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Lot # 682
EMPIRE OF TREBIZOND. Anonymous issue (Circa 14th-15th century). Ae.

Obv: [...] - [...]ΓЄ/N.
St. Eugenius standing facing, holding long cross; undertype: St. Eugenius, holding long cross, and John, holding sceptre, standing facing; Iω between heads.
Rev: Uncertain symbol.

Retowski -; Sear -; Bendall, Introduction, p. 67, no. 81.

Extremely rare

Rare and interesting issue, sometimes attributed to John II (Pataridze & Janjgava, Guruleva). Bendall rejects this attribution, but this piece shows that the issue could be slightly later, since the obverse is clearly overstruck on a type of John II (Sear 2613).

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 2.74 g.
Diameter: 26 mm.