Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 4557 Session 16 (9.30am Friday 23rd November) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $560
CONSTANTINE IV POGONATUS, with Heraclius and Tiberius, (668-685), gold solidus, (4.39 g), Constantinople mint, Class III, issued c.674-681, 1st Officina, obv. three-quarter facing bearded bust of Constantine IV, wearing helmet with plume and cuirass, holding spear and shield, around dN C A NU P, rev. cross potent above three steps, between facing figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, each holding cross on globe, around VICTOA AVGUa, in exergue CONOB, (S.1156, cf.DOC 10, MIB 7a). Extremely fine with mint bloom, weak in a small area of the reverse.
Ex M.R. Roberts, Sydney stock with their ticket.
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