Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Lot 3608 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
Estimate $700
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JOHN II, (1118-1143), electrum aspron trachy (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.45 grams), obv. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, IC XC to left and to right, rev. facing full length figures of John to left and St. George to right holding sword, both holding between them the patriarchal cross on three steps, portions of ethnic each side, (S.1942, Hendy Pl.10, 3-4; BMC 44-48, R.2098). Superb portrait of Christ, surface scratch, extremely fine and very scarce.
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Estimate $700
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