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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Michael VIII Palaeologos AE Trachy. AD 1261-1282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator standing facing on dais; [IC XC flanking] / Michael enthroned facing, holding cross-tipped sceptre with left hand and globus cruciger with right; O Π V(?) to right. DOC 100-2; PCPC 35; SB 2290. 2.71gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 668-685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint; struck AD 673. 3rd officina. Helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand / Large K between ANNO and CO N; [cross above], Γ below. DOC 35; SB 1179. 10.20gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justinian II AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. First reign, AD 685-695.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 686/7). Uncertain officina. Crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large K; cross above, ANNO II (date) across field, [officina] below. DOC 20-5; MIB 47; SB 1262. 3.19gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
