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Obolos 15

24 May 2020
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Virtually as struck!

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1000 CHF
Lot 954

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine VII, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.48 g, 7 h), Constantinople, circa 871-876. +IhS XRS REX REGNANTIUM x Christ, nimbate, seated facing, wearing chiton, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of gospels with his left. Rev. bASILIOS ET COҺSTAҺT' AЧGG‘ b’ Crowned facing busts of Basil, on the left, with short beard and wearing a loros, and Constantine, on the right, beardless and wearing a chlamys; holding between them in their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 2c. Füeg 3.C.2. SB 1704. A wonderful example, very sharply struck in high relief. Minor scuffs, otherwise, virtually as struck.

Online bidding closes: 24 May 2020, 22:57:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 22:00:15 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1000 CHF by Lucullus (15 bids)
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