Ancient Gold
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Lot 1716 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $140
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SOLD $120
HERACLIUS, (610-641), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 626-629, (4.420 grams), Officina I, obv. facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown, around dd NN hERACILVS ET hE[RA CONSt PP AVG], rev. cross potent on base and three steps, below CONOB, around VICTORIA AVGU I, (S.743, DOC 20h); other copper issues including Alexandria mint twelve nummi (the issue of Khusru II of Persia), (S.855, DOC 191); others (6). First coin holed, otherwise nearly very fine, the second coins very fine, others poor - fine. (8)
Ex H.P. Whittle Collection.
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