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Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). d N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, A N N O X X Ч (date) across field; THЧП in exergue. DOC 256.1; MIBE 158; SB 237. 4.86gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. 7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint. Dated RY 13 (AD 622/3). 2nd officina. Illegible inscription, Heraclius, on the left, standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross and holding globus cruciger in his right hand; Heraclius Constantine, on the right, standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross and holding long cross in his right hand; above, cross / Large M between A N N O and X III (date); above, cross; below, B; in exergue, ΘЄC. DOC -; MIB 218-220; SB 824. 9.69gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Unique Variant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus (perhaps Constantia). Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). Heraclius between Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in their left hands; two small crosses across upper fields / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANN to left, X IЧ II I (date) in four lines to right, KYΠP below. SB 849 var. (no small crosses on obverse; arrangement of date); MIB 198 var. (same); DOC 184 var. (arrangement of date). 3.51gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h. Exceedingly rare variant and apparently unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h. Exceedingly rare variant and apparently unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Constantinople mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield / Large K; cross above, A N N O [?] (date) across field. SB 1368. 3.85gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Struck on a triangular flan, most likely made by quartering a large follis of Constantine IV.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Very Fine. Struck on a triangular flan, most likely made by quartering a large follis of Constantine IV.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. 5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantinople mint. Virgin enthroned facing, holding infant Christ; MHP ligate ΘV across fields / Emperor standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre and akakia, being crowned by Manus Dei in upper right field; I CA [...]to left, Δ[...] to right. DOC 3a; SB 2003. 2.66gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Recorded in EMC
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Uncertain mint. Series J, Type 85. Rigold BIIIb. Crude diademed head to right; large cross before / Bird standing to right on cross, pellet before; annulets and pellets flanking. Abramson 16-100; SCBI 67 (Abramson), -; cf. SCBC 802. 1.18gr, 12mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in the 1990s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0146.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in the 1990s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0146.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Series E, variety E. 'Porcupine' with snout and no legs to right, enclosing numerous pellets / Beaded 'standard' with lines and pellets around pellet-in-annulet. Cf. Abramson 99-15; SCBC 790D. 1.09gr, 12mm.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Very Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. 0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Series QIA, var. 1. Two figures standing facing, holding long cross in outer hands / Quadruped crouching to left, head to right, tail raised, claws below; pellets in fields. For prototype cf. Abramson 63.10; SCBC 808. 0.73gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
EDTBEREҺTVF around small cross pattée / Stylised quadruped with long tail and raised foreleg to left. North 178; SCBC 847. NGC graded AU DETAILS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#6945305-030).
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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