LOT 3741
Alexius I Comnenus AE Tetarteron. AD 1081-1118. Thessalonica(?) mint.
[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). Near Very Fine.(2.79gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3741
Alexius I Comnenus AE Tetarteron.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Justinian I AE 2 Nummi. Struck AD 533/4-538. Carthage mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; [crosses flanking?] / Large B. DOC 102 (Thessalonica); MIBE 190; SB 277. 1.09gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N TidЄR m[...]IRIC P P A, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; A N N O II (date) across field, cross above; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 119.1-2; MIBE 84B; SB 517. 11.99gr, 30mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1238-1263.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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.
