Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4445 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $400
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SOLD $380
MICHAEL VII, (1071-1078), electrum gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.27 g), obv. bust of long bearded Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, in left hand the Gospels, IC XC across, double dotted border, rev. +MIXAH**L* BACI**L O D*, around bust of Michael facing, bearded wearing crown and loros, holding labarum without pellet on shaft and globe with cross, (S.1868, DOC 2d, BMC 3, R.2032). Good bust of bearded Christ, good very fine.
Ex Decades Collection.
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