E-auction 30-10145 - bby_237217 - TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE Demi-follis

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	27 €
Maximum bid :	30 €
End of the sale :	11 November 2013 16:06:30
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Demi-follis

Date: 579-582

Mint name / Town : Nicomedia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,50 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert noir

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.73 - R.- - Do.33 a - BN/B.7 var. - BC.443

Obverse

Obverse legend : [D M TIB CONS]-TANT PP A.

Obverse description : Buste couronné, drapé et cuirassé de Tibère II Constantin de face avec pendilia, tenant le globe crucigère.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Tiberius Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Tibère Constantin perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : NIKOA À L'EXERGUE.

Reverse description : XX surmonté d'une croisette.

Commentary

Poids léger. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent penser les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. Pendilia with rounded ends. Appears much rarer than general works suggest.