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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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 5th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 58gr total.
Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi of Follis. AD 578-582.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Theoupolis) mint. Dated RY 6 (AD 579-580). [...]TΛΤΝS ΤΛΙΤΑ Ρ Ρ ΙV, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre in left / Large ᙏ, cross above, ANNO ς (date) across field, τHЄЧP' below. DOC 41; MIBE 47; SB 448. 13.94gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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.
