Ancient Coins: BYZANTINE SILVER: Theodore I, 1208-1222 A.D.

AR Trachy, 4.43g. 35mm. Magnesia mint, Kingdom of Nicaea.  Christ enthroned holding Book of Gospels in left hand. Rev. Emperor standing on the left wearing jeweled loros and crown with pendillia;   St. Theodore standing on the right in miliatry cotume; they hold a long shaft surmounted by an eight-pointed star between them. DOC, vol. 4, pt. 2, 457, 2.3-2.4. Sear 2064. Sommer  69.3.2. Toned  with luster and of unusually full weight.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction October 25, 1996, lot 334. 

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