A very rare exagium solidi with two facing imperial portraits
Lot 880
Byzantine Weights, Late 4th-early 5th centuries. Exagium Solidi (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.28 g), a uniface circular coin weight for a solidus, uncertain eastern mint, perhaps Constantinopolis. Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius (?), on the left, and Theodosius II (?), on the right; above, cross. Rev. Plain. Bendall -. Leu 3 (2018), 333 var. (square not circular). MAH -. Pera -. Very rare. Flan crack on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.
This is a highly unusual piece in that it was made of a thin appliqué soldered onto a bronze flan.
Estimate:
350 CHF
Starting price:
280 CHF
Hammer price:
360 CHF
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Closing time: 25-May-19, 05:00:00 CEST
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee.

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