LOT 3256
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 491-518.
Contemporary imitation of Constantinople mint issue. ON ANOM[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; above, cross; to left and right, stars; in exergue, [CON?]. For prototype cf. SB 19; DOC 23; MIBE 27. Near Very Fine.(12.68gr, 28mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. 1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Basil I AE Follis. AD 842-867.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. 5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. 7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
