Found Near Palmyra

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1148. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. AV Imitative Solidus (4.32 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of Constantinople mint issue of 674-681. Helmeted and diademed facing bust, holding spear and shield / Cross potent on steps, flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius; CONOB. Cf. DOC 8; cf. MIB 7a; cf. SB 1154. EF, edge rounded. Reportedly found near Palmyra.

From the Khristov Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 1812; An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 316.