LOT 3259
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. Very Fine.(1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Leontius AE 20 Nummi of Half Follis. AD 695-698.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 695/6). Uncertain officina. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger with right hand; cross to right / Large K; cross above, [ANNO] A (date) across field, uncertain letter below. Cf. DOC 8a; MIB 33; SB 1335. 3.26gr, 23mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 578-582.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 7 (AD 580/1). 1st officina. ∂ ᙏ τIb CON-STANT P P AI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with right hand and sceptre topped by eagle supporting cross / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI (date) across field; CON A in exergue. DOC 13a.2-3; MIBE 25; SB 430. 13.24gr, 32mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 568-569). [...]TINVS P P AVI, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, both nimbate, enthroned facing / Large K; cross above, ANNO Δ (date) across field, TЄS below. MIBE 94; DOC 65 (Thessalonica); SB 366 (Thessalonica). 7.06gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
