Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Byzantine
Lot 4802 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Byzantine
Estimate $200
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SOLD $120
CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, with Zoe, (913-959 A.D.), AE follis (5.40 g), Constantinople mint, struck 914-919 A.D., obv. around +COnSTAn CE ZOH b', crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Zoe, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, rev. + COnS TAnTIO' CE ZOH bA SILIS RO MEOn in five lines, (S.1758, DOC III 22, BN 1-24, R.1883-4). Nearly extremely fine with a dark brown patina.
Ex Decades Collection and previously from CNG Triton VIII Auction, 11-12 January, 2005 (lot 1425), coming from the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection and previously from Numismatica Ars Classica "Autumn Sale", 26-27 October 1995, (lot 915).
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