Lot 467 - Auction Gemini XII

TWO EXAMPLES OF THE LAST BYZANTINE ...
TWO EXAMPLES OF THE LAST BYZANTINE ...
TWO EXAMPLES OF THE LAST BYZANTINE COINAGE. Constantine XI. Palaeologus. - 1448-1453 AD. Stavrata, 6.80g (12h). Constantinople, Siege of ... Read more
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TWO EXAMPLES OF THE LAST BYZANTINE COINAGE.
Constantine XI. Palaeologus. - 1448-1453 AD. Stavrata, 6.80g (12h). Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and holding book of Gospels, IC and B to left and right. Rx: KWNCTANTINOC ΔΕCΠΟΤΗC Ο ΠΑΛΕΟΛΟΓ in the outer circle, ΘV ΧΑΡΙΤΗ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΡΟΜΕΟΝ in the inner circle, Crowned bust of Constantine facing, wearing maniakon. Bendall, Revue Numismatique 1991, 'The Coinage of Constantine XI', pp. 135-142, pl. XV, 93 (this coin). EF for issue
Purchased from Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 16 July 1990. From the Constantine XI Hoard
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