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Nomos 23

30 November 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Unpublished with this legend

Estimate: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  1200 CHF
Lot 304

Manuel II Palaeologus, 1391-1425. Stavraton (Silver, 26 mm, 8.04 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 1391-1394/5. IC XC Nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left; trefoil of pellets and B in fields flanking bust. Rev. + MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOTIC ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC / O TOKPATOP O ΠAΛEOΛOΓ (retrograde; sic) Nimbate and crowned facing bust of Manuel II. DOC -. Cf. LPC p. 160, 1 (legend). Cf. PCPC 332, sigla - (legend). Cf. SB 2548-9 (legend). Unrecorded sigla, and unpublished with this legend. Good very fine.



The legend on Manuel II's stavrata reads either + MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOTIC ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC / AVTOKRATOP ΘV XAPITI (SB 2548) or + MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOTIC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC / ΘV XAPITI BACIΛEVC TON PωMEON (SB 2549). Although here most of the first half of the legend in the outer ring is off the flan, we can assume it follows the standard. However, when we get to the inner ring containing the second half of the legend, it strays significantly from the two known varieties.

Online bidding closes: 30 Nov 2021, 08:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 5 Jul 2025, 19:20:27 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1200 CHF
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