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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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 6 (AD 587/8). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
[∂] N ᙏ[...]]RI P P, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; cross above, A N N O ς (date) across field; A below, N[IK]O in exergue. DOC 96a; SB 512. 8.89gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, A N N O I (date) across field. Cf. DOC 12; SB 1368. 4.42gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Struck on the typical for the period irregular flan.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[+ ЄMMA]-NOVVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, His right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in His left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / [+ KΩN] RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left. DOC 9; SB 1854. 6.26gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
