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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2278. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  ROMANUS II. BID Estimate $1500  

                              ROMANUS II. 959-963 AD. AV Solidus (4.39 gm). +IhS 
                              XPS REX REGNANTIUM+, nimbate bust of Christ, 
                              holding Gospels; G on Gospels / Crowned busts of 
                              Constantine VII and Romanus II, holding 
                              patriarchal cross between them, obliterated 
                              legends bearing a trace of 'ROMANVS'. DOC III 
                              15.22 (Constantine VII and Romanus II); BN 23 
                              (different dies); SB -. Good VF. Extremely Rare. 
                              ($1500)
                              This attribution is based on Franz Füeg's article 
                              "Vom Umgang mit Zufall und Wahrscheinlichkeit in 
                              der numismatischen Forschung" in SNR 76 (1997), 
                              pp. 135-162.





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