Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1209. Estimate $1000.
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.
Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. PB Seal (30mm, 20.94 g, 1h). IC and XC in upper field; Christ standing facing in front of low thokos, wearing chiton and himation, holding book of Gospels in left hand, right hand in benediction / A
D/RO/NIK/OC O/
[P]A down left field;
L/A/I/OL/OG[OC] down right field; Andronicus II standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, and loros, holding labarum in right hand and akakia in left hand;
manus Dei in upper right field. BLS I 123 var. (reverse legend); DOCBS -; Seyrig-; Vatican 17 var. (reverse legend); Orghidan -; Jordanov -. Good VF, minor suspension damage, tan-gray patina.
From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.
This seal could belong to either Andronicus II or Andronicus III, but the beard type more closely resembles that of Andronicus II.
