LOT 3267
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; in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818 (Class A3). Good Very Fine.(10.27gr, 29mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 1st officina. [...] T[...]IЧƧ PЄ AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date) between pellets; cross above, A below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC 7; SB 1366. 5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Heraclius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 612/3). 2nd officina. ∂ N ҺRACL PЄRP AVI, helmeted bust facing, holding cross with right hand and shield with left / Large K; cross above, ANNO III (date) across field, B below. DOC 173; MIB 187; SB 842. 6.05gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property 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.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
