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Rare Syracuse Mint Gold Solidus of Constantine IV
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Constantine IV Pogonatus. Gold Solidus (4.43 g), 668-685. Syracuse, 668-673. d N CONS
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crowned bust of Constantine IV facing, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA A-V
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potent on three steps flanked by crowned figures of Heraclius, on left, and Tiberius, on right, each hold-
ing globus cruciger; CONOB: Cf. DOC 55a; MIB 30; SB 1201.
Rare Syracuse mint.
Lustrous. Nearly Mint
State.
$4,000
Ex Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection (HCWA 3035, 3 September 2014), 29465;
Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s, 2 November 1998), 306;
Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s New York, 5 December 1990), 416.
480
Constantine V Copronymus. Gold Solidus (4.34 g), 741-775. Constantinople, 740-742. C L?-ON PA
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, crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia. Rev. d N
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(NC), crowned bust of Constantine V facing, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent
and akakia. DOC 1b; SB 1550. Rare. Both portraits are remarkably detailed. Extremely Fine.
$1,500
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Theophilus. Gold Solidus (4.53 g), 829-842. Constantinople, 831-842.
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bust of Theophilus facing, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross and akakia; star at beginning of leg-
end. Rev. + MIXAHL S ConS
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In’, crowned busts of Michael and Constantine facing, each wearing
chlamys; above, cross. DOC 3e; SB 1653. Superb. Nearly Mint State.
$2,500
Ex Bonham’s (October 1994), 107.