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∂ N mAUΓ CNP AVI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, A N N O to left, X X (date) to right, Γ below and ƮHЄUP' in exergue. MIBE 96C; DOC 172b; SB 533. 10.44gr, 30mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

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

δ m [...] PЄRP AVG, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and cross in left / Large XXXX in centre; above, ANNO; below, KYZA; in field to right, II. DOC 70; MIB 76; SB 665. 12.90gr, 32mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

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

∂ N ҺRA[...], draped, and cuirassed bust of Heraclius facing, wearing helmet with cross and pendilia and holding globus cruciger / Large M; [cross above], A N N O II I (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. Cf. DOC 155b3; MIB 174; SB 833. 13.98gr, 34mm, 6h.

Very FIne. Overstruck on an earlier follis.

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

δ N hRAClI PЄ[...], helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross and shield / Large M; A N N O II (date) across fields, B below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 168b; MIB 184; SB 839. 10.61gr, 32mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

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

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.

✠ 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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.