Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4447 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $440
MANUEL I, (1143-1180), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.33 g), obv. Christ bust facing, beardless wearing nimbus, IC XC over to left +KERO, to right H**Q*EI, rev. facing figure of Manuel standing wearing crown, holding patriarchal cross to right 'manus Dei' legend to left **ML/NW/UHLD/E*C/**PO /TH to right **P/OR/F/UR/OGE/NH/T/W*, (S.1956, Hendy Pl.12, 1-11, BMC 1-13, R.2111-4). Brilliant, extremely fine and rare.
Ex Decades Collection and acquired from Noble Numismatics Sale 74 (lot 4367).
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