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Nomos 19

17 November 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  2200 CHF
Lot 446

Theodora, 1055-1056. Histamenon (Gold, 23 mm, 4.35 g, 6 h), Constantinople. + IhS XIS REX - REINANTIhm Christ Pantokrator, standing facing on dais, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each arm, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with his left. Rev. + ΘEOΔωP' AYΓOYCVA / M-Θ Theodora, on the left, her right hand on her breast, wearing crown with pendilia, and ornate robes, and the Virgin Mary, on the right, her left hand raised in benediction, nimbate wearing ornate robes, both standing facing, holding between them a labarum with a pellet on the shaft. DOC 1a. SB 1837. Rare. Well-struck and nicely toned. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Bankhaus Aufhäuser on 26 November 1985.

Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019, 10:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 11:39:11 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2200 CHF

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