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᷅ SOLD: Macedonian Dynasty, Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025 AD, AV Histamenon, Christ Pantocrator, struck c. 1005-1025 AD
Ruler: Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII
Province: Constantinopolis
Date: circa 1005-1025 AD
Denomination: AV Histamenon
Composition: Gold
Obverse: +IҺS XIS REX REGNANTIҺm, Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing nimbus cross ornamented with two crescents in the limbs of the cross, holding book of Gospels and raising right hand
Reverse: +bASIL C CONStANTI b, Crowned half-length busts, facing, of Basil, wearing loros of square pattern, and Constantine VIII, beardless on right, wearing chlamys, both holding plain cross between them
Size: 26mm, 4.42g, 7h
Grade: gVF, well centred, lustrous surfaces,
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2 (3 December 2017), Lot 945
Reference(s): DOC III 6; SBCV 1800
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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᷅ SOLD: Phocas, 602-610 AD, Gold, AV Solidus, struck 604-607 AD
Ruler: Phocas
Province: Constantinopolis, 7th officina
Date: 604-607 AD
Denomination: AV Solidus
Composition: Gold
Obverse: ON FOCAS PERP AVG, Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown without pendilia and holding globus cruciger
Reverse: VICTORIA AVGG Z / CONOB, Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger
Size: 21.53mm, 4.32g, 6h
Grade: aEF, areas of flat strike, graffiti and some minor marks, edge clipped.
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 443 (1 May 2019), Lot 622
Reference(s): DOC II 5g; MIBE 7; SBCV 618
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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᷅ SOLD: Silver coin of Manuel I: rare!