LOT 3950
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. Near Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck.(6.79gr, 26mm, 7h.).
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. -
Theophilus AE Follis. Struck AD 830/1-842. Uncertain provincial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄOFIL] ЬASIL', half-length facing figure of Theophilus, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘЄOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV ҺICAS in four lines. DOC p. 441, 17; SB 1685. 6.57gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
