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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 6551974, member: 15481"]Congrats [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] ! Great coins indeed!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Leu 15 offered a big section of Byzantine gold coins. I had a fragile hope I would get two, but instead I ended up with the coin that I wanted:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1262813[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anastasius I, 491-518. Solidus (), Constantinopolis, circa 507-518.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Anastasius I facing, his head turned slightly to right, holding spear in his right hand and with a shield, decorated with a horseman, over his left shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse<i>: </i>VICTORIA AVGGG A / CONOB Victory standing front, head to left, holding long jeweled staff surmounted by inverted Chi-Rho in her right hand; in field to left, star.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: DOC 7a. MIB 7. SB 5.</p><p>Gold, 20 mm, 4.47 g, 6 h</p><p>A very attractive example. Good extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a stiff price from an emperor known to have left a lot of gold coins behind, but it looks like an unusually well made one. I’m really looking forward to examining it in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 6551974, member: 15481"]Congrats [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] ! Great coins indeed! The Leu 15 offered a big section of Byzantine gold coins. I had a fragile hope I would get two, but instead I ended up with the coin that I wanted: [ATTACH=full]1262813[/ATTACH] Anastasius I, 491-518. Solidus (), Constantinopolis, circa 507-518. Obverse: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Anastasius I facing, his head turned slightly to right, holding spear in his right hand and with a shield, decorated with a horseman, over his left shoulder. Reverse[I]: [/I]VICTORIA AVGGG A / CONOB Victory standing front, head to left, holding long jeweled staff surmounted by inverted Chi-Rho in her right hand; in field to left, star. Reference: DOC 7a. MIB 7. SB 5. Gold, 20 mm, 4.47 g, 6 h A very attractive example. Good extremely fine. It was a stiff price from an emperor known to have left a lot of gold coins behind, but it looks like an unusually well made one. I’m really looking forward to examining it in hand.[/QUOTE]
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