LOT 3268
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ 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; square in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field. DOC A2.47; SB 1813. Very Fine.(6.42gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 668-685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 668-673. Helmetted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large I; cross above; cross to left, K to right; CON below. DOC 38; MIB 88; SB 1182. 4.89gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 24 (AD 550/1). Helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, date across field; mintmark below. DOC 255; MIBE 157; SB 236. 5.23gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Group of Nine [9] AE Byzantine Coins. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various rulers. 50.10gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
