THEODORA GOLD TETARTERON – RARE EMISSION OF TWO YEAR REIGNING EMPRESS WITH EXCEPTIONAL PORTRAITS – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 17777)

$3,750.00

18623. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THEODORA, AD 1055-1056.
Gold tetarteron nomisma, 4.05 g, 19 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. Bust of Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding the Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction, IC – XC in fields. Rev. + ΘЄOΔ AVC, bust of Theodora, facing, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, holding jeweled scepter and globus cruciger.
Sear, 1838.
NGC graded XF STAR, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, a rare and desirable portrait of a Byzantine empress.