LOT 3109
Constantine V, with Leo III and Leo IV AE Half Nummus. Struck AD 751-775. Syracuse mint.
Crowned bust of Leo facing, wearing loros, holding cross potent on base, cross to left; Λ in exergue / Crowned and draped busts of Constantine and Leo IV facing, wearing chlamys, cross above, CIK´Λ (or NKA) in exergue. DOC 20 (cross not mentioned); SB 1569A (same). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.(1.76gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Group of Six [6] Latin Rulers AE Trachea. c.AD 1204.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 14.18gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 1(?) (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[...]τIBЄPI-ЧS P AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield / Large M, cross above; [A] N N O I(?) (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 8c; cf. MIB 73; SB 1366. 4.56gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain type.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTI-NVS P P [...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, six-rayed star and cross flanking; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 9a; MIBE 12; SB 63. 15.97gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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