LOT 4253
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 Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished.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 Unpublished class.(7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.).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 4253
Anonymous AE Follis.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£30 (EUR 35; USD 41) +BP*
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Leo VI the Wise, with Alexander AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS, Leo VI, on the left, and Alexander, on the right, seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and loros, and holding between them labarum / ✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS bASIL' ROmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 6; SB 1730. 8.47gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Struck AD 498-507. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / Large I, CON-CORD around; two pellets in fields. DOC 19d; MIBE 34a; SB 26. 1.53gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful brown patina with green highlights. Very rare variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Possibly an early variety with CONCORD instead of CONCORDI. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, five dots in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III, Class A2.39; SB 1818 (Class A3). 4.32gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
