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Byzantine Emp. Isaac Comnenus. Aspron trachy 1187-1191, billon 3.73g.

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Byzantine Emp. Isaac Comnenus. Aspron trachy 1187-1191, billon 3.73g.
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Other Rulers before the Restoration of the Byzantine Empire in 1261. Isaac Comnenus, usurper in Cyprus, 1184 – 1191. Aspron trachy, main mint (Nicosia ?) 1187-1191, billon 3.73 g. O E MM A[ – N_HL] Facing bust of Christ, beardless, with crossed nimbus, wearing pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, scroll. On either side of nimbus, IC – XC. Rev. [I]CAAKIOC – DECPO [...] Isaac standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, holding cruciform sceptre and akakia. Do 3. Sear 1992. Very rare and in unusual condition for the issue. Dark tone and good very fine. Ex Sotheby’s sale 14 October 1999, 1992, Slocum, 180.