Ancient Gold
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Lot 3194 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $60
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $30
MANUEL I, (1143-1180), electrum aspron trachy (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.12 grams), obv. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, IC XC, rev. facing figures of the Virgin nimbate on right, Manuel I on left, both standing facing, who holds a patriarchal cross, (S.1958, Hendy Pl.13, 3-4, BMC 3-5). Flan crack across the whole coin, now reinforced in antiquity, several holes within, otherwise very fine.
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