Parthian and Related Coinage and the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection of Medieval European Coinage.

Write to Classical Numismatic Group at P.O. Box 479, Lancaster, PA 17608-0479, telephone the firm at (717) 390-9194 or visit the Web site at www.cngcoins.com.

Some highlights:

• Greece, Calabria, Tarentum, circa 425 to 415 B.C. silver nomos, Extremely Fine, $25,300.
  
• Greece, Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy, circa 415 to 405 B.C. silver tetradrachm, EF, $69,000.
  
• Greece, Sicily, Syracuse, circa 405 to 400 B.C. silver decadrachm, Dionysios I, EF, $63,250.
  
• Greece, Sicily, Syracuse, Fifth Democracy, 214 to 212 B.C. silver 16-litrae coin, EF, $69,000.
  
• Greece, Thraco-Macedonian region, Siris, circa 525 to 480 B.C. silver stater, choice EF, $69,000.
  
• Greece, Boeotia, Thebes, circa 450 to 440 B.C. silver stater, Good VF, $57,500.
  
• Greece, Attica, Athens, circa 469/5 to 460 B.C. silver decadrachm, Very Fine, test cut on reverse, $69,000.
  
• Greece, Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion, circa 340 to 325 B.C. gold stater, superb EF, $109,250.
  
• Greece, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, 204/203 B.C. gold octadrachm, Ptolemy IV Philopater, EF, $92,000.
  
• Oriental Greece, Bactria, Greco-Baktrian kingdom, circa 174 to 165 B.C. silver tetradrachm, Apollodotos I, EF, $37,375.
  
• Roman Republic, August 43 B.C. silver denarius, Julius Caesar, Rome Mint, superb EF, $184,000.
  
• Roman Republic, 36 B.C. silver tetradrachm, Antony and Cleopatra, Antioch in Syria Mint, nearly EF, $51,750.
  
• Roman Imperitorial, Britannicus, A.D. 50 to 54 bronze sestertius, uncertain Balkan/Thracian Mint, nearly EF, $74,750.
  
• Greece, Kings of Macedon, 325 to 323 B.C. gold stater, Alexander III ("The Great"), Miletos Mint, nearly EF, $4,312.50.
  
• Greece, Mysia, Kyzikos, circa 500 to 450 B.C., electrum stater, Good VF, $7,475.
  
• Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Berenike II, circa 244/3 to 221 B.C. silver Pentakaidekadrachm, possibly from Alexandria Mint? Good VF, $25,300.
  
• Austria, Holy Roman Empire, 1486 silver guldiner, Archduke Sigismund, Hall Mint, "first early dated crown," VF, $5,750.
  
• Italy, Ferrara, circa 1471 to 1505 silver testone, Ercole I d'Este, choice EF, $23,000.
  
• France, Royal, 1724 gold demi-louis d'or, Louis XV le Bien-Amie, Paris Mint, Friedberg 460 (Gold Coins of the World by Arthur L. Friedberg), EF, $28,750.
  
• India, Mughal Empire, 1604/1605 silver rupee, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar, Good VF, $161,000.
  
• Italy, Venice, circa 1702 to 1709 gold 10-zecchino coin, Alvise II Mocenigo, Friedberg 1357, Good VF, $32,200.
  
• Scotland, 1540 gold ducat, "Bonnet piece," James V, Third Coinage, EF, $29,325.
  
• Scotland, circa 1637 to 1649 gold unite, Charles I, Third Coinage, Class I, superb EF, $16,100.

Bickford gold $10 pattern realizes $1.2-plus million

One of only two known examples of the 1874 Bickford gold $10 piece became the first U.S. coin pattern to surpass the $1 million mark Jan. 7, when it was sold for $1.265 million in Orlando, Fla., by Heritage Numismatic Auctions.

The price realized includes the 15 percent buyer's fee added to the $1.1 million hammer price.

The pattern, cataloged as Judd 1373 in United States Pattern Coins by J. Hewitt Judd, edited by Q. David Bowers, was produced in response to Dana Bickford's proposal for an international gold coin.

The pattern in the auction, graded Proof 65 deep cameo by Professional Coin Grading Service, last sold for $276,000 when it was sold at public auction by Stack's in 2003.

Heritage's Jan. 6 to Jan. 8 auction, held in five sessions, was conducted in conjunction with the Florida United Numismatists convention.

The auction, which offered 3,356 lots of U.S. coins, generated prices realized of $32.9 million, with 89.9 percent of the lots reported sold.

The auction also included one of five known 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coins, a 1927-D Saint-Gaudens gold $20 double eagle, a 1943 Lincoln bronze cent and two 1870-CC Coronet double eagles.

The 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin, graded Proof 64 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and stickered by Certified Acceptance Corp., sold for $3,737,500.

The 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle, graded PCGS Mint State 66, sold for $1.495 million. The coin is one of 13 pieces reported known.

The 1943 Lincoln bronze cent, struck on a planchet composed of 95 percent copper instead of the intended zinc-coated steel, is graded PCGS About Uncirculated 58. It sold for $218,500.

One of the 1870-CC Coronet double eagles, graded Extremely Fine 40 by NGC, sold for $184,009.20, while the other, graded PCGS EF-45, sold for $230,000.

For more details about the auction and full prices realized, visit Heritage Numismatic Auctions online at www.ha.com, write the firm at 3500 Maple Ave., 17th Floor, Dallas, TX 75219-3941, or telephone Heritage at (800) 872-6467.

Selected prices realized:

• 1776 Continental Currency dollar in pewter, curency spelling, PCGS MS-63, CAC stickered, $92,000
  
• 1792 Washington Born Virginia cent, inscribed reverse, NGC MS-62 brown, $17,365.
  
• 1808 Draped Bust half cent, double struck, second strike 90 percent off center at the 1 o'clock position, NGC Very Fine 30, $5,750.
  
• 1793 Flowing Hair, Wreath, Vine and Bars Edge cent, PCGS About Uncirculated 58, $50,312.50.
  
• 1795 Liberty Cap, Lettered Edge cent, Sheldon 75, PCGS MS-65 red and brown, $40,250.
  
• 1856 Flying Eagle cent, PCGS MS-65, $71,875.
  
• 1905 Indian Head cent struck on gold $2.50 quarter eagle planchet, PCGS MS-64, $253,000.
  
• 1909-S Lincoln, v.d.b. cent, PCGS MS-66, $6,325.
  
• 1914-D Lincoln cent, PCGS MS-65 red, $18,400.
  
• 1885 Liberty Head 5-cent coin, PCGS MS-65, $9,775.
  
• 1872-CC Seated Liberty dime, PCGS Genuine, $1,265.
  
• 1900-O Barber dime, PCGS MS-66, $6,325.
  
• 1896-S Barber quarter dollar, PCGS VF-35.
  
• 1913-S Barber quarter dollar, PCGS VG-8, $3,450.
  
• 1918/7-S Standing Liberty quarter dollar, PCGS AU-58, $19,550.
  
• 1794 Flowing Hair half dollar, PCGS Fine 15, $18,400.
  
• 1921-D Walking Liberty half dollar, PCGS MS-63, $11,500.
  
• 1795 Flowing Hair dollar, with silver plug to raise weight of planchet to statutory level, PCGS Very Fine 20, $21,850.
  
• 1884-S Morgan dollar, PCGS MS-63, $34,500.
  
• 1893-S Morgan dollar, NGC AU-50, $16,100.
  
• 1901 Morgan dollar, PCGS MS-64, $40,250.
  
• 1806/5 Capped Bust, 7 by 6 Stars gold $2.50 quarter eagle, NGC AU-58, $37,375.
  
• 1911-D Indian Head quarter eagle, NGC MS-64, $23,000.
  
• Complete 10-piece 1890 Proof set from cent through double eagle, graded and custom holdered by NGC, $138,000.
  
• 1993-D double-denomination cent-dime mule error, Lincoln cent obverse die and Roosevelt dime reverse struck on cent planchet, PCGS MS-65 red, $51,750.
  
• 2009-D James K. Polk, Presidential dollar die adjustment strike, NGC-certified, $1,265.

Heritage paper money sale results exceed $5.4 million

A total of $5,403,500.25 was realized in the Heritage Auction Galleries paper money auction during the Florida United Numismatists convention, according to the firm.

More than 5,000 lots of U.S. and world paper money were offered in the five-session auction conducted Jan. 7 to 9 during the FUN show held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

The auction featured the Don C. Kelly Collection of Ohio National Bank Notes. Kelly is the author of National Bank Notes – A Guide With Prices.

The auction also offered Colonial currency, Continental currency, Confederate States of America notes, obsolete notes, fractional notes, military payment certificates, postal notes, error notes, world notes, and small- and large-size U.S. type notes.

See Heritage contact information at earlier FUN auction article.

All prices include the 15 percent buyer's fee.

Some Colonial highlights:

• Delaware 20-shilling note issued June 1, 1759, printed by Benjamin Franklin, center fold with short tears at edges of fold, Fine-Very Fine, $460.
  
• New Jersey 6-shilling note issued March 25, 1724, scarce note, also printed by Franklin, with severe split and some areas of paper loss and backing, Good, $6,325.
  
• Pennsylvania 3-pence note issued June 18, 1764, and printed by Franklin, Paper Money Guaranty graded Gem Uncirculated 66 Exceptional Paper Quality, $5,175.

National bank note highlights:

• 1902 Plain Back $10 national bank note for the Liberty National Bank of Beverly Hills (California), Friedberg 635 (Paper Money of the United States by Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg), Very Fine, $8,337.50.
  
• 1902 Date Back $10 national bank note for the First National Bank of Cheviot (Ohio), F-618, only note known for this suburban Cincinnati bank according to catalog, PCGS Currency Fine 15, $3,105.

Some other highlights:

• State of Alabama 12½-cent note issued June 1, 1822, "this piece is listed as a Rarity 10 (5 to 15 known) in Hugh Shull's Guide Book of Southern States Currency with no value listed, and simply noted 'very Rare,' " no grade given, $1,265.
  
• $1 obsolete note proof printed for J.I. Cohen & Brothers banking house, Uncirculated, $201.25.
  
• Uncut proof sheet of $6, $7, $8 and $9 obsolete notes printed for the Bank of Cape Fear (Wilmington, N.C.), minor corner folds, Uncirculated, $7,475.
  
• Series 1934 $5,000 Federal Reserve note, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, light green Treasury Department seal, F-2221-E, PCGS Currency Choice About New 58, "eye appeal of a full Gem," $74,750.
  
• Series 1934 $5,000 Federal Reserve note, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, light green Treasury Department seal, F-2221-K, PCGS Currency Choice New 63, with "razor sharp corners," $97,750.
  
• Series 1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve note, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, F-2231-K, PCGS Currency About New 53, $80,500.
  
• Series 1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve note, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, light green Treasury seal, F-2231-K, PMG Very Fine 30, $63,250.

Gemini partnership sale tops $3 million

Gemini Numismatic Auctions, a partnership between Harlan J. Berk Ltd., B & H Kreindler (Herb Kreindler) and Amphora (David Hendin), conducted a 959-lot auction Jan. 10 in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention. The auction realized $3,220,000 including the 15 percent buyer's fee.

Of 959 lots offered, 40 lots, or 4.1 percent, did not sell, according to the auction houses.

Two of the unsold lots were highlights of the auction: a circa A.D. 582 gold medallion weighing 103.1 grams and commemorating the wedding of Tiberius II Constantine's daughter Charito to Germanus and a circa A.D. 79 to 81 bronze sestertius of Titus depicting the Colosseum.

The auction featured items from the collections of Stephen N. Gerson and John Gulick, and items deaccessioned from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the American Numismatic Society.

The auction catalog is posted at www.geminiauction.com. A print copy can be ordered by e-mail to info@geminiauction.com or individually through any of the partners.

Write to Berk at 31 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60602, or telephone the firm at (312) 609-0018.

Telephone Hendin at (845) 358-7364 or e-mail the dealer at AmphoraCoins@aol.com.

Contact Kreindler by telephone at (631) 427-0732 or e-mail the dealer at megatoy2@optonline.net.

Some highlights:

• Greece, Sicily, Akragas, circa 410 to 406 B.C. silver tetradrachm, Extremely Fine, $101,200.
  
• Greece, Naxos, circa 410 B.C. silver tetradrachm, EF, $115,000.
  
• Greece, Syracuse, circa 405 to 400 B.C. silver tetradrachm, broad planchet, EF, $46,000.
  
• Greece, Thebes, circa 395 B.C. gold hemidrachm, Good VF, $31,625.
  
• Greece, Euboea, Carystus, circa 313 B.C. gold drachm, EF, $32,775.
  
• Greece, Lesbos, Mytilene, circa 570 to 540 B.C. electrum hecte, EF, $46,000.
  
• Greece, Phocaea, circa 520 to 500 B.C. electrum hecte, Mint State, $29,900.
  
• Greece, Phocaea, circa 380 to 360 B.C. electrum hecte, $36,800.
  
• Greece, Cos (or Kos), circa 480 to 470 B.C. silver triple siglos, EF, $69,000.
  
• Greece, circa 390 to 370 B.C. silver decadrachm, Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysos I, donated to Museum of Fine Arts by Cornelius Vermeule III, Very Fine/Good VF, $12,650.
  
• Greece, Jewish War, Year 5 (March 21 to Aug. 4, A.D. 70) silver shekel, As Struck, $97,750.
  
• Greece, Bar Kohkba Revolt, Year 2 (A.D. 133/134) silver drachm, EF, $37,375.
  
• Ptolemaic Kingdom, circa 305 to 298 B.C. gold stater, Ptolemy I, Mint State, $63,250.
  
• Roman Empire, circa A.D. 129 to 131 gold aureus, Hadrian, Rome, virtually Mint State, $32,200.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 281 gold aureus, Probus, Fleur-de-Coin, $77,625.
  
• Roman Empire, 282 to 283 gold aureus, Carus, Siscia, "first Roman aureus to call the emperor 'God and Master,' " Fleur-de-Coin, $32,200.
  
• Roman Empire, circa 330 gold solidus, Nicomedia, commemorating Constantine's capture of Byzantium from Licinius and rebuilding of Constantinople, Good EF, $18,400.
  
• Roman Empire, 320 gold aureus, Licinius II as Caesar, Mint State, $42,550.
  
• Byzantine Empire, circa 912 to 913 gold solidus, Alexander, Constantinople, EF, $57,500.
  
• Brazil, 1726 gold 20,000-reis coin, Joao V, About Uncirculated, $48,875.
  
• Great Britain, undated (circa 871 to 899) silver penny, Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, choice EF, $27,600.