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Nomos 14

17 May 2017
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 650 CHF
Hammer Price:  550 CHF
Lot 488

Romanus III Argyrus, 1028-1034. Histamenon (Gold, 24mm, 4.39 g 6), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ Pantocrator seated facing on throne, holding book in his left hand and raising his right in blessing. Rev. ΘCΕ bΟΗΘ RωΜΑnω On the left, Romanus standing facing, wearing crown and loros (with five pellets in the end), holding globus cruciger with his left hand; on the right, the Virgin, nimbate and wearing robes, crowning the emperor with her right hand and holding maphorion in her left. DOC 1c. SB 1819. An attractive, sharply struck piece. Extremely fine.


From the collection of the late Hans Gutknecht of Zürich.

Online bidding closes: 17 May 2017, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 16:05:51 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:550 CHF

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