Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Lot 4759 SESSION 18 (2.30PM THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER) Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Estimate $1,400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,100
BASIL I AND CONSTANTINE, (867-886), gold solidus (4.41 g), Constantinople mint, struck 868-879, obv. Christ enthroned facing wearing nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, also holding Gospels, the throne has curved ornamented arms, around + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM*, rev. bASILIOS ET CONSTANT' AUGG' b' around, facing busts of Basil I wearing loros on left and Constantine wearing chlamys on right, both crowned, between them long patriarchal cross, (S.1704, DOC 2b, R.1858). Good very fine, scarce.
Ex Decades Collection and previously from CNG eSale 86, March 31, 2004, (lot 102).
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 4757
THEOPHILUS, (A.D.829-842), with Michael II (deceased father) and Constantine (deceased son), gold solidus, Constantinople Mint, ...
Estimate $700
Lot 4758
THEOPHILUS, (A.D. 829-842), gold semissis, issued at Syracuse mint in A.D. 831-842, (1.76 grams), obv. ...
Estimate $400
Lot 4759 This lot
BASIL I AND CONSTANTINE, (867-886), gold solidus (4.41 g), Constantinople mint, struck 868-879, obv. Christ ...
Estimate $1,400
Lot 4760
BASIL I THE MACEDONIAN, with Constantine, (A.D.867-886), gold solidus, class II, Constantinople mint, (4.41g), issued ...
Estimate $400
Lot 4761
CONSTANTINE VII AND ROMANUS II, (A.D.913-959), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued from A.D. 945, (4.39 ...
Estimate $1,000