Live auction - bby_950702 - NICEPHORUS III BOTANIATES Histamenon nomisma

NICEPHORUS III BOTANIATES Histamenon nomisma AU

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Estimate :	700 €
Price :	490 €
Maximum bid :	490 €
End of the sale :	29 October 2024 15:08:12
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Histamenon nomisma

Date: c. 1078-1081

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : electrum

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,36 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan large, centré, fissuré à 4h. Joli revers. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.5 - R.2050 - Do.3 - BN/B.- - BC.1882 (500£) - RGCMW.- - DMBR.56 /2 (1350€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IC - XC.

Obverse description : Le Christ Antiphonetes assis de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles ; double grènetis.

Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ).

Reverse

Reverse description : Nicéphore III couronné debout de face sur une base, vêtu du loros, tenant un labarum à l’extrémité bouletée de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; double grènetis.

Reverse legend : + NIKHF DESP- Tw ROTANIAT.

Reverse translation : (Nicéphore despote Botoniates).