LOT 3948
Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
[+ ЄMMA]-NOVVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, His right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in His left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / [+ KΩN] RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left. DOC 9; SB 1854. Near Very Fine.(6.26gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint. Uncertain officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield / Large M, cross above; date across field; officina letter below, CON in exergue. SB 1366. 4.10gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain type.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 527-565. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]TINIA[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large V within wreath. MIBE 246 (Sicily); DOC 369; SB 337. 1.04gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
Monogram of Justin II / Large Є; in field to right, cross. DOC 186; MIB 65a; SB 386. 1.35gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
