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Nomos 24

22 May 2022
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 12500 CHF
Hammer Price:  15000 CHF
Lot 461
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913-959. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.24 g, 6 h), Constantinople, circa 945. +IhS XPS ReX ReGNANTIYM Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing pallium and columbium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + COhSTAh - T,AVTCRATIOho Crowned bust of Constantine VII facing, with long beard and wearing a loros, holding, in his right hand, a patriarchal cross on a globus. DOC 13a.1 (same dies). SB 1747. Extremely rare. Clear and well-centered. Minor marks and traces of die rust, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 92, 23 May 2016, 988.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2022, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 23:08:56 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:15000 CHF

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