| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Theophilus (AD 829-842). AV solidus (20mm, 4.44 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Constantinople, AD 830/1-840. X *ΘЄOFI-LOS bASILЄ' Θ, draped bust of Theophilus facing, with short beard, wearing crown surmounted by, patriarchal cross in right hand, akakia in left / + mIXAHL S COnStAntIn', draped facing busts of deceased father Michael II (on left), with short beard, and deceased son Constantine (on right), beardless, each wearing crown surmounted by cross; cross in field above. Füeg 3.H.2.z²-³. DOC 3d var. (obverse legend). Sear 1653 var. (same). Extremely rare, with only two examples cited in Füeg with the X before the legend on the obverse. Lovely stylized portraits on lustrous flan with velveteen surfaces. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI (24 March 2021), lot 993; Hess-Divo, Auction 339 (22 October 2020), lot 144. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-theophilus-ad-829-842-av-solidus-20mm-444-gm-7h-ngc-ms-5-5-3-5-edge-marks/a/3115-32336.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
