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Lot 3302    Session 11 (9.30am Thursday)    Greek, Roman, Byz. Collection

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

CONSTANTINE VII AND ROMANUS II, (A.D.913-959), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued from A.D. 945, (4.314 grams), obv. Christ facing bust wearing nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, also holding Gospels, around + IhS XPS REX REgNANTIUm around, rev. CONSTANT CE ROMAN AVGG bR around, facing busts of Constantine VII wearing loros on left and Romanus II wearing chlamys on right, both crowned, between them long patriarchal cross, (S.1751, R.1905, DOC 15, BMC 60-63, R.1905). Very fine and scarce.

Ex William M. Rosenblum, Co. U.S.A., February 2001.

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