Live auction - bby_705677 - LEO III Solidus
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Estimate : | 1 900 € |
Price : | 1 250 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 512 € |
End of the sale : | 07 December 2021 15:31:11 |
bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 717-720
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Très joli buste de style fin. La monnaie a conservé son coupant d’origine. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N O LEO-N PAMYL.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Léon III, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGYE // CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Exemplaire monté anciennement. C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente !.