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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Group of Ten [10] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 10th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 37.14gr total, 15-21mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX AR Basilikon. Struck AD 1304-1320 (or later). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
KVPIE BOHΘЄI, IC XC, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / AVTOKPATOPЄC PധMAIധN, Andronicus II and Michael IX standing facing, together holding ornate labarum set on bifurcated base between them. DOC 509-11; SB 2402. 2.11gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
