Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 31  –  7 - 8 September 2024

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 31

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and World Coins

Part 1: Sa, 07.09.2024, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 08.09.2024, from 12:00 PM CEST
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Description

Andronikos Abentinos, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Armeniakon, later 10th-first half of 11th century. Seal (Lead, 26 mm, 7.81 g, 12 h). +KЄ ROHΘЄI [T]Ⲱ CⲰ [ΔOVΛⲰ] - O / AΓI/O/C – Θ/ЄO/ΔⲰ/PO, (sigla in fields retrograde) Saint Theodore, nimbate, standing facing, holding a spear in his right hand, and resting his left hand on shield. Rev. +ANΔPO/[NI]K, R,A, CΠAΘ, / S CTPATIΓ, T/[Ⲱ]N APM,NIAK, / [TⲰ] AR,TIN, in five lines, decorations below. Unpublished in the standard references. A nicely preserved seal of an important Byzantine general. Good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.

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Starting price 50 CHF
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