Auction Catalogue

1 October 1996

Starting at 2:30 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 415

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£20

Byzantine. Palaeologid Dynasty, 13th-14th cent. Gold hyperperon, the Virgin within walls of Constantinople, reverse Christ crowning two emperors (the consignor hopes they are John V & John VI, but we fear Andronicus II and Michael IX is more likely). Heavily chipped, about very fine (£30-40)