Roma Numismatics

Auction XXVII  –  22 - 23 March 2023

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXVII

Celtic, Greek, Judaean, Roman, Migrationary, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and...

Part 1: We, 22.03.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
Part 2: Th, 23.03.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description

Theodosius III of Adramytium AR Hexagram(?). Constantinople, AD 715-717. d N ThEOdO-SIЧS M[ЧL A'], crowned facing bust with short beard, wearing loros, holding patriarchal cross on globe and akakia, crown topped with cross / VIC[TORIA A]Ч A, cross potent on three steps; CONOB in exergue. MIB 12; DOC 2 note; Sear 1491. 3.16g, 22mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine; beautiful light cabinet tone over lustrous metal. Extremely Rare, and among the finest surviving examples.

From a private European collection.

Sear posits that this uncertain silver denomination could be a hexagram using the solidus dies for Sear 1487. Very few examples of this issue survive.

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Price realized 3'800 GBP
Starting price 1'800 GBP
Estimate 3'000 GBP
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