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LOT 3455
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1297-1330.
St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.(1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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