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LOT 3264
Michael VII Ducas AR 2/3 Miliaresion. AD 1071-1078.
Constantinople mint. MH (ligate) ΘV, facing bust of the Virgin Mary, holding medallion with the face of the Holy Infant; pellets flanking / + ΘKЄ [R]OHΘЄI MIXAHΛ [Δ]ЄCΠOTH Tധ ΔᏌKA in five lines. DOC 8; Sear 1876. Good Very Fine.(1.35gr, 18mm, 6h.).
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From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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