Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 340

Price realized: 3,200 CHF   (Approx. 3,638 USD / 3,378 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Justinian II, first reign, 685-695. Tremissis (Gold, 17 mm, 1.37 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 692-695. IҺS CRISTOS RЄX RЄSNANTIЧM Draped facing bust of Christ with cross behind head, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. D IЧSTINIANS SЄRЧ CҺRISTI Justinian II, crowned, bearded and wearing loros, standing facing, holding cross potent on two globes and one step in his right hand and akakia in his left. DOC 14. MIB 16. SB 1256. Rare and unusually attractive. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, good very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 99, 13 May 2015, 816, and from the collection of Sir Richard Ground, Spink 14006, 22 September 2014, 771.

Starting price: 250 CHF