LOT 4248
Constans II AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668.
Constans, holding long cross, and Constantine standing facing, holding globus cruciger; cross between / Large M flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius; monogram above. Very Fine. Overstruck.(2.57gr, 23mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4248
Constans II AE 40 Nummi or Follis.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Manuel I Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. Circa AD 1152-1160. Constantinopolis mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Christ seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC XC / MAN૪ΗΛ ΔЄCΠΟΤΗ, Manuel I Comnenus standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 11b; SB 1963. 5.26gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Follis. 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Standing figure / Large M, date across fields. 5.18gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
