From the Hunt Collection
421, Lot: 640. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Justinian II. Second reign, 705-711. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. ∂N IҺS CҺS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; cross behind / ∂N IЧS TINIA NЧS MЧLTЧS A, crowned facing bust of Justinian, wearing beard and loros, holding globus cruciger inscribed PAX and cross potent set upon three steps. DOC 1 var. (rev. legend); MIB 1; SB 1413. Choice EF.
Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 271, 11 January 2012), lot 116; Sotheby’s New York 7214 (2 November 1998), lot 359; William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s New York 6055, 5 December 1990), lot 599.