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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 450 CHF
Hammer Price:  460 CHF
Lot 445

Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 26 mm, 4.38 g, 6 h), Constantinople. +IhC XIS REX RESnAnTIhM Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing cross nimbus with crescent in each upper quarter, his right hand raised in benediction and holding book in his left. Rev. +CωnSTAnT bASILEuS RM Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 2c. SB 1829. Sharp and attractive. Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 142, 25 June 1984, 802, Giessener Münzhandlung 26, 27 September 1983, 1875 and Peus 301, 25 May 1981, 1174.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 11:16:40 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:460 CHF

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