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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Group of Six [6] Anonymous AE Folles. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 56gr total.
Very Fine.
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 60gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Michael VII Ducas AR 2/3 Miliaresion. AD 1071-1078.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Constantinople mint. MH (ligate) ΘV, facing bust of the Virgin Mary, holding medallion with the face of the Holy Infant; pellets flanking / + ΘKЄ [R]OHΘЄI MIXAHΛ [Δ]ЄCΠOTH Tധ ΔᏌKA in five lines. DOC 8; Sear 1876. 1.35gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
