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The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire

COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE BASILISCUS, 475-476

Lot 54

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Description

Semissis.
Obv. D N bASILIS - CUS PP AVG Diademed and draped bust to r.
Rev. VICTORIA AVGG Victory seated to r. on cuirass, shield behind, holding shield inscribed XXXX, star in l. field, staurogram in r. field.
RIC 1007. LRC -.
2.19 g. Extremely rare. Only one or two specimens in auction in the past 10 years. Clear and legible specimen. Good very fine.
Ex Goodacre Collection. Auction Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, 22. April 1986. Lot 57.