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Session Five - Tuesday, January 15, 2015 1:00 pm
Enlargement
3235
Justin II. Silver 1/2 Siliqua (0.64 g), 565-578
. Ravenna. D N IVTI-NVS P P AVG, diademed and draped bust of Justin II right.
Reverse:
Cristogram in the form of a cross potent between two stars within wreath. DOC 215; Ranieri 428-9; MIB II 41; SB 413. Good strike on choice
metal. Darkly toned. An excellent example of this scarce issue.
About Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value .....................................................................................................................................................................$400 - 500
Ex Millennia Collection (26 May 2008), 164
.
3236
Heraclius. Gold Solidus (4.40 g), 610-641
. Constantinople,
638/9-641. Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine
standing facing, each holding globus cruciger.
Reverse:
VICTO-
RIA AVGU, cross potent set on three steps; in left field, mono-
gramt;
//CONOB. DOC 43h; MIB 50; SB 769.
NGC grade Ch
MS*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
Estimated Value ................................................... $800 - 900
3237
Heraclius. Gold Solidus (4.41 g), 610-641
. Constantinople,
ca. 638/9. Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine
standing facing, each holding globus cruciger.
Reverse:
VICTO-
RIA AVGU, cross potent set on three steps; in left and right
fields, monograms; I//CONOB. DOC 41; MIB 48; SB 767.
NGC
grade XF; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 2/5.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
3238
Heraclius. Gold Solidus (4.5 g), 610-641
. Constantinople.
dd NN hERACLI
X
S ET hERA CONST PP AVI, crowned busts of
Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, facing;
above, cross.
Reverse:
VICTORIA AV
X
, cross potent on three
steps;
//CONOB. DOC 8c; MIB 8a; SB 734. Cleaned.
Choice
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
3239
Constans II. Gold Solidus (4.4 g), 641-668
. Constantino-
ple, ca. 661-663. Crowned and draped busts of Constans, on
left, and Constantine, on right, facing; above, cross.
Reverse:
VICTORI-A AVG
X
, cross potent set on three steps between Her-
aclius and Tiberius standing facing, each holding globus-cruci-
ger; H//CONOB. DOC 30g; MIB 31; SB 964.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
3240
Constans II. Silver Hexagram (6.1 g), 641-668
. Constan-
tinople, ca. 654-659. [D N CONS]TANTIN?S C CONSTA[N],
crowned busts of Constans II and Constantine IV facing; above,
cross.
Reverse:
dE
X
S AdI
X
TA ROMANIS, cross potent set on
globe on three steps; B//[CONOB]. DOC 55; MIB 150; SB 996.
Unusually well struck.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $800 - 900
