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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Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus. AD 583-601. Constantinople mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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. -
Leo V the Armenian AE Follis. AD 813-820. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. -
Justinian I AE Decanummium of 10 Nummi. Dated RY 33 (AD 559/60). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N IV[...]ANVS A, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large I, cross (or star) above; [A N N O] X XX III (date) across field; KVZ (Z retrograde) in exergue. DOC 193-8 var. (unlisted date); SB 209. 1.94gr, 14mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
