LOT 4260
Group of Two [2] Byzantine AE Coins. Circa 10th-11th century AD.
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. As Shown.(15.64gr total, 25-30mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 4260
Group of Two [2] Byzantine AE Coins.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, in each limb of the nimbate cross crescent, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below. DOC A2.45; SB 1813. 8.59gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Constans II AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Constans, holding long cross, and Constantine standing facing, holding globus cruciger; cross between / Large M flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius; monogram above. 2.57gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Constans II AE 40 Nummis or Follis. Dated RY 14 (AD 654/5). Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Constans standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large M; [cross above], [A] N A [N Є O ς] across field, XIIII in exergue; E below. SB 1007. 2.38gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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