Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1085. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE. 578-582 AD. AV Light Weight Solidus of 20 Siliquae (3.74 gm). Constantinople mint. d M TIb CONS TANT PP AVI, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman / VICTORI A AVGG, cross potent on four steps; I/CONXX. DOC I -; MIB II -; BN -; Berk -; SB -. EF, weak strike on periphery, warped flan. An apparently unpublished and unique example. ($1500)
From the Glenn Woods Collection.CONX+X appears on certain 22 siliquae weight solidi of Justin II from Ravenna, but the mark as it appears on this coin is otherwise unknown and unpublished.