Ancient Gold

Sale 68    21–23 Nov 2001   Wentworth Hotel   Sydney

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Lot 1761    Session 6 (9.30am Thursday)    Ancient Gold

Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,550

JUSTINIAN II WITH TIBERIUS, (705-711), gold solidus, issue of 705-711 (Justinian II seciond reign), Constantinople mint, (4.30 grams), obv. bust of Christ facing with cross behind head, curly hair and close beard, wears pallium and colobium, raising hand in benediction, around DN IhS ChS REX RE[GN]ANTIUM, rev. half length figures of Justinian on left and Tiberius on right facing each wearing crown divitision and chlamys, hold between them cross potent, around [D N IUSTINIA]NUS ET TIbERIUS P P A, (S.1415, DOC 2b, R.1705, BMC 1-2). Spade gash on edge at legend, slightly off centred on the reverse otherwise extremely fine and rare.

The earliest portrait iof Jesus Christ in Byzantine coinage.

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