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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Basiliscus and Marcus, Eastern Roman Emperors (AD 475-476). AV solidus (21mm, 4.49 gm, 6h). Constantinople, late Fall AD 475–August AD 476, D N bASILISCI ET MARC P AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust (of Basiliscus?) facing, head slightly right, holding spear over right shoulder and on left arm shield with horseman motif / VICTORI – A AVCCC Z, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 1025 (R2). Hahn 8. Depeyrot 105/2. Very rare. Central flan flaw obscuring emperor's face. NGC (photo-certificate) MS 2/5 - 5/5, adjusted flan. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1991), lot 26.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Basiliscus and Marcus, Eastern Roman Emperors (AD 475-476). AV solidus (21mm, 4.49 gm, 6h). Constantinople, late Fall AD 475–August AD 476, D N bASILISCI ET MARC P AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust (of Basiliscus?) facing, head slightly right, holding spear over right shoulder and on left arm shield with horseman motif / VICTORI – A AVCCC Z, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 1025 (R2). Hahn 8. Depeyrot 105/2. Very rare. Central flan flaw obscuring emperor's face. NGC (photo-certificate) MS 2/5 - 5/5, adjusted flan. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1991), lot 26.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD