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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 148

Byzantine Empire, Michael IV, 'the Paphlagonian' (1034-1041), AV Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with square and four pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left, rev. + mIX-Ah-L bASILEUS Rm, bust of Michael IV facing with short beard, wearing crown with pendilia and loros with square pattern, labarum with five pellets on banner surmounted by cross in right hand, globus cruciger in left, manus Dei above from left (DOC 1e; SB 1824), lightly cleaned, yet lustrous, a really bold very fine, rare

Provenance

The "Trajan" Collection of Byzantine Coins

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£850

Starting price
£300