ORC6968 Isaac of Cyprus, billon, VF
$128.50
Aug-22-00
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  ORC6968 Isaac of Cyprus, billon, VF

     Isaac Comnenus, Usurper in Cyprus, 1184-1191, Mint of Nicosa (?)
     billon aspron trachy, (4.51g) IC XC Bust of Christ facing,
     beardless, wearing nimbus, and raising right hand in benediction,
     scroll in left, O E MM A to left, NÔ HL to right. / I CA AKI OC
     DE C RO TH C Isaac standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and
     sagion, and holding cruciform scepter and akakia, manus Dei in
     upper field to right. SB1992. VF, dark tone, minor striking
     weakness, decent metal, closed crack.