Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4425 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480
JUSTINIAN I, (A.D. 527-565), gold solidus, issue of 545-565, Constantinople mint, (4.36 g), Officina I, obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust facing without pellets on breastplate, holding cross on globe, around DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI, rev. Angel standing facing holding long cross with chi-rho at top end, and cross on globe, around VICTORI A AVCCCI, in exergue CONOB, star in right field, (S.140, DOC. 9j, To.39, BMC 18). Full flan, well centred, good very fine.
Ex Decades Collection and Noble Numismatics Sale 76 (lot 3095).
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Estimate $500
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