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Auction 7  24-25 Oct 2020
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Lot 1950

Estimate: 500 CHF
Price realized: 2100 CHF
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.38 g, 7 h), Constantinopolis, 868-879. +IҺS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧM✱ Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. bASILIOS ЄT COҺSΤAҺT'AЧςς'b Crowned facing busts of Basil I, with short beard on the left and wearing loros, and Constantine, beardless on the right and wearing chlamys, holding, with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2. SB 1704. A beautiful coin, very well struck. Extremely fine.
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