| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2793 Price realized: 62 CHF (Approx. 70 USD / 65 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Anonymous, circa 10th century. Medallion (Lead, 25 mm, 5.67 g), 'Eulogia' of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger. +ЄVΛOΓIA TOV AΓIOV [CVMЄONOC TOV ΘAV]MATOVPΓOV ('Blessing of Saint Symeon the Miracle Worker') Nimbate half-length bust of St. Symeon the Younger, wearing monastic hood and holding book of Gospels, seated on column; on the left side of the column, Symeon's disciple Konon standing right; on the right side of the column, Symeon's mother Martha standing left, both nimbate and raising their hands in a gesture of supplication; in the inner left field, staircase. Rev. Large cross. Cf. Gary Vikan: Art, Medicine, and Magic in Early Byzantium, in: DO Papers 38 (1984), p. 65-86, fig. 7. Some surface roughness, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
