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LOT 3113
Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus BI Trachy. Struck AD 1195-1197. Constantinople mint.
IC XC to left and right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, beardless, five dots in each limb of nimbus cross, right hand raised in benediction, holding scroll in left / [...], Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding labarum and the two holding globus cruciger between them. DOC 3a; SB 2012. Good Very Fine.(4.79gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Tom Cederlind, Portland, OR, USA.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 572/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
∂ N IЧSTIN-VS P P S AV, nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above; A N N O ςII (date) across field; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 121a; MIBE 50b; SB 372. 12.51gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Struck circa AD 668-673. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Beardless, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand / Large I between cross and K; [above, cross?]. Cf. DOC 38; cf. MIB 88; cf. SB 1182. 3.72gr, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on an uncertain type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTI-NVS P P [...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, six-rayed star and cross flanking; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 9a; MIBE 12; SB 63. 15.97gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
