Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 114 6-7 May 2019
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John II Comnenus, August 1118-April 1143, with colleagues from 1119. Hyperpyron nomisma, Thessalonica 1118-1122, AV 4.43 g. Christ, nimbate, seated facing on backless throne, wearing tunic and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in l. Rev. Half-figures of John on l., wearing crown and loros, and the Virgin, nimbate, on r., wearing tunic and maphronion, both holding patriarchal cross between them; above emperor, Manus Dei. DO 4. Sear 1947.
Very fine