Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 100 29-30 May 2017
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Nicephorus III Botaniates, 1078 – 1081. Aspron trachy 1195-1197, EL 3.54 g. Christ facing on backless throne, nimbate, wearing pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in l.; in field, IC – XC. Rev. Alexius III, on l., wearing crown, divitision and loros, and St. Constantine, on r., in similar attire, both standing facing, each holding a cruciform sceptre and together holding labarum between them. DO 2b. Sear 2009.
Double struck on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine