SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
Bid
| Starting price | 500 CHF |
| Result |
This lot is not available for purchase anymore.
Silver aspron trachy,1208-1212 (?).
Obv. Christ enthroned facing, with nimbus, wearing tunic and colobium, holding book of Gospels; in field, IC - XC.
Rev. (ΘEO)Δ(ωPOC DECΠ)OITЄ Theodore on l., wearing divitision, loros and sagion, and St. Theodore on r., nimbate, and wearing military tunic, breastplate and sagion, both holding sheathed sword and long, star-tipped shaft.
Sear 2064. DOC 30, 2-3.
4.24 g. Scyphate form. Good toning, Rev. legend fragmentary. Extremely fine.
Purchased from Simon Bendall, London, in August 1981.