Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Constans II AE 40 Nummis or Follis. Dated RY 14 (AD 654/5). Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Leo VI the Wise, with Alexander AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ 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. -
Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ 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. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
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 Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.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 Unpublished class.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. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ 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. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ 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. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
John II Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. AD 1118-1122. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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. -
Manuel I Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. Circa AD 1152-1160. Constantinopolis mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Byzantine AE Follis. 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Standing figure / Large M, date across fields. 5.18gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Two [2] Byzantine AE Coins. Circa 10th-11th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 15.64gr total, 25-30mm.
As Shown.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Bust of the Virgin facing, holding infant Christ, in fields left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. 7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
