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Maurice Tiberius, 582-602 A.D.
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Maurice Tiberius, 582-602 A.D.

AV Solidus, 4.47g. 19mm. Carthage mint.   Dated (in both obverse and reverse legends,  year 14= 595/596 A.D.)  DN MAVRIC T PP AN I(delta).  Facing bust of Maurice wearing cuirass and crown with cross; he holds globus cruciger.  Rev.  VICTORIA AVGG I(delta); CONOB in exergue.    Victory standing and facing holding globus cruciger and abbreviated chrisma on long staff.  DOC 228. MIB 25b. Sear 549.

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Extremely Fine $3,250.
Leo V with Constantine, 813-820 A.D.
Leo V with Constantine, 813-820 A.D.

AV Solidus, 4.43g. 20mm. Constantinople mint. LEON BASIL EYS.    Leo facing wearing crown with cross and chlamys; he holds cross potent in his right hand and akakia in his left hand.  Rev. CONSTANT "delta" ESP'X.  Constantine facing wearing crown with cross and chlamys; he holds globus cruciger in his right hand and akakia in his left hand.  DOC 2b. Sear 1627; a few small areas of  reddish encrustation.  Superb portraits, lustrous, and virtually as struck.

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Extremely Fine $6,250.
Manuel I, 1143-1180 A.D.
Manuel I, 1143-1180 A.D.

EL Aspron Trachy, 4.57g. 34mm. Constantiople mint. Christ enthroned holding book of Gospels in his left hand and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. The emperor wearing jeweled loros and divitision and holding akakia in right hand and the Virgin standing and facing; they hold long patriarchal cross between them. DOC IV, 3a. Sear 1958. Exceptional full types and weight without the usual heavy double striking or clipping and on a deeply scyphate flan.

Provenance/Pedigrees: 

Ex: Künker, Osnabruck, Auction 326, October 7, 2019, lot 1886

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Extremely Fine $1,500.

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