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LOT 3112
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint. Class I.
IC XC, bust of Christ, nimbate, facing; His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Latin cross with central saltire, globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll to lower left and right. DOC Class I; SB 1889. Near Very Fine.(5.49gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Crowned facing figures of Heraclius, wearing military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip, [and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger; cross above?] / Large M, cross above; A N N O [...] (date) across field; officina letter below, CO[N] in exergue. Cf. SB 810. 11.16gr, 35mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on a Follis of Justinian I (traces of [...]ANV[...] on reverse).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
∂ N ᙏAЧΓΙ C N P AЧT, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, X I (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. DOC 163b; MIBE 96C; SB 533. 12.33gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641. Possibly Constantinople mint. Uncertain regnal year. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Heraclius, holding long cross, and Heraclius Constantine, holding globus cruciger, standing facing; monogram to left / Large M; uncertain date across field; countermark in incuse circle below. Cf. SB 810. 7.60gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
