Lot 709
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Histamenon, Thessalonica, facing nimbate bust of Christ wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospels, rev. St. Demetrius, left, in military dress and holding sword, presenting labarum to Alexius, right, wearing crown and loros (DO 4; S.1904), good metal with no flan cracks, about extremely fine, very rare
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Histamenon, Thessalonica, facing nimbate bust of Christ wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospels, rev. St. Demetrius, left, in military dress and holding sword, presenting labarum to Alexius, right, wearing crown and loros (DO 4; S.1904), good metal with no flan cracks, about extremely fine, very rare

Details
Histamenon, Thessalonica, facing nimbate bust of Christ wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospels, rev. St. Demetrius, left, in military dress and holding sword, presenting labarum to Alexius, right, wearing crown and loros (DO 4; S.1904), good metal with no flan cracks, about extremely fine, very rare
Provenance
Bonham-Vecchi auction III, 3 December 1980, lot 359
Leu auction 45, 26 May 1988, lot 434
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.