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LOT 3952
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
[✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross crescent; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III.2 A45; SB 1818 (Class A3). Near Very Fine.(5.89gr, 26mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 629/30). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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] X X (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. SB 810. 8.73gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ LЄOꞂ bAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', facing bust of Leo VI with short beard, wearing chlamys and cross-tipped crown, holding akakia / ✠ LЄOꞂ ЄꞂ ΘЄΟ bASILЄVS ROᙏЄOꞂ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. 7.54gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. 5.34gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
