LOT 3944
Basil I 'the Macedonian' AE 17mm. AD 879-886. Cherson mint.
Cross floriate on three steps; pellets flanking / Large B on exergual line; pellets flanking. DOC 20b; Anokhin 377-382; SB 1719. Near Very Fine.(2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Uncertain military mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Nimbate imperial couple seated facing on double throne / Large M; ANNO to left; X (date) to right, cross above, A below, KYZ in exergue. MIBE 90b; DOC 123 (Cyzicus); SB 372 (Cyzicus). 10.03gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[✠ 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; in each limb of the nimbate cross crescent; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III.2 A45; SB 1818 (Class A3). 5.89gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
