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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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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
∂ N ᙏAЧΓΙ C N P AЧT, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, X I (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. DOC 163b; MIBE 96C; SB 533. 12.33gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine V, with Leo III and Leo IV AE Half Nummus. Struck AD 751-775. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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). 1.76gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 1 (AD 582/3). Catania mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[D N TIЬ MAV?]-RIC P P AVG. crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large I; A N N O I (date) across field; CAT in exergue. DOC 264; MIBE 136B; Anastasi 4; SB 580. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 18, 6 November 2015, lot 386. Property of a London antiquarian.
