LOT 3266
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two 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. DOC A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). Very Fine.(9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). 2nd officina. [...]-NVI P P AVG (AV ligate), nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI II (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 99c; MIBE 46a; SB 369. 11.63gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 578-582.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 579-582. ∂ ᙏ τIb CO-STANT P P AV, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing / Large X; cross above. DOC 20b; MIBE 31a; SB 436. 4.78gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constans II AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Carthage mint. Struck AD 647-659. D N CO-[...]ANT A, crowned and draped bust facing, holding mappa with right hand and globus cruciger with left, crown ornamented with cross / Large cross between two pellets; C-T above X-X across field; above, star. DOC 145; MIB 198c; SB 1060. 4.75gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
