LOT 3470
Heraclius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 610-641.
Catania mint. Dated RY 5 (614/5). Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large I; ANNO V (date) across field; CAT below. DOC -; MIB 240; SB 885. Very Fine. Very rare date.(3.85gr, 14mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 820-829.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Syracuse mint; struck AD 821-829. mIXAHL [S ΘEOFI], crowned and draped facing busts of Michael in chlamys and Theophilus in loros; pellet between / Large M; above, cross; below, Θ. Anastasi 513; DOC 21; SB 1652. 2.80gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 668-685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Syracuse mint. Struck AD 668-674. Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large M, flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing; monogram above; SCL below. DOC 60; MIB 104; Anastasi 220; SB 1207. 1.82gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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).
