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Lot 212: Byzantine Empire, John II Comnenus, EL Aspron Trachy, 1118-1143, Constantinople 
AUCTION: Beast Coins (Auction 308)
- Starting Bid: $330
- 0 Bid(s)
Description
Byzantine Empire, John II Comnenus, EL Aspron Trachy, 1118-1143, Constantinople
IC | XC
Christ seated facing on throne without back and three pellets on each arm, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels with five pellets on cover in left, single border
Iω / ΔEC / ΠO / TH | O / ΓE / ω / ΓI
John standing on left, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, St. George standing on right, nimbate, wearing military dress, sword in left hand, both holding between them long patriarchal cross set on three steps
31mm x 33mm, 4.49g
SB 1942
aEF. Well-struck with great details, even with the obverse quite obviously double-struck. Light surface deposits on obverse. No graffiti or flan cracks.
Lot Details
- Offered By: Beast Coins
- Lot #: 212
- Listing #: 232894
- Closed: Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:45:30 PM CT
- Estimate: $550