LOT 4247
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 614/5). Thessalonica mint.
[...]ЄRAC[...]iUS P P AVG, Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; cross above / Large K; A N N O Ч (date) across field; ΘEC in exergue. DOC 140.1-2; MIB 227; SB 830. Good Very Fine. Of the finest known examples of this rare type.(6.30gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4247
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +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. -
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Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / + KΩN RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, cross in right hand, akakia in left. SB 1854. 8.13gr, 30mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Constans II AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[EN TOUTO NIKA], emperor standing facing, holding labarum with Christogram and globus cruciger / Large M, O Φ A to left, ANA above, NEO to right; BII in exergue. SB 1001. 4.43gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
