LOT 3949
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Michael IV, AD 1034-1041. Constantinople mint. Class C.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. Very Fine.(7.11gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Basil I 'the Macedonian' AE 17mm. AD 879-886. Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cross floriate on three steps; pellets flanking / Large B on exergual line; pellets flanking. DOC 20b; Anokhin 377-382; SB 1719. 2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 491-518. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N ANASTASIVS P F A(?), diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON-CORDI, large I, pellets to right and left. DOC 19e; SB 26. 1.43gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Amulet. 2nd millennium AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Stylised nimbate bust of the Virgin orans with Christ on her breast / Blank. 5.27gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
