Auction 126 - Session 3
Date: 2024-05-28 00:00:00
Lots: 322
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 962
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius. 641-668. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck circa 661-circa 663. Crowned facing busts of Constans, with long beard and mustache, wearing plumed helmet and chlamys, and Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius, both wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; A//CONOB. DOC 30a; MIB 31; SB 964. Some luster, minor obverse die rust and breaks, edge filing. EF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 963
Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. Struck 674-681. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder, shield on left shoulder / Cross potent set on three steps, flanked by crowned facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, both wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; S//CONOB. DOC (10a); MIB 7a; SB 1156. Lightly toned with some luster. Good VF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 964
Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Solidus (18.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 681-685. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder, shield on left shoulder / Cross potent set on three steps; Θ//CONOB. DOC 14c; MIB 10; SB 1157. Lightly toned with some luster, doubling on reverse. Near EF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 1201.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 965
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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 966
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.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 967
Leontius. 695-698. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding akakia and globus cruciger / Cross potent set on three steps; I//CONOB. DOC (1i); MIB 1; SB 1330. Lightly toned with some luster, a couple areas of weakness, minor marks and light hairlines. Near EF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 3 . 968
Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield on left shoulder / Cross potent set on three steps; Z//CONOB. DOC 1f; MIB 1; SB 1360. Lightly toned with some luster, slightly wavy flan, minor marks and light scratches, a few minor marks at edge. Good VF. From the Family of Constantine Collection, assembled with guidance by Roland Michel, Geneva.