LOT 4548
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Bust of the Virgin facing, holding infant Christ, in fields left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. Condition as seen.(7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4548
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ 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, five dots in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III, Class A2.39; SB 1818 (Class A3). 4.32gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641. Uncertain RY. Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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; c/m: monogram / Large M, [cross?] C above; date across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. Cf. SB 810. 5.60gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
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Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / + KΩN RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, cross in right hand, akakia in left. SB 1854. 8.13gr, 30mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
