Byzantine (1143-1180) aspron trachy Sear-1959

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Heritage sale 3035, lot 29710
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the Near East in 1190, from Shepherd's Atlas

This specimen was lot 29710 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $587.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (32 mm, 4.14 g, 6h axis). Constantinople, 1160-1164. Barred IC - XC, Christ Pantocrator standing facing on low daïs, with cruciform nimbus, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels, flanked by two large stars / MANΩHΛ O ΘЄΟΔΩΡOC, Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding a sword, both holding between them patriarchal cross set on globus; three pellets on shaft. Sear 1959. Well struck and beautifully toned. NGC (photo-certificate) Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, graffito. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Dreesmann Collection (Spink & Sons London, 13 July 2000), lot 724

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  • [1]Michaels, David, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Signature Auction 3035: Ancient Coins, Featuring the Lexington Collection of Jonathan K. Kern and the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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