Watch List notes:

John II Comnenus, 1118-1143. Hyperpyron (Gold, 27 mm, 3.99 g, 6 h), Thessalonica. IC - XC Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobion, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in left. Rev. Half-length figures of John and the Virgin Mary standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them; crowning manus Dei above; above, ΘV - MHP. DOC 4. SB 1947. Minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.