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Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328). Trachy. Obverse brockage. Thessalonica.
Obv: [Half-length bust of Archangel Michael facing, holding scepter].
Rev: Half-length busts of Andronicus and St. Demetrius; between them, the Hetoimasia (= Prepared Throne of the Second Coming), topped with large patriarchal cross.
Bendall, "Some Unpublished Late Byzantine Coins," in NumCirc CX.4 (August 2002), no. 7 = Bendall, "A Second Palaeologan Numismatic Representation of the Hetoimasia," in NumCirc CXIII.4 (August 2005), no. 3; DOC V. Class XLI, pl. 47, 840-4 (patriarchal cross only);Cf. LBC 695 (same); Cf. SB 2368 (same).
See CNG Auction 115, Lot 799 for an example with the complete throne.
Extremely rare.
Condition: Near very fine.
Weight: 1,02g.
Diameter: 18mm.
Obv: [Half-length bust of Archangel Michael facing, holding scepter].
Rev: Half-length busts of Andronicus and St. Demetrius; between them, the Hetoimasia (= Prepared Throne of the Second Coming), topped with large patriarchal cross.
Bendall, "Some Unpublished Late Byzantine Coins," in NumCirc CX.4 (August 2002), no. 7 = Bendall, "A Second Palaeologan Numismatic Representation of the Hetoimasia," in NumCirc CXIII.4 (August 2005), no. 3; DOC V. Class XLI, pl. 47, 840-4 (patriarchal cross only);Cf. LBC 695 (same); Cf. SB 2368 (same).
See CNG Auction 115, Lot 799 for an example with the complete throne.
Extremely rare.
Condition: Near very fine.
Weight: 1,02g.
Diameter: 18mm.