Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 809 Numistats ref: 673298

No match
Byzantine Category
Philippicus (Bardanes). 711-713. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. D(retrograde) N FI[LЄPPIC]ЧS MЧL TЧS AN, crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in left / [VICT]ORIA AVςЧ, cross potent set on three steps; B//CONOB. DOC 1b; MIB 1; SB 1447; cf. CNG 123, 744 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, with some luster, lightly clipped, a couple spots of weakness, trace die rust and slight clashing on obverse, slight doubling and light hairlines on reverse. EF. From the obverse die with the less frequently found spelling of Philippicus’ name with two P’s rather than the more prevalently encountered spelling with just one. This coin from an earlier obverse die state than the CNG 123 coin.


Ex Economopoulos Numismatics inventory 12002614 (ND).
Description
EF Grade
575.25 EUR Starting
958.75 EUR Estimate
EUR Realized