Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 4083 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $750
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MAURICE TIBERIUS, (562-602 AD), gold solidus (4.33 g), Constantinople Mint, 2nd officina, (struck 583-601 AD), obv. helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, rev. Angel standing, facing, holding a staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand and globus cruciger in left. Graffito on margin of obverse, weak portrait, minor reverse die flaws, otherwise very fine.
Ex CNG eAuction 319 (lot 604).
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Lot 4081
JUSTINIAN I, (A.D.527-565), gold solidus, Constantinople Mint, (4.48 g), 9th officina, issued 542-552, obv. bust ...
Estimate $700
Lot 4082
JUSTINIAN I, (527-565 A.D.), gold solidus, (4.47 g), Constantinople Mint, obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust ...
Estimate $1,000
Lot 4083 This lot
MAURICE TIBERIUS, (562-602 AD), gold solidus (4.33 g), Constantinople Mint, 2nd officina, (struck 583-601 AD), ...
Estimate $750
Lot 4084
JUSTIN II, (565-578 A.D.), gold solidus, (4.44 g), Constantinople Mint, obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust ...
Estimate $1,000
Lot 4085
FOCAS, (602-610 A.D.), gold solidus, Constantinpole mint, obv. facing bust of Thocas, draped and cuirassed, ...
Estimate $1,000