SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
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Tetarteron 1028-1034.
Obv. +ΘKЄ -POHΘ Bust of the Virgin facing with pallium and maphorium. In front of her breast a medallion with the facing, nimbate bust of the infant Christ. In field MP - ΘV.
Rev. RωMAN - ΔЄCΠOT Crowned bust in loros facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear 1821 (Extremely rare). DOC 2 (identical dies).
4.09 g. Extremely rare. The fourth known specimen (see note in DOC). Very fine style. Small edge fault. Extremely fine.
Ex Auction Bank Leu 45. Zurich May 1988. Lot 426.