LOT 3472
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE Follis. AD 641-668.
Constantinople mint; uncertain RY date. Uncertain officina. Constans standing facing, wearing plumed helmet and military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip; date to left, cross and large M to right / Crowned facing figures of Constantine, Heraclius, and Tiberius, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. SB 1011. Good Very Fine. Glossy black patina; overstuck.(3.68gr, 25mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3472
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Halab mint. Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; illegible legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'in Halab' in Kufic; in right field, 'full weight' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima. DOCAB -; Goodwin, Type IV; cf. SICA I, 619. 2.86gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Justinian I AE Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Constantinople mint; dated RY 18 = AD 544/5. 2nd officina. D N IVSTNI-ANVS(sic) P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X-Ч-III (date) across field, cross above, B below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 43 (obverse legend variety not recorded); SB 163. 18.02gr, 33mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina. Very rare engraver's error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s; Property of a London, antiquarian.
