Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 92 Part 1 23-24 May 2016
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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
John II Comnenus, August 1118-April 1143, with colleagues from 1119
Hyperpyron 1137-1143, AV 4.36 g. +KERO – HΘEI Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l.; in field, IC – XC. Rev. Iω / ΔEC/ΠO/TH 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 3a. Sear 1940.
Traces of double striking, otherwise very fine
Ex Künker sale 193, 2011, 1187.