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Long Beach Signature Sale 3035 Online Sess. 9-10 September 2014
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine (AD 867-886). AV solidus (4.37 gm). Constantinople, ca. AD 871-886. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, and raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / Facing busts of Basil, on left wearing loros, and Constantine, on right wearing chlamys; both crowned and holding between them patriarchal cross. Sear 1704. NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs.
Estimate: 400-500 USD
Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine (AD 867-886). AV solidus (4.37 gm). Constantinople, ca. AD 871-886. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, and raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / Facing busts of Basil, on left wearing loros, and Constantine, on right wearing chlamys; both crowned and holding between them patriarchal cross. Sear 1704. NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs.
Estimate: 400-500 USD