Very Rare Artavasdus Gold Nomisma

Triton XVI, Lot: 1283. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Artavasdus, with Nicephorus. 742-743. AV Nomisma (19mm, 4.43 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. ∂ N ARτAЧ ASDЧS MЧ, crowned and draped bust of Artavasdus facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / ∂ NIChFOR ЧS MЧLτЧ Θς, crowned bust of Nicephorus facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and akakia. DOC -; Füeg 3.D; SB 1543A. VF, die scratch in obverse field. Very rare.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 199 (10 October 2011), lot 850.