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Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger; [ЄN TOYT O NI]KA around / Large m, cross above; [A N A and N Є O?] across field; inscription in exergue. Cf. SICA I, 510-5 (for type). 3.87gr, 23mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine. Overstruck on a Roman Imperial issue.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; trace of cross above / Large M; cross above, A N N X III • across field; B below, OCNKO in exergue. Cf. SB 834 (for prototype); Pottier Class IV(2), 52.2; MIB X31. 8.10gr, 31mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

CΚΥΘΟ-ΠΟΛHC, Justin II and Sophia seated facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M, cross above, ANNO Ч II (date 'year 7') flanking, A below, NIK O in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. 10.83gr, 30mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

CΚΥΘΟ-ΠΟΛHC, Justin II and Sophia seated facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M, cross above, ANNO Ч II (date 'year 7') flanking, A below, NIK O (retrograde) in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. 7.81gr, 28mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[CΚΥΘΟ]-ΠΟΛHC, Justin II and Sophia seated facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M, cross above, ANNO Ч II (date 'year 7') flanking, A below, HIK O in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. 6.68gr, 27mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

The standing caliph 'Abd al-Malik holding sword; name and title in marginal legend / M above officina mark A and line below, marginal legend with shortened version of the creed of Islam. 2.51gr, 16mm, 1h.

Good Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Imperial figure seated on throne facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch / Large M in centre; in left field, A Θ; in right field, blundered date; above, cross between ornaments; below, inverted Є; in exergue [ΔΑΜ?]. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 80, fig. 17, 119 (for reverse). 2.90gr, 17mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

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

Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across fields; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9.33) in margin. Album - (RRR, active for date 89 only); SICA -. 2.52gr, 27mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; 'GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Malek 149-53; Album 73; ICV -. 1.96gr, 24mm, 2h.

Good Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; to left, legend in Pahlavi script; to right, 'Umr in Arabic script; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. SICA 1, 401-4. 1.95gr, 24mm, 10h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈ, crowned lion standing to right with long cross in its paw / ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹ ԻԻՆՆ[..] ԱՅ Ե, Queen Zabel and King Hetoum holding long cross. Mitch NI 341. 2.94gr, 22mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

The king seated with crossed legs holding sceptre and globe / Cross with no pellets. Bedoukian 1633 var. 2.34gr, 20mm, 8h.

Very Fine.

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