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Obolos 18

21 February 2021
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Virgin without nimbus

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  2000 CHF
Lot 912

Romanus III Argyrus, 1028-1034. Histamenon (Gold, 22 mm, 4.52 g, 5 h), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, holding Book of Gospels in his left hand and raising his right in benediction. Rev. ΘCΕ bΟΗΘ RωΜΑnω / M Θ On the left, Romanus standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding globus cruciger with his left hand; on the right, the Virgin, wearing robes, crowning the emperor with her right hand and holding maphorion in her left. DOC 1a. SB 1820. Extremely rare with the Virgin lacking a nimbus. Good very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hild 75, 24 October 1997, 208.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 22:36:00 CET Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 12:03:41 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2000 CHF by MailBidder2167 (18 bids)
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