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11 October 2020
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Starting Price: 400 CHF
Hammer Price:  900 CHF
Lot 1248

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine VII, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.52 g, 6 h), Constantinople, circa 868-870. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIЧM ✱ 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.D.2. SB 1704. A wonderful example, very sharply struck in high relief. Minor scuffs, otherwise, good very fine.

Online bidding closes: 12 Oct 2020, 00:24:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 22:09:43 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:900 CHF by ginto1 (8 bids)
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