Live auction - bby_854133 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Histamenon nomisma

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Estimate :	850 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	05 September 2023 15:26:34

Type : Histamenon nomisma

Date: c. 1071

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : electrum

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,32 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers finement détaillé. Frappe plus faible au droit. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.1 - R.- - Do.1 - BN/B.11 - BC.1868 (160£) - RGCMW.- - DMBR.55 /2 (525€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IC - XC.

Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, la tête coiffée d’un nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.

Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MIX-AHA - RACIA O.

Reverse description : Buste de Michel VII de face barbu, couronné avec les pendilia, vêtu du loros, tenant de la main droite le labarum bouleté et de la gauche un globe crucigère.

Reverse translation : (Michel roi).