Live auction - bby_501776 - ROMANUS I and CHRISTOPHER Solidus

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Estimate :	900 €
Price :	540 €
Maximum bid :	550 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 15:16:50
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: 922-931

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,39 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure superficielle mais tranche ayant reçu un coup important à 11 heures

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.35 - R.1892 - Do.7 /16 - BN/B.2 - BC.1745 (450£) - RGCMW.276 (450$) - DMBR.36 /5 (900€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX - REGNANTIYM (ROSETTE).

Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium trônant de face, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.

Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ rois des rois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ROMAN' ET XPISTOFO' AVGG B.

Reverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Romain Ier à gauche, vêtu du loros et de Christophe à droite vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant ensemble une croix patriarcale bouletée.

Reverse translation : (Romain et Christophe augustes).