LOT 3481
Empire of Trebizond, Alexius II Comnenus AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
St. Eugenius on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre; O A(ligate) ЄV-Γ-NI across fields, lis below / Emperor on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; A-ΛЄ to right, Ͷ before, lis below, sun in upper right field. Bendall 52; SB 2619. Very Fine.(1.92gr, 21mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Halab mint. 'Standing Caliph' type. Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword, girdle band hanging from his right elbow; around, 'for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'full weight' in Kufic; in right field, mint halab in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima in Kufic. DOCAB 118; Goodwin & Gyselen p. 54, 43. 4.03gr, 19mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Halab mint. Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; illegible legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'in Halab' in Kufic; in right field, 'full weight' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima. DOCAB -; Goodwin, Type IV; cf. SICA I, 619. 2.86gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
John I Zimisces AR Miliaresion. AD 969-976.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Constantinople mint. ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA✶, crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust facing, Iധ-AҺ flanking / ✠ IധAҺҺ, ЄҺ Xധ AVTOCRAT, ЄVSЄЬ' ЬASILЄVS RധMAIധ' in five lines; ornament above and below. DOC 7a; SB 1792. 2.50gr, 21mm, 6h
Very Fine. Toned; blue and golden iridescence around the devices on both sides.
From a private UK collection in the 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian.
