LOT 3955
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.(7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3955
Anonymous AE Follis.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antiochia) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N IV[STINI]-ANVS P P AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield, decorated with cavalryman, with left; in right field, cross / Large M between A N N O and X X Ч (date), above, cross; below, Γ; in exergue, THЧΠ'. DOC 222b; MIB 146; SB 221. 18.52gr, 34mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Ten [10] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 10th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 21.04gr total, 11-22mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
