LOT 3745
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
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. Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.(2.36gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
∂ N ᙏAVR[...] P P AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II (date) across field; Є below, CON in exergue. SB 493. 13.20gr, 32mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
John III Ducas (Vatatzes), Emperor of Nicaea AV Hyperpyron. AD 1232-1254(?) Magnesia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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.
