LOT 3262
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641.
Thessalonica mint. Dated RY 13 (AD 622/3). 2nd officina. Illegible inscription, Heraclius, on the left, standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross and holding globus cruciger in his right hand; Heraclius Constantine, on the right, standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross and holding long cross in his right hand; above, cross / Large M between A N N O and X III (date); above, cross; below, B; in exergue, ΘЄC. DOC -; MIB 218-220; SB 824. Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.(9.69gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3262
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Justinian I AR Half Siliqua. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Ravenna mint. Struck AD 552-565. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P [...], diademed and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Stars flanking staurogram on globe; all within wreath. DOC 339; MIBE 78; Ranieri 361; SB 320. 0.84gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Baldwins, London, UK, 1970s. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. 7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. 1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
