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LOT 3945
Basil I 'the Macedonian' AE 14mm. AD 879-886. Cherson mint.
Cross floriate on steps; pellets flanking / Large B on exergual line; pellets flanking. DOC 20b; Anokhin 377-382; SB 1719. Near Very Fine.(1.84gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Qurus(?) (Cyrrhus) mint. Standing Caliph issue. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; inscription around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mint downwards to right; "full weight" upwards to left; inscription around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, p.31, 340; cf. Album 3536 (RRR). 2.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N IVSTI-[...]NVS P P AI, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, A N N O X X Ч (date) across field; τHЧΠ' in exergue. DOC 256; SB 236. 4.65gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Theophilus AE Follis. Struck AD 830/1-842. Uncertain provincial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄOFIL] ЬASIL', half-length facing figure of Theophilus, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘЄOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV ҺICAS in four lines. DOC p. 441, 17; SB 1685. 6.57gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
