Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 92 Part 1 23-24 May 2016
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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Leo VI the Wise, 29 August 886 – 11 May 912 with colleagues from 879.
Solidus 908-912, AV 4.41 g. +IHS XPS REX – REGNANTIUM Christ enthroned facing, wearing crossed nimbus, raising r. hand in blessing and holding Book of Gospels in l. Rev. LEOh ET COhSTAnT AVGGS ROM' Leo, on l. and Constantine, on r., standing facing, both wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger and long patriarchal cross between them. DO 2. Sear 1725.
Extremely rare. Minor marks on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine