361, Lot: 1113. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary enthroned facing, holding Holy Infant on lap / Isaac and the Archangel Michael standing facing, the former holding cruciform scepter and being crowned by
manus Dei emerging from clouds; sword-in-sheath held between them. DOC 1b; SB 2001. Good VF, light graffiti in margins, usual areas of flat strike.