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56477
Add to Cart Theodore I, 1208-1222 A.D.
AR Trachy, 4.43g. 35mm. Magnesia mint, Kingdom of Nicaea. Christ enthroned holding Book of Gospels in left hand. Rev. Emperor standing on the left wearing jeweled loros and crown with pendillia; St. Theodore standing on the right in miliatry cotume; they hold a long shaft surmounted by an eight-pointed star between them. DOC, vol. 4, pt. 2, 457, 2.3-2.4. Sear 2064. Sommer 69.3.2. Toned with luster and of unusually full weight. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $2,400. |
56474
Add to Cart John VIII, 1423-1448 A.D.
AR Stavraton, 6.97g. 24 mm. Constantinople, 1425-1428. Facing bust of Christ holding book of Gospels; two stars as sigla above legend. Rev. Facing bust of John VIII wearing crown and nimbus; pellet to left and right. Sear 2563. DOC 1721-1727. Sommer 90.1.2, Toned and with a particularly well struck bust of Christ. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine/good Very Fine $1,000. |
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