ISAAC II ELECTRUM ASPRON TRACHY – WELL STRUCK VIRGIN ENTHRONED ISSUE WITH SCARCE LEGEND VARIANT – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 18866)

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18866. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ISAAC II, AD 1185–1195.
Electrum Aspron Trachy, 3.72 g, 28 mm.
Obv. Virgin Mary enthroned, holding bust of infant Christ, MP–ΘV (mother of God) in fields. Rev. ICAAKIOC Δ, Archangel Michael, standing, crowning figure of the emperor, O between their heads, AΓ / AP / X / A in lower right field.
Sear 2002.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “flan cracks, marks,” very well struck with a detailed portrait of the enthroned Virgin, the reverse legend particularly clear and a variant noted by Sear which is seldom seen.