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LOT 3483
Byzantine Coins - AE Follis Group. 5th-11th century AD.
Comprising: various emperors, issues and reverse types. Fine - Good Fine.(77.77gr total, 21-31mm). [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Maurice Tiberius AV Tremissis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £377
Constantinople mint. O N TIЬЄ-RI P P AVI, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORI MAVRI AVϚ, cross potent; CONOB below. MIBE 20; DOC 14; SB 488. 1.38gr, 16mm, 7h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
John I Zimisces AR Miliaresion. AD 969-976.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Constantinople mint. ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA✶, crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust facing, Iധ-AҺ flanking / ✠ IധAҺҺ, ЄҺ Xധ AVTOCRAT, ЄVSЄЬ' ЬASILЄVS RധMAIധ' in five lines; ornament above and below. DOC 7a; SB 1792. 2.50gr, 21mm, 6h
Very Fine. Toned; blue and golden iridescence around the devices on both sides.
From a private UK collection in the 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Empire of Trebizond, Alexius II Comnenus AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
St. Eugenius on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre; O A(ligate) ЄV-Γ-NI across fields, lis below / Emperor on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; A-ΛЄ to right, Ͷ before, lis below, sun in upper right field. Bendall 52; SB 2619. 1.92gr, 21mm, 7h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
