Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Lot 4163 Session 16 (9:30am Friday) Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420
MAURICE TIBERIUS, (A.D.582-602), gold semissis, Constantinople mint, (2.21 g), issued 583-602, obv. diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maurice Tiberius to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, D N MAVRI CI PP AVI around, rev. VICTORI A AVCC, CONOB in exergue, Victory looking to left, holding a wreath in right hand and in left cross on globe, (S.486, DOC 12b, BMC -, T.-, R.1024, MIB 17a). With full mint bloom, about as struck, extremely fine or better, very scarce.
Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 105 (lot 3940), Sale 96 (lot 3940) and previously from Triton XIV (lot 1068).
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