Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Lot 4867 SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Estimate $750
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SOLD $600
JUSTINIAN I, (A.D.527-565), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.49 grams), issued 542-552/565, obv. bust of Justinian I facing, with plume and diadem, two pearls at each side, wearing cuirass, holding globus cruciger and shield, d N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI around, rev. Angel facing in tunic and cloak, in right hand long cross surmounted by P, globe in left hand cross above, star to right, around VICTORI A AVGGGH, CONOB in exergue, (S.140, DOC 9h, MIBE 7). Full weight, broad unclipped flan, about as struck with original mint bloom, extremely fine.
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