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[...]ЄRAC[...]iUS P P AVG, Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; cross above / Large K; A N N O Ч (date) across field; ΘEC in exergue. DOC 140.1-2; MIB 227; SB 830. 6.30gr, 24mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Of the finest known examples of this rare type.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Constans, holding long cross, and Constantine standing facing, holding globus cruciger; cross between / Large M flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius; monogram above. 2.57gr, 23mm, 8h.

Very Fine. Overstruck.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

[EN TOUTO NIKA], emperor standing facing, holding labarum with Christogram and globus cruciger / Large M, O Φ A to left, ANA above, NEO to right; BII in exergue. SB 1001. 4.43gr, 24mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Constans standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large M; [cross above], [A] N A [N Є O ς] across field, XIIII in exergue; E below. SB 1007. 2.38gr, 19mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS, Leo VI, on the left, and Alexander, on the right, seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and loros, and holding between them labarum / ✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS bASIL' ROmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 6; SB 1730. 8.47gr, 26mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / + KΩN RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, cross in right hand, akakia in left. SB 1854. 8.13gr, 30mm, 5h.

Very Fine. Overstruck.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.

Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

+ 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 / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below. DOC A2.45; SB 1813. 8.59gr, 28mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

+ 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, five 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. Cf. DOC III, Class A2.39; SB 1818 (Class A3). 4.32gr, 25mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. 11.15gr, 32mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Overstruck.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

MHP ΘV, Virgin nimbate, seated upon throne, holding infant Christ / Ιω ΔΕC-ΠΟΤ Τω ΠOΡ-ΦY-PΟ-ΓE-Ν, full legnth figure of John II holding labarum in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 9; SB 1943. 5.29gr, 29mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Christ seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC XC / MAN૪ΗΛ ΔЄCΠΟΤΗ, Manuel I Comnenus standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 11b; SB 1963. 5.26gr, 30mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.