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LOT 3102
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AR Hexagram. Struck AD 615-630. Constantinople mint.
[∂∂ NN Һ]ЄRACLΙЧS Єτ ҺЄR[A CONSτ], Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne, each holding globus cruciger; cross between / ∂ЄЧS A[∂IЧτA ROM]ANI, cross potent set upon globus set upon three steps; K to right. DOC 64; MIBE 140; SB 798. Good Fine.(6.46gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ 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; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.22; SB 1818 (Class A3). 16.68gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
∂ N ᙏAVRIC τIbЄR P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO ς II (date) across field; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 31a; MIBE 67D; SB 494. 12.22gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 1 (AD 582/3). Catania mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[D N TIЬ MAV?]-RIC P P AVG. crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large I; A N N O I (date) across field; CAT in exergue. DOC 264; MIBE 136B; Anastasi 4; SB 580. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 18, 6 November 2015, lot 386. Property of a London antiquarian.
