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Click here to subscribeANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Mark Antony, Silver Denarius, travelling mint, struck 42 BC, M ANTONI – IMP, bare head of Antony facing right, rev III – VIR – R P C, distyle temple, a medallion within bearing a radiate bust of Sol, draped, 3.23g, 5h (Cr 496/1; Sydenham 1168; RBW 1753). Old cabinet tone, good fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 112/11-110/09 BC, Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana(?), diademed and long bearded bust left, griffin ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, holding bow and arrow with both hands, letter A behind throne back, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.26g, 12h (S 26.3). Good extremely fine, well centred on both sides.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Base Silver Halfgroat, third coinage (1544-1547), Bristol, William Sharington, crowned and bearded facing bust half-right within inner-circle, initial mark W’s reverse only, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, trefoil in each fork, CIVITAS BRISTOLIE, rosette stops, 1.31g (N 1851; S 2377). Reduced flan, good portrait, nearly very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Napoleon, Attempt on his Life, Copper Medal, Year 9 (1800), by H Auguste, uniformed bust left, AMOUR DU PEUPLE FRANÇAIS …, rev legend in ten lines, LES CITOYENS VOLENT …, 50mm (Brm 76; Julius 857; Ess 861). Extremely fine. The assassination attempt took place in the Rue Saint-Nicaise on Christmas Eve, 1800, when a massive bomb, the machine infernale, exploded near Napoleon’s carriage as he went to the opening night of Haydn’s opera Creation.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Onésime Rosalie Doutreleau, Uniface Cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1810, by J J Richard, bust left with hair held high with comb, her name around as if engraved, ONÉSIME ROSALIE DOUTRELEAU né en 1810, 99mm (cf BDM V, 110). Much as made, attractive sculptural style, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection (Part Two), 29 June 2010, lot 1395) The Hall Collection also sold a medal of her sister, Virginie Cécile Louise Doutreleau, born in 1812 (lot 1396). J J Richard was one of the Richard brothers, the founders who cast much of David d’Angers portrait plaquettes and the medal displays his influence.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Antonia del Balzo (1441-1538), wife (1479) of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Ròdigo, Cast Bronze Medal, Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico, bust right, DIVA ANTONIA BAVTIA DE GONZ MAR, rev Hope stands on the prow of a ship with broken mast, holding the severed anchor and torn sail, two winged horses draw the ship over the sea, an Amor flies above, SVPEREST.M.SPES (very weakly) signed ANTI in exergue, 39mm (Hill, Corpus 212; Arm I, 62, 5; Pollard [2007] 112; Kress 72). Good very fine, a later cast.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Hadrian (AD 117-138), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Antioch, struck AD 119, laureate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev eagle standing right, head left, on the leg and thigh of a sacrificial animal (RPC 3689); with Provincial Æ (8), of Antioch, reverses include SC within wreath, lyre. Generally very fine or nearly so. (9)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Allectus (AD 293-296), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Londinium, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev FOR[TVN]A AVG, Fortuna seated left, holding a rudder and a cornucopiae, a wheel at her foot, ML in exergue, 3.12g, 6h (RIC 19; Webb 23). Dark brown patina, light porosity, about very fine and rare. ticket states ex Patterson and Webb and Lockett Collections
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases I (first reign in Babylonia, c. AD 50-55), Silver Tetradrachms (2), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, bust facing, diademed head with short pointed beard turned left, wearing spiral torque with a central medallion, rev King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕШC ΒΑCΙΛΕШΝ ΑΡCΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, year BΞT = 362 SEM between king and Tyche, month YΠEPBE (Hyperberetaios) = Sep./Oct. AD 51, 14.42g, 12h; year ΔΞT = 364 SEM, month APTEΠIC (Artemisios) = May/Jun. AD 53, 13.58g, 12h (S 68.3 = Sinisi, SNP 7, 7 (this coin); S 68.9 var, different month, = Sinisi, SNP 7, 62 (this coin)). Both good fine, first very rare. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Constantine VI and Irene (AD 780-797), Æ Follis, bust of Irene facing, wearing a crown and a loros, holding globus cruciger and sceptre, rev facing bust of Constantine, wearing a crown and a chlamys, and holding a globus cruciger, a cross on right, above a horizontal bar beneath which is a large M beneath which A, flanked by X-N, 2.49g, 6h (DO 7; S 1598). Good fine, rare.
BRITISH COINS, Ireland, Edward VI, coinage in the name of Henry VIII, Base Silver Sixpence, type IV, small crowned and bearded bust facing half-right within inner-circle, Tower style, initial mark annulet with pellet, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, broken rose in each fork, CIVITAS DVBLINIE, initial mark harp, 2.41g (DF 218; S 6488). Ragged edges in places, usual weakness, about very fine, toned.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Gordian III (AD 238-244), Silver and Billon Tetradrachms (12), minted at Antioch, including a variety of bust types (Prieur 282, 286, 291, 295, 298, 299, 301, 302); with a Silver Tridrachm and a Drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Generally very fine to about extremely fine. (14)
BRITISH COINS, Cnut, Silver Penny, Short Cross type, Thetford mint, moneyer Aelfwine, diademed bust left with lis and pellet tipped sceptre before, +CNV .T .REX., rev short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, +ÆLFÞINE ON ÐEOTF, 1.14g (BMC XVI; N 790; S 1159). Some weakness at centre, full flan, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Carausius, in the name of Diocletian (AD 287-293), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Londinium, IMP C DICLETIANVS P F AVG (sic), radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev PAX AVGGG, Pax standing left, holding a branch and a sceptre, S-P in field, MLXXI in exergue (RIC 9). With residual silvering, nearly extremely fine, with an interesting obverse legend error. ticket states ex Webb & Lockett Collections
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 121/0-113/2 BC, silver Drachm, minted at Rhagae, diademed and medium bearded bust left, two monograms behind head, pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, monogram and star behind, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.02g, 12h (S 24.19 var (one obverse and the reverse monograms differently shaped)). Good very fine, scarce.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), Silver Drachm, struck at Ecbatana from an artistically executed obverse die, diademed and medium bearded bust left, wearing multi-turn torque, monogram behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 3.70g, 2h (S 24 var (unrecorded monogram)). About very fine, unique.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Carausius, in the name of Maximian (AD 287-293), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Camulodunum, IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev PAX AVGG, Pax standing left, holding a branch and a sceptre, S-P in field, C in exergue, 4.02g, 6h (RIC -, cf 41ff). Dark brown patina, good very fine and a very rare variety.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Drachms (3), minted c.62/1-58/7 BC, diademed and long bearded bust left, wearing pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, six line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 3.97g, 12h, 3.92g, 12h, and 3.54g, 12h (S 38.6 (Mithradatkart), 38.7 (Court Mint at Mithradatkart), 38.9 (T below bow, Traxiane)). Generally good fine to about very fine, scarce to very rare. (3)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, 1743, Copper Medal, by J A Dassier, bust left, rev COMES DE CHESTERFIELD MDCCXLIV, in ornamental device, 55mm (Eimer 580; EIS (2) 296/2); with a cast copy of Tanner’s Medal of Milton (Eimer 542); and Capture of Portobello, Vernon and Commodore Brown, Bronze Medal. First very fine, the others fine and fair. (3)
BRITISH COINS, Elizabeth I, Silver Sixpences (3), fifth issue (1578-1582), 1580, initial mark latin cross, 3.06g (N 1997; S 2572); sixth issue, 1582-1600, 1587, initial mark crescent, 2.87g; milled coinage 1561-1571, 1562, tall narrow crowned bust with plain dress, initial mark star, 3.21g (N 2025/2; S 2594). Good fine, fine and crease mark, good fine. (3)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 112/11-110/09 BC, Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana(?), diademed and long bearded bust left, griffin ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, holding bow and arrow with both hands, letter A behind throne back, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.14g, 12h (S 26.3). Extremely fine, well centred reverse.
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny (2), Small Flan type (1048-1050), moneyer Iolana(?), bust left, rev short cross, annulet in one angle, IEOLI ON EOFER, 1.08g (N 818; S 1175), Expanding Cross type, Light issue (1050-1053), York mint, moneyer Winterfugel, bust left, rev +PINTERFVHL ON EOF, 1.18g (N 820; S 1176). Both very fine, second with old cabinet tone. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Michael VII Ducas (AD 1071-1078), Silver Miliaresion, Cross crosslet on steps, flanked by bust of Michael wearing a crown and chlamys to left, and bust of Maria wearing a crown and loros on right, rev five bands of legend, 1.66g, 6h (DO 6; S 1874). Very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Orodes I (80-75 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Rhagae, short bearded bust left in diademed bound tiara, decorated with a row of pearls-on-stalk round the crest and a fleur-de-lys on side, pellet ended spiral torque, anchor behind head removed, rev archer enthroned right, six line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 3.61g, 12h (S 34.4 var (Sinatruces)). About very fine, a very rare tiara type.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates II (132-127 BC), Silver Drachms (4), short-bearded and diademed bust left, wearing single turn torque, monogram IM behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, three line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY (S 15.1 var (Mithradatkart?)); and four line inscription (3), ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (S 16.11 (TAM behind obverse bust, Tambrax), 16.11 var (TΛW behind obverse bust, uncertain mint), 16.15 var (uncertain mint name behind obverse bust)). Generally good fine, scarce to extremely rare. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Gordian III (AD 238-244), Æ Sestertius, struck c. AD 241-3, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev LIBERALITAS AVG IIII, S-C, Liberalitas standing left, holding an abacus and a cornucopiae, 20.36g, 12h (RIC 316a; C 148). Brown patina, nearly extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria, struck AD 215-7, draped bust facing right, wearing a stephane, rev eagle standing facing, head left, holding a wreath in its beak, a radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash left below, A below eagle’s head, 11.93g, 12h (Prieur 949; Bellinger 178). Light porosity, very fine, rare. ex CNG auction 79, 17 September 2008, lot 650
BRITISH COINS, Cnut, Silver Penny, Short Cross type, Lincoln mint, moneyer Oslac, diademed bust left with lis and pellet tipped sceptre before, +CNV .T REX:, rev short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, +OSLAC ON LINC, 0.93g (BMC XVI; N 790; S 1159). Full flan and good detail, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Pacorus I (AD 78-120), Silver Drachms (5), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long pointed beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, spiral torque, ear-ring visible, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised (S 78.3 (Vologases III) (2), 78.7, 78.8 var (no crescent above bow), 78.8 var (no × symbol above bow)). Generally about extremely fine. (5)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), The Capture of St Eustatius, Bronze Medal, 1781, half-length bust three-quarters right, wearing tricorn hat, rev ships in port with townscape beyond, ST EUSTATIA SABA AND ST MARTINS – TAKEN FROM THE DUTCH IN 1781, 35mm (BHM 235; MH 385). Very fine and very rare.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VI, first reign, Silver Groat, London mint, leaf pellet issue (1445-1454), facing bust of King within tressure, leaf on breast, pellet either side of crown, initial mark cross fleury on obverse only, rev long cross pattée, legend in two concentric circles, tri-pellets in inner angles, pellet in two quarters, 3.73g (N 1505; S 1917). Toned, bold very fine, all defining features clear, very rare. ex Ivan Buck Collection, 30 November 2005, lot 247 (part)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Allectus (AD 293-296), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Camulodunum, S-P issue, AD 293-5, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev LAETI[T]IA AVG, Laetitia standing left, holding a wreath and an anchor, S-P in field, C in exergue, 4.83g, 6h (RIC 79; Webb 119). With an interesting elongated portrait, dark patina, good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Abbas Hilmi Pacha (1874-1944, Khedive 1892-1914), International Import & Export Competition, Suez, Gilt-bronze Medal, undated (c.1892), signed SJ (believed Stefano Johnson, Milan), uniformed bust, head turned slightly left, rev three-masted steam and sail-ship passes through the Suez Canal, CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DU COMMERCE D’IMPORTATION ET D’EXPORTATION - SUEZ, 67mm. Obverse polished, otherwise very fine, scarce. Abbas Hilmi Pacha was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
WORLD COINS, Italy, Ferrara, Alfonso II d’Este (1534-1549), Silver Bianco, undated, armoured bust left, HERCVLES II DVX FERRARIAE IIII, rev DILIGITE IVST QVI IVDICATIS TERRAM, Justice seating right, holding an axe in her right hand, a scale in her left hand, 4.93g (CNI 58, MIR 296). A number of light horizontal scratches on portrait, good very fine for issue and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Valentinian II (AD 375-392), Silver Siliqua, mint of Treveri, struck AD 378-83, D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VICTOR-IA AVGGG, Victory advancing left, holding a wreath and a palm, TRPS in exergue, 2.15g, 12h (RIC 57a; C 40). Good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Exploration, Polar, France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), Octagonal Bronze Memorial Medal, 1936, by R Grégoire, bust almost facing, rev view of his ship Pourquoi-Pas?, seals and penguins each side, 55mm, edge stamped “METAL D”. Nearly extremely fine. Charcot’s Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-boat in the Royal Navy during the Great War, winning a Distinguished Service Cross. On the night of 15 September 1936, the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland, taking Charcot with her.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Faustus Cornelius Sulla (56 BC), Silver Denarius, diademed and draped bust of Diana facing right, rev Sulla seated between King Bocchus and King Jugurtha (Cr 426/1); with Denarius, diademed bust of Hercules facing right, rev Diana in biga right (Cr 426/2). Good fine to nearly very fine, both scarce. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Justinianus I (AD 527-565), Gold Solidus, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding a globus cruciger and a shield, rev VICTORIA AVGGG H, angel standing facing, holding a rho-headed staff and a globus cruciger, a star on right, CONOB in exergue, 4.44g, 6h (S 140; MIB 7). A little softly-struck towards edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Orodes II (c. 55-38 BC), Silver Drachms (20), short bearded bust left, wearing single banded diadem, pellet/griffin ended spiral torque, no symbol/rosette in front, no symbol/crescent/crescent-over-star behind head, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΒΑCΙΛΕΩN ΑΡCΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, stylised and mostly blundered (S 43.1 (Ecbatana), 43.5 (Court at Mithradatkart), 45.11 (Rhagae), 45.33 (Rhagae), 46.13 (Margiane) (2), 47.5 (Ecbatana), 47.8 (Rhagae), 47.9 (Mithradatkart), 47.11 (Margiane) (2), 47.13 (Areia), 47.20 var (A above archer’s arm, Susa), 47.20 var (Δ above archer’s arm, Susa), 47.29 (Mithradatkart) (2), 48.7 (Ecbatana), 48.9 (Ecbatana) (2), 48.10 (Rhagae)). Generally good fine to very fine, some very rare issues. (20)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Constantine X (AD 1042-1055), Gold Histamenon Nomisma, bust of nimbate Christ facing, holding book of Gospels, rev bust of emperor facing, wearing a crown and loros, and holding a cruciform sceptre and a globus cruciger, 4.46g, 6h (DO 3; S 1830). Good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Allectus (AD 293-296), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Camulodunum, S-P issue, AD 293-5, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding a branch and a sceptre, S-P in field, C in exergue, 4.19g, 6h (RIC 86; Webb 137); with Antoniniani (2), both S-P issue, rev Pax, rev Sol. First very fine, the others fair to fine. (3)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus III (126-122 BC), Silver Drachms (4), one fourrée, minted at Ecbatana and some uncertain workshops, diademed and bearded bust left, wearing multi-turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY (S 20.1 (Artabanus I, Ecbatana), 20.1 var (uncertain mints) (3)). Generally good fine, scarce. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraataces (2 BC - AD 4), Silver Drachms (4), medium bearded bust left, wearing double banded diadem, spiral torque, star-over-crescent or flying Nike in front and behind head, rev archer enthroned right, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised/totally blundered (S 56.7 (Mithradatkart) (2), 56.14 var (fire altar behind archer, ИI below bow, Nisa), 57.13 (Ecbatana)). Generally good fine to about very fine. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phriapatius (185-170 BC) to Mithradates I (164-132 BC), period c.180-160 BC, Silver Obols (2), minted at Nisa(?) and Syrinx(?), diademed bust left in bashlyk, wearing single turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, partly illegible, 0.56g, 12h, and 0.72g, 12h (S 9.7 (Mithradates I), 9.7 var (Σ under bow)). Fine to good fine, first extremely rare, the second unique. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Focas (AD 602-610), Gold Solidus, draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing a crown, rev VICTORIA AVGU E, angel standing facing, holding a rho-headed cross and a globus cruciger, N on right, CONOB in exergue, 4.42g, 6h (S 621). Well-struck, lustrous, extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Tiberius Constantine (AD 578-582), Gold Solidus, dM TIb CONS-TANT PP AVI, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding a globus cruciger and a shield, rev VICTORI-A AVCC Z, cross potent on three steps, CONOB below, 4.40g, 6h (MIB 4; S 422). Extremely fine, with mint lustre.
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