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Lot 3385    SESSION 11 (9.30am Thursday 23 July)    Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine

Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240

PHOCAS, (A.D. 602-610), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.46 grams), issued A.D. 607-610, Officina **Q*, obv. Phocas facing bust, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum and crown, holding cross, around DN FOCAS PERP AVI, rev. Angel facing, holding in right hand long staff, with partial chi-rho symbol at top, in left hand globe with cross above, around VICTORIA AVGU **Q*, (S.620, DOC 10i, BMC 19, T.16, R.1186); Leo I, (A.D. 457-474), Constantinople mint, (1.08 grams), obv. diademed draped and cuirassed bust to right, around D N LEO PE RPET AVG, rev. SAL/ REI/ PVI in wreath, CONS in exergue, (S.4338, T.24). Both holed, very fine, last rare. (2)

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