CNG 100, Lot: 2029. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck circa 674-681. ∂ N CON-TANTIN, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / VICTORA A-VςЧI, cross potent set on three steps between standing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger; ·.·//CONOB. DOC –; MIB 54; Ranieri 719 var. (obv. legend); SB 1221 var. (same). Superb EF, underlying luster. Very rare and among the finest known examples.
From the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 771.