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LOT 3836
Group of Forty [40] Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-11th century AD.
Various types. Fine to Very Fine.(308gr total.). [40]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 3836
Group of Forty [40] Ancient AE Coins.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Basil I the Macedonian AE 20mm. AD 867-886.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cherson mint. Struck AD 879-886. Large B / Cross crosslet on two steps; pellets flanking. DOC 20a; SB 1719 corr. (rev. description). 4.68gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531.2, 26 January 2023, lot 1773 (part of). -
Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, as Emperor of Thessalonica BI Trachy. 1225/7-1230.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 1224-1225(?). Type A. Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holding scroll in left hand; IC XC flanking, ⟒ M A in three lines to left, ᏌͶ to right / Theodore and St. Demetrios, holding sword over shoulder, standing facing, supporting between them staff topped by cross-in-circle and triangular decoration; ΘЄο to right, O AΓΗ Δ to left. DOC 4; SB 2161. 3,70gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Partially double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531.2, 26 January 2023, lot 1773 (part of). -
Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 829-842.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinopolis mint. ✱ • ΘЄOFIL' bASIL', half-length figure of Theophilus standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding patriarchal cross in his right hand and akakia in his left / Large M between X X X and N N N; above, cross; below, Θ. DOC 13; SB 1666. 5.66gr, 30mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
