| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 689 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 420 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AV Solidus (18.5mm, 4.24 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 687-692. Crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Cross potent set on three steps; Є//CONOBΓ. DOC 6 var. (unlisted officina); MIB 7; SB 1247. Lightly toned, clipped, graffiti, marks and edge marks. VF. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 965 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.44 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 685-687. Crowned facing bust with slight beard, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Cross potent set on three steps; Θ//CONOB. DOC 4 var. (unlisted officina); MIB 4; SB 1245. Lightly toned, obverse die rust and breaks, marks and scratches, light deposits. Good VF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 809 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 423 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck circa 616-circa 625. Crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, both wearing chlamys; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps; Δ//CONOB. DOC 13 var. (unlisted officina); MIB 11; SB 738. Lightly toned, light clashing on reverse, a couple edge marks, tiny dig on reverse. Good VF. A nice example. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 594 Price realized: 475 USD (Approx. 440 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck circa 626-629. Crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps; Θ//CONOB. DOC 20 var. (unlisted officina); MIB 21; SB 743. Lightly toned with some luster, clashing on reverse. Good VF. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 953 Price realized: 9,000 USD (Approx. 8,243 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Struck 692-695. IҺS CRISτOS RЄX RЄςNANτI(retrograde Ч)M, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left; cross behind head / D IЧSτINI AN ЧS SЄRЧ CҺRISτI, Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding cross potent set on two steps in right hand and akakia in left; B//CONOP. DOC 7b var. (officina not retrograde); MIB 8a; SB 1248. Some luster, lightly clipped, a few light scratches. EF. Well struck example of the first coin to depict Christ. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 966 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 692-695. Nimbate facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding cross potent set on two steps and akakia; A//CONOP. DOC 7a; MIB 8a; SB 1248. Toned with some luster, light scrapes on reverse, edge marks. Good VF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva. The portrait of Christ that appears on this solidus issue marks the first representation of Christ on a coin. The Council in Trullo or the Quinisex Council was held during the reign of Justinian II in Constantinople following the Fifth and Sixth Ecumenical Councils. The assembly was called partly in order to address diverging practices in the east and west and to set church policy explicitly in written canons in order to discipline those who continued to engage in contrary practices. One of the canons set during the council concerned appropriate portrayals of Christ. Canon 82 cites 1st Corinthians 13:10 and makes use of similar language in Hebrews 10:1 to specify that "we decree that the figure in human form of the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, Christ our God, be henceforth exhibited in images" (Quinisex Council, Canon 82). The text goes on to specify that Christ as a man ought be used in icons and visual depictions rather than the Agnes Dei. That same year, this issue of solidi was released into circulation by Justinian. The Council was very poorly received in the West and even denounced by some western thinkers. This monumental decision, however, greatly shaped the future of Byzantine coinage and concurrently stood in sharp contrast to the emergent Umayyad Caliphate's contemporary practice of avoiding depicting religious figures on coinage. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
