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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Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 668-685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Syracuse mint; struck AD 677-679/80. Constantine IV standing facing, holding spear in right hand, resting his left on his hip / Large M; standing facing figures of Heraclius, on left, and Tiberius, on right, flanking, each holding globus cruciger in right hand; monogram above; SCL below. Anastasi 227; DOC 62; MIB 105; SB 1209. 3.55gr, 29mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 699/700). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, A N N O II (date) across field. SB 1368. 3.55gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Struck on a triangular flan, most likely made by quartering a large follis of Constantine IV.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Heraclius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Syracuse(?) mint; struck circa AD 629-631. Countermark: crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, cross above / Countermark: SCLs., bar above. Struck on a Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Follis for Constantinople (RY 21). DOC 242; SB 883. 8.55gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
