Details
LOT 3638
Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. Near Very Fine.(5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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