Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus, 1185-1191. Æ Tetarteron (20mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Secondary mint. Struck 1187-circa 1191. Good VF.

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Lot: 812.

Byzantine, Bronze

Estimate: $ 250

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Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus, 1185-1191. Æ Tetarteron (20mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Secondary mint. Struck 1187-circa 1191. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Isaac standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding cruciform scepter and akakia, being crowned by the Theotokos to right. DOC 10a; CLBC 6.3.6.A SB 1998. Dark green-brown and earthen patina, slight roughness. minor smoothing. Good VF. A very nice obverse strike of Christ for issue.


Closing Date and Time: 1 May 2024 at 14:30:20 ET.

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