LOT 3478
Basil I the Macedonian AE 20mm. AD 867-886.
Cherson mint. Struck AD 879-886. Large B / Cross crosslet on two steps; pellets flanking. DOC 20a; SB 1719 corr. (rev. description). Very Fine.(4.68gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531.2, 26 January 2023, lot 1773 (part of).
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). 1st officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO XЧIII (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. 21.73gr, 37mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
![Group of Fourteen [14] Byzantine AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/229425-s.jpg)
Group of Fourteen [14] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 149gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 820-829.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Syracuse mint; struck AD 821-829. mIXAHL [S ΘEOFI], crowned and draped facing busts of Michael in chlamys and Theophilus in loros; pellet between / Large M; above, cross; below, Θ. Anastasi 513; DOC 21; SB 1652. 2.80gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
