| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 997 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 921. Crowned facing figures of Romanus, wearing loros decorated with a cross at end, holding globus cruciger, and Christ, nimbate, crowning Romanus and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Christopher, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 5; Füeg 5; SB 1744. Toned, minor doubling on obverse, slightly clipped, some faint hairlines, minor deposits. Near EF. Very rare. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva. Ex Sincona 3 (25 October 2011), lot 3507; Numismatica Ars Classica 56 (8 October 2010), lot 714; Goldberg 53 (24 May 2009), lot 2265; Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 830; "An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins" (Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998), lot 481; William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1990), lot 698; Leu 15 (4 May 1976), lot 508. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
