Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4446 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $600
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SOLD $650
JOHN II COMNENUS, (1118-1143), gold Hyperpyron (4.32 g), Constantinople mint, first coinage, circa 1118-1122, obv. seated facing figure of Christ Pantokrator IC XC across at top, rev. half-length facing busts of John and the Theotokos, holding labarum between themselves, manus Dei above John, (S.1938, R.2094-5, Hendy Pl.9, 1-3, BMC 10-14). Broad flan, extremely fine.
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