mint mark struck over lis
Year of the Tiger
one hairline surface crack on obverse showing partly through on reverse
two small patches of contact on King's face otherwise practically as struck
88g (Peck 338 type 2e
Ancients - Byzantine: Isaac I Comnenus, Gold Histamenon Nomisma. mint mark struck over lisIsaac I, Comnenus (1057 1059), gold Histamenon Nomisma, scyphate, + IhS XIS RX RGNANTIM, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, palium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand, all within double border, rev. + ICAAKIOC RACIVC PM, Isaac standing facing, wearing military attire, sword drawn, all within double border, 4. 35g, 6h (S. 1843; DO 2). Good very fine.