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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine and Martina AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Heraclius, in centre, flanked by Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; monogram to left, ANNO and cross above, XЧIIII (date) in three lines to right, A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 178; MIB 186; SB 841. 7.37gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Leo V the Armenian AE Follis. AD 813-820. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LЄOҺ ЬASIL, crowned and draped facing bust, holding cross potent and akakia / Large M; XXX NNN across field, cross above, A below. SB 1629. 5.44gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ 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. 7.15gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. 5.63gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Alexius I Comnenus AE Tetarteron. AD 1081-1118. Thessalonica(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[Τω Κ Ο ΜΝΗ], Alexius I crowned, facing, holding cruciform sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left / C Φ AΛ Δ, jewelled cross with globe at each extremity, X at the centre of the cross. DOC 40; SB 1931 (Philippopolis). 2.79gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
John III Ducas (Vatatzes), Emperor of Nicaea AV Hyperpyron. AD 1232-1254(?) Magnesia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left; sigla: in field to left and right, pellet / ΙW ΔI[...] across lower fields, MHP [ΘV] to upper fields, John III standing facing on the left, wearing divitision and loros, holding anexikakia in his left hand and labarum in his right, crowned by the Virgin Mary, nimbate, standing facing on the right. DOC 6; SB 2073. 4.16gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1238-1263.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
St. Eugenius standing facing, holding long cross / Crowned facing figure of Manuel, holding labarum and akakia; manus Dei to upper right. Retowski 43; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond, 20; SB 2602. 2.83gr, 22mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ALЄZ, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; sigla: P to right; symbol beneath horse / O A (as monogram) ЄV-Γ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; [symbol] beneath horse. Cf. Sommer (2023), p. 669, T7.6.2.; Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ALЄZo K, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; Hm to upper right; sigla: N to right / O A (as monogram) ЄV-ΓЄ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; three floral ornaments beneath horse. Cf. Retowski 1-55 (for Alexius II Aspers); Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.36gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Halab mint. Arab-Byzantine Type: Standing Caliph.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; ['for the servant of Allah Abd al-Malik, the commander of the believers'] around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and two steps; 'bi-Halab' (mint) upwards to left; 'wāfin' (full weight) downwards to left; 'there is no god but Allah alone, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Halab, Type IV, 284. 2.50gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Amman mint. 'Standing Caliph' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; 'Amman' in Kufic to right, eight-rayed star to left; around, part of the first Kalima. Cf. SICA I, 718. 3.04gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Four [4] BI Byzantine Trachy Coins. Circa 12th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 13.31gr total, 25-28mm.
Condition as shown.
From the collection of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.