Live auction - bby_355253 - TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE Solidus
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Estimate : | 1 500 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 15:09:29 |
Type : Solidus
Date: 579-582
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait de Tibère à l’usure superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D M TIB CONS-TANT PP AVI.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, drapé et cuirassé de Tibère II Constantin de face avec pendilia.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Tiberius Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Tibère Constantin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-AVCCQS/ -|-// OB+*.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur quatre degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Solidus léger de 22 siliques précédemment attribué à l’atelier d’Antioche. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Couronne perlée. Cuirasse lisse. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.