LOT 3638
Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. Near Very Fine.(5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (572/3). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VNτNI[...], Justin and Sophia, each holding a sceptre, enthroned facing, both nimbate, holding large globus cruciger between them / Large M, cross above; A N N O and Ч III (date) across field; Γ below, τHЄUP´ in exergue. DOC 154; MIBE 56a; SB 379. 13.80gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Michael III Debased AV Semissis. Circa AD 856-866. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
MIXAHΛ, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / MIXAHΛ, crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger. DOC 10; SB 1695. 1.60gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Mint State.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1729. -
Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 831-842. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΘЄOFILOS bASI, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, XXX to left, NNN to right, Θ below. BCI 880; DOC 30; Spahr 432; SB 1681. 2.80gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
