Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4437 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $600
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SOLD $650
CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius, (668-685), gold solidus (4.36 g), Constantinople mint, struck 674-681, obv. d N CO' T NUS P, bearded facing bust, wearing cuirass and crested helmet with plume and diadem, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman, rev. VICTOA A VGU, cross potent on three steps flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius, each beardless, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger, B+/CONOB in exergue, (S.1156A, DOC II -, MIB III 8a). Good extremely fine, reflective surfaces, rare as such.
Ex Decades Collection and previously from Triton VII, January 13-14, 2004 (lot 1107).
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