Ancient Gold
Lot 3096 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480
HERACLIUS, (610-641), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 613-616, Officina E, obv. facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown, around dd NN hERACLIVS ET hERA CONSt [PP AVG], rev. cross potent on base and three steps, N to right, below CONOB, around VICTORIA AVGU E, (S.736, DOC 9a, BMC -, T.140-141, R.1361). Broad flan, extremely fine, weak in places and a rare variety.
Slabbed by ICG as AU55.
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