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Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 4th officina. Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between ANNO and I (date); cross above, Δ below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC - (unlisted officina); SB 1366. 4.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on an earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1(?) (AD 698/9). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, date across field. SB 1368. 2.58gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. 1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Leo V the Armenian with Constantine AE Follis. AD 813-820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Syracuse mint. Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing loros and holding cross potent; [Λ] to left, [Є] O ✷ to right / K-ONCT, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; C I across field. DOC 17; Anastasi 488; SB 1636. 3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theophilus AE Follis. AD 829-842.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Constantinople mint. ΘЄOFIL BASIL, three-quarter length bust facing, wearing loros, crown and tufa, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘEOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV NICAS in four lines. DOC 15; SB 1667. 6.45gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Constantinople mint. ✠ LЄOh ЬAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in his right hand / ✠ LЄOҺ ЄҺ ӨЄO ЬA-SILЄVS R-OᙏЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. 6.98gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nicephorus II Phocas AE Follis. AD 963-969.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding labarum with right hand and globus cruciger with left / [⧾] ҺICHF [ЄҺ] ΘЄ⟒ bACILЄVS R⟒MAI⟒Һ in four lines. DOC 7; SB 1783. 4.53gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Michael VII Ducas AR 2/3 Miliaresion. AD 1071-1078.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Constantinople mint. MH (ligate) ΘV, facing bust of the Virgin Mary, holding medallion with the face of the Holy Infant; pellets flanking / + ΘKЄ [R]OHΘЄI MIXAHΛ [Δ]ЄCΠOTH Tധ ΔᏌKA in five lines. DOC 8; Sear 1876. 1.35gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.14b; SB 1818 (Class A3). 11.54gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818 (Class A3). 10.27gr, 29mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; square in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field. DOC A2.47; SB 1813. 6.42gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.