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LOT 3479
John I Zimisces AR Miliaresion. AD 969-976.
Constantinople mint. + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA ✶, crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust facing, Iധ AҺ flanking / + IധAҺҺ, ЄҺ X'ധ AVTOCRAT, ЄVSЄЬ' ЬASILЄVS RധMAIധ' in five lines; ornaments above and below. DOC 7a; SB 1792. Very Fine.(2.67gr, 22mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Maurice Tiberius AV Tremissis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £377
Constantinople mint. O N TIЬЄ-RI P P AVI, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORI MAVRI AVϚ, cross potent; CONOB below. MIBE 20; DOC 14; SB 488. 1.38gr, 16mm, 7h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Halab mint. 'Standing Caliph' type. Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword, girdle band hanging from his right elbow; around, 'for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'full weight' in Kufic; in right field, mint halab in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima in Kufic. DOCAB 118; Goodwin & Gyselen p. 54, 43. 4.03gr, 19mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Justin II AV Semissis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Constantinople mint. D N IVSTINVS P P AVI, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVCCC, Victory seated to right, inscribing shield; star to left, inverted staurogram to right; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 10; DOC 12; SB 352. 2.18gr, 17mm, 6h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
