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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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Basil I the Macedonian (AD 867-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (19mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, scuff. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄGNANtIЧM*, full-length figure of Christ, seated facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and chiton, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels with left / bASILIOS ЄT CONStANt AЧΣΣ b, crowned facing busts of Basil I, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1704. DOC 2c. Sharply struck from fresh dies and lustrous, yet satiny surfaces. The scuff noted on the holder is on Christ's chiton and blends with the drapery.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD
Basil I the Macedonian (AD 867-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (19mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, scuff. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄGNANtIЧM*, full-length figure of Christ, seated facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and chiton, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels with left / bASILIOS ЄT CONStANt AЧΣΣ b, crowned facing busts of Basil I, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1704. DOC 2c. Sharply struck from fresh dies and lustrous, yet satiny surfaces. The scuff noted on the holder is on Christ's chiton and blends with the drapery.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD