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Obolos 18

21 February 2021
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Starting Price: 350 CHF
Hammer Price:  500 CHF
Lot 888

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine VII, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 4.32 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 867-870. +IhS XPS 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.A.2. SB 1704. Minor marks and very slightly double-struck, otherwise, very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Münzhandlung Athena on 23 March 1993.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 22:24:00 CET Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 22:27:41 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:500 CHF by DC2228 (5 bids)
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