Ancient Gold
Lot 1757 Ancient Gold
Estimate $400
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SOLD $270
JUSTIN II, (A.D.565-578), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.44 grams), issued 565-578, obv. bust of Justin II facing, with plume and diadem, two pearls at each side, wearing cuirass, and holding globe surmounted by Victory, [d N I] VSTI NVS PP AVC around, rev. Constantinople seated looking right, with helmet tunic and mantle, on right shoulder aegis, left hand holds a spear, star in left field, cross on globe, around VICTORI A AVGGG **Q*, CONOB in exergue, (S.346, cf.DOC [5], MIB 1). Full mint bloom, file mark on edge, weak legends near edge, nearly uncirculated.
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Estimate $400
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