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Auction 114  13-14 May 2020
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Lot 1067

Estimate: 6000 USD
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Andronicus I Gidon. Emperor of Trebizond, 1222-1235. AR Aspron Trachy (35mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across upper field / Andronicus standing facing, wearing loros and holding anexikakia in right hand, and St. George standing facing, wearing military attire and holding sheathed sword in left hand, both holding long patriarchal cross between them; [A]ИΔP NI ΔΠ to left, Θ/Γ/Є/(Pω)/Γ to right. S. Bendall, "Andronicus I Gidon of Trebizond Again" in NumCirc CXV.2 (April 2007), fig. 1 = Gorny & Mosch 155, lot 410 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); NAC 92, lot 1081 = NAC 75, lot 890 var. (same); otherwise, unpublished. Toned, natural flan perforations, area of weak strike, light scratches, double struck and light scuffs on obverse. EF. Extremely rare, one of three known of this type, and the only one with this reverse legend.

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