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New Add to Cart Andronicus I, Comnenus, 1183-1185 A.D.
AE Tetarteron, 2.75g. 19mm. Thessalonica, July/August 1185. Half-length figure of St. George facing holding spear and shield inscribed with a lis. Rev. Andronicus standing wearing loros; he holds labarum and globe surmounted by a patriarchal cross; hand of God crowns him from upper right. DOC (7)var(legend variant), BMC 19-20. Sear 1988v. Cf. CNG 473, 2020, lot 406. Green and brown patina and extremely rare; only one other example appears in coin archives. This very rare issue was struck during the siege of Thessalonica by the Normans and possibly slightly prior in preparation. The siege was August 6-24,1185. The prior tetarteron obverse type of the Virgin was replaced with the warrior saint Theodore. (see DOC IV, part 1, p. 344). See more detailed imagegood Very Fine/Fine $1,000. |
