LOT 3251
Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 668-685.
Constantinople mint; struck AD 673. 3rd officina. Helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand / Large K between ANNO and CO N; [cross above], Γ below. DOC 35; SB 1179. Very Fine. Very rare.(10.20gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ 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; two 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. DOC A2.14b; SB 1818 (Class A3). 11.54gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theophilus AE Follis. AD 829-842.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Constantinople mint. ΘЄOFIL BASIL, three-quarter length bust facing, wearing loros, crown and tufa, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘEOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV NICAS in four lines. DOC 15; SB 1667. 6.45gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nicephorus II Phocas AE Follis. AD 963-969.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding labarum with right hand and globus cruciger with left / [⧾] ҺICHF [ЄҺ] ΘЄ⟒ bACILЄVS R⟒MAI⟒Һ in four lines. DOC 7; SB 1783. 4.53gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
