Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1143. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I Lecapenus and Christopher. 920-944. PB Seal (31mm, 18.70 g, 12h). Struck circa 929-931. [IHSuS XR]ISTuS, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; cross behind head / [+ ROmAn´XPI]STOS CO[...], facing bust of Romanus, wearing crown with cross, divitision, and loros; flanked by facing busts of Christopher and Romanus. BLS I 66d; Seibt & Zarnitz 1.1.4; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov-. VF, gray patina, some roughness.
From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.