Ancients
John I Tzimisces (AD 969-976). AV histamenon nomisma (22mm, 4.47 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, AD 970-973. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left / + ΘEOTOC-bOHΘ´ Iw dESP, half-length busts of nimbate Virgin (on right), wearing stola and maphorium, crowning with right hand John I (on left), wearing loros, patriarchal cross with pellet on shaft and globular terminus in left hand; manus Dei in upper left field, MΘ in upper right. Sear 1785. Well struck on bright, watery flan.
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD