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Ancient Byzantine Coins - Justinian II with Tiberius - Gold Christ Solidus 705-711 AD Constantinople mint. Obv: ChS REX REGNANTIUM legend with bust of Christ facing wearing pallium and colobium raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Rev: IUSTINIANVS ET TIBERIUS PP legend with half-length figures of Justinian left and Tiberius right each wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, holding cross potent on two steps between them. 4.36 grams. Almost as struck; with lustre. A superb example. Provenance Property of a deceased Cambridgeshire collector; ex Spink (with ticket). Literature D.O. 2a; BMC p.354, note; R. 1706; B.N. 8-11; M.I.B. 2a; Sear 1414. Footnotes This lot is being sold for the benefit of a Cambridgeshire charity.