LOT 3744
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
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. Near Very Fine. Toned.(2.04gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3744
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus. AD 583-601. Constantinople mint. 10th officina.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £380
O N MAVRC TIЬ P P AVC, draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing plumed helmet with pendilia and holding globus cruciger / VICTORI-A AVCC I, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. DOC 5j; MIBE 6; SB 478. 4.48gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Slightly weak strike, flan flaw to obverse.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 1393. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
John III Ducas (Vatatzes), Emperor of Nicaea AV Hyperpyron. AD 1232-1254(?) Magnesia mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £85
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. -
Alexius I Comnenus AE Tetarteron. AD 1081-1118. Thessalonica(?) mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
[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.
