Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2020 NYINC Auction 20-22 Jan 2020
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
THEOPHILUS, 829-842. AV Solidus (3.91 gms), Syracuse Mint, 830-831. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.
S-1670. Obverse: Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; Reverse: Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing loros and holding cross potent. A charming example of this type, struck with a smaller diameter but thicker flan than most other Byzantine solidi. Lustrous and well centered.
Estimate: $500.00- $750.00
S-1670. Obverse: Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; Reverse: Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing loros and holding cross potent. A charming example of this type, struck with a smaller diameter but thicker flan than most other Byzantine solidi. Lustrous and well centered.
Estimate: $500.00- $750.00