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Auction 92 Part 1  23-24 May 2016
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Lot 1057

Estimate: 250 CHF
Price realized: 500 CHF
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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
John II Comnenus, August 1118-April 1143, with colleagues from 1119

Hyperpyron, Thessalonica 1122-1137, AV 4.56 g. KERO – HΘEI Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l.; in field, IC – XC. Rev. [I]ω / [Δ]EC/[Π]O/[T]H John on l., wearing loros and holding globus cruciger, crowned by the Virgin on r., nimbate and wearing tunic and maphorion; in field, ΘV – MHR ligate. DO 5. Sear 1949.
Almost invisible graffiti on both obverse and reverse, otherwise good extremely fine

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