Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2702

Price realized: 550 CHF   (Approx. 624 USD / 577 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


John II Comnenus, 1118-1143. Hyperpyron (Gold, 32 mm, 4.37 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 1118-1122. IC - XC Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne without back, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + IⲰ ΔЄCΠΟTH Facing half-length bust of John II on the left, wearing crown and loros, holding akakia in his right hand and patriarchal cross together with Virgin Mary, facing on the right, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium; above the head of the emperor, manus Dei; in field to right, ΘV - (MHP). SB 1938. Flattened, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 100 CHF