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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[✠ 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 crescent; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III.2 A45; SB 1818 (Class A3). 5.89gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.62gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX AR Basilikon. Struck AD 1304-1320 (or later). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
KVPIE BOHΘЄI, IC XC, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / AVTOKPATOPЄC PധMAIധN, Andronicus II and Michael IX standing facing, together holding ornate labarum set on bifurcated base between them. DOC 509-11; SB 2402. 2.11gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Ten [10] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 10th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 21.04gr total, 11-22mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Ten [10] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 10th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 69.59gr total, 19-33mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Ten [10] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 10th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 37.14gr total, 15-21mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 710/5-725/35. Mint in Kent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Figure standing facing, head to right, long cross in each hand, in crescent-shaped boat / Bird standing to right, picking berries from vine-scroll; branch in field. Cf. North 83; cf. SCBC 816. 0.92gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Tendring, Essex. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Kent. Baldred AR Penny. Struck 823/4-825/6. Canterbury mint; Sigestef, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
✠ BELDR[...]EX, cross pattée / ✠ SIGE[...]EF, cross pattée. Cf. EMC 2007.0210; North 213; SCBC 880. 1.04gr, 20mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found near Morton, Essex, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. London mint; Aelfwig, moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
✠ CNVT RECX, diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ELFPIG ON LVN, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen) 2496; SCBI 51 (Norway) 849; North 790; SCBC 1159. 1.07gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. Thetford, mint. Leofwine, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis type (BMC vc, Hild. B).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,495
✠ HAR-OLD REC, diademed bust to left, holding lis-tipped sceptre and shield / ✠ LEO-FPI-NE(ligate) ON ÐEO, voided long cross with central pellet; in each quarter, fleur-de-lis between two pellets. North 803; SCBC 1165. 0.91gr, 19mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1044-1046. Stamford(?), mint; Thorsteinn, moneyer. Radiate/Small Cross (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[...]EDPA[...], radiate and draped bust to left / [...]VRST•A•N[...], short cross pattée. North 816; SCBC 1173. 0.37gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped; cut. Toned. Very rare; only three examples with this moneyer of this type on EMC/SCBI.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.