Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4433 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $420
CONSTANS II, with Constantine IV, (641-668 A.D.), gold solidus (4.41 g), Constantinople mint, 1st officina, struck circa 654-659, obv. crowned busts of Constans, wearing long beard, and Constantine facing, both wearing chlamys, cross above, rev. cross potent set on three steps, VICTORIA AVGU, CONOB+ in exergue, (S.961, DOC 27 var. (unlisted officina), MIB 27). Extremely fine, scarce.
Ex Decades Collection.
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Lot 4431
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Lot 4432
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Lot 4433 This lot
CONSTANS II, with Constantine IV, (641-668 A.D.), gold solidus (4.41 g), Constantinople mint, 1st officina, ...
Estimate $500
Lot 4434
CONSTANS II, with Constantine IV, (641-668), gold solidus, issued, (4.50 g), Constantinople mint, Class VI, ...
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Lot 4435
CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus, (668-685), gold solidus, (4.48 g), Constantinople mint, Class III, issued c.674-681, obv. ...
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