Ancient Gold
Lot 3247 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $1,000
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SOLD $1,300
PHOCAS, (A.D. 602-610), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.494 grams), issued A.D. 607-610, Officina I, obv. Phocas facing bust, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum and crown, holding cross, around dN FOCAS PERP AVI, rev. Angel facing, holding in right hand long staff, with partial chi-rho symbol at top, in left hand globe with cross above, around VICTORIA AVGU I, (S.620, DOC 10j, BMC 22, Berk, Harlan J., 'Roman Gold Coins of the Medieval World, 383-1453', No.102b [This Coin, illustrated]). Broad flan, as struck with full mint bloom, uncirculated and one of the finest known.
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