Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 4127 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $500
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SOLD $380
ANDRONICUS II PALAEOLOGUS, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma, 20mm, (3.93 g), Bendall Group A. Uncertain mint, struck 1295-circa 1302, obv. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; K and T flanking, rev. Christ standing facing, blessing Michael IX and Andronicus II kneeling to either side, (S.2396, Ra.2230, W.11, [Pl.LXXIV, 18]). Good very fine, areas of flat strike, rare.
Ex Spink, London, c.1976, with ticket noted as purchased in June 1969.
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