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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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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 1 (AD 582). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
d N TIbER mAVRC P P A, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M between A N N O and I (date); cross above; Γ below; in exergue, CON. DOC 20; SB 492. 9.60gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
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 Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.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 Unpublished class.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. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] NVS P P [...], Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; Chi-Rho above; A N N O GI II (date) in left and right fields; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC I 37c; SB 360. 15.20gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
