Code: 10694
Philippicus Bardanes, (711-713), Gold Solidus
Constantinopolis mint
Obverse: facing bust, with short beard, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet, holding globe cruciger in his right hand, eagle-topped sceptre in left.
Reverse: VICTORIA - AVGYE, cross potent on base and three steps, CONOB in exergue.
DOC 667, 1b; MIB III, 276, 1; Sear 1447.
4.47 grams, 19 mm in diameter.
Mint state, lustrous with a superb portrait, rare.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5.
NGC Certification number: 6319860-003.
