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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Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602. Constantinople mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N ᙏAVRIC τIbЄR P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date) across field; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 27e.2; SB 494. 13.29gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Michael IV, AD 1034-1041. Constantinople mint. Class C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. 7.11gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
