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LOT 2702
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Ancient Byzantine Coins - Romanos III - Gold AV Histamenon 1028-1034 A.D.
Obv: +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, Christ enthroned facing, nimbus cross behind head, holding book of gospels and raising right hand, double border. Rev: QCE bOHQ MQRWMAnW, Romanus on left, wearing a saccos and loros and holding cross on globe, with *seven* dots on the fold of robe hanging below, being crowned by Mary, nimbate, on right, (MQ between their heads), double border. 4.40 grams, 23 mm.
Extremely fine.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Richard Falkiner, 2000s.
LITERATURE:
DOC III 1a; SB 1820; variant with seven not six dots on the fold of robe and Mary nimbate.
FOOTNOTES:
The histamenon (‘standard coin’) was the name given to the gold Byzantine solidus to distinguish it from the less valuable tertarteron introduced in the 960s. Nomisma is the ancient Greek word for money.
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