Lot 3608
Sale 99 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
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.
- Estimate
- $700
- Result Status
- Passed in