Live auction - bby_503271 - CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Solidus

CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Solidus AU

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Estimate :	720 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	04 June 2019 15:33:23

Type : Solidus

Date: 654-659

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,32 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beaux bustes avec une trace de double frappe sur la légende à droite et le buste de Constantin IV. Joli revers de style fin

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.40 - R.- - Do.25 b - BN/B.46 - BC.959 (225£) - SB.- - DMBR.12 /18-1 (550€) - RN. 2002/559 (1 ex.) - RBN. 1972/428 (5 ex.)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du trésor d’Apamée sur l’Oronte, n° 77 et de TRESORS II, n° 214

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTINYS E CONSTAI.

Obverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Constans II et de Constantin IV, vêtus de la chlamyde ; croisette au milieu ; Constans II porte la barbe longue ; Constantin IV est petit et imberbe.

Obverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantinus et Constans...”, (Nos seigneurs Constantin et Constans...).