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Nomos 12

22 May 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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An extremely rare and wonderful Solidus of Irene

Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  19000 CHF
Lot 238

Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 18mm, 3.84 g 6), Syracuse, c. 797/8. IREN AΓOVST Bust of Irene facing, wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding an akakia in her left hand; behind her shoulders, two curved lines of a throne-back. Rev. AΓOVST Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding a cross potent on base in her right hand. Anastasi 452. DOC 3. SB 1601. Spahr 340. Extremely rare. A wonderful, perfectly struck and perfectly centered example. Virtually as struck.


From a European collector.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2016, 03:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 7 Jul 2025, 00:18:35 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:19000 CHF
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