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Details
LOT 3113
Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus BI Trachy. Struck AD 1195-1197. Constantinople mint.
IC XC to left and right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, beardless, five dots in each limb of nimbus cross, right hand raised in benediction, holding scroll in left / [...], Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding labarum and the two holding globus cruciger between them. DOC 3a; SB 2012. Good Very Fine.(4.79gr, 31mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Tom Cederlind, Portland, OR, USA.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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