Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (40mm, 28.67 g, 9h). Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 309. Estimated: $ 750

Roman Contorniates, Bronze

Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (40mm, 28.67 g, 9h). Boxer standing left, wearing caesti, holding prize urn and uncertain object in raised hand; to left, three palm fronds in container / Charioteer holding whip and driving biga right, horses wearing palm fronds on their heads; uncertain design engraved in exergue, uncertain object inlaid in silver to left. Alföldi, Kontorniat –. Dark green surfaces, roughness and areas of corrosion, smoothed and tooled. Near VF. Unpublished and unique. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, December 2015. Ex Gorny & Mosch 191 (11 October 2010), lot 2703 (since altered).


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 11:42:40 ET.



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