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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine (AD 867-886). AV solidus (19mm, 4.41 gm, 6h) Constantinople, ca. AD 871-886. +IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM *, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, and raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / bASILIOS ЄT CONSTANT' AЧGG' b', facing busts of Basil, on left wearing loros, and Constantine, on right wearing chlamys; both crowned and holding between them patriarchal cross. DOC 2b. Sear 1704. NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, clipped.
Estimate: 500-700 USD
Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine (AD 867-886). AV solidus (19mm, 4.41 gm, 6h) Constantinople, ca. AD 871-886. +IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM *, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, and raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / bASILIOS ЄT CONSTANT' AЧGG' b', facing busts of Basil, on left wearing loros, and Constantine, on right wearing chlamys; both crowned and holding between them patriarchal cross. DOC 2b. Sear 1704. NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, clipped.
Estimate: 500-700 USD