|  | Lot 135. Michael III EL Semissis, SyracuseRare Michael III Semissis 
    eAuction #71, Lot 135. Estimate: CHF 500.00
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              (Sunday, March 21st, 19:45:00 CET) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 15:53:53 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 600.00 (6 bids) Approx. EUR 646.25 / USD 747.77 / GBP 569.05
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 600.00 | Bidder 3 * | 2021-03-21, 19:08:26 |  
                                            | CHF 550.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2021-03-18, 19:48:00 |  
                                            | CHF 500.00 | Bidder 3 * | 2021-03-18, 16:28:52 |  
                                            | CHF 500.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2021-03-18, 19:47:55 |  
                                            | CHF 420.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2021-03-15, 17:35:51 |  
                                            | CHF 400.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2021-03-15, 05:06:07 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 3 |  |  
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 Michael III 'the Drunkard' (842-866 AD). Base gold Semissis (13-14 mm, 1.64 g), Syracuse.
 Obv. MIXAHL Θ, facing bust, wearing crown and chlamys, holding patriarchal cross on globus.
 Rev. MIXAHL Θ, similar bust, but wearing loros.
 Sear 1694.
 
 Rare. Extremely fine.
 
 These coins belong the last Byzantine issues struck in Sicily before the Arab conquest
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