Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 2856 SESSION 12 (11.30AM THURSDAY 25TH MARCH) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $800
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SOLD $650
TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE, (A.D. 578-582), gold tremissis, Constantinople mint, (1.48 g), obv. Tiberius II Constantine bust to right, with pearl-diadem, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, around dN COSTAN TINVS PP AC, rev. cross potent, around VICTOR TIBERIAS AUS (sic), in exergue CONOB, (S.425, DOC 7, cf.R.923-4, MIBE 9b, BMC 14ff). A superb strong strike, nearly uncirculated and rare in this condition.
Slabbed by NGC as a strike 5/5 and surface 3/5.
Ex CNG eSale 271, January 11, 2012 (lot 572).
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