Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1391. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685 AD. AV Solidus (4.46 gm, 6h). Italian (Ravenna?) mint. Struck 668-674 AD. dN CONS TANTINI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, with short beard, holding spear over shoulder and shield / VICTORA AUGU, cross potent on three steps flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius, both wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger;
\/CONOB. DOC II -; MIB III X7 = BN AV/01 (same dies); cf. SB 1221 (Ravenna). EF, sharp strike from slightly rusted dies. Rare. ($1000)
From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 2137.