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LOT 3111
Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. Near Very Fine.(8.34gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 334-335. Siscia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC 240; LRBC 750. 2.28gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder; cross to right / Large K; cross above, A N N O XXЧ (date) flanking, mint monogram below. DOC 242; MIBE 154; SB 230. 7.96gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint. Class I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IC XC, bust of Christ, nimbate, facing; His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Latin cross with central saltire, globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll to lower left and right. DOC Class I; SB 1889. 5.49gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
