313, Lot: 488. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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John Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1237-1242. BI Aspron Trachy (17mm, 0.85 g). Small module coinage. Obverse brockage. [Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator] / Half-length figure of John facing, holding labarum and akakia. DOC 23; SB 2208; cf. CLBC 14.11.4 and 14.19.4. VF, brown patina. Scarce.
From the Iconodule Collection.
The three example in Dumbarton Oaks Collection are also brockages.