LOT 3477
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. Good Very Fine.(2.16gr, 22mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, AV Solidus. AD 741-775.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Constantinople mint; struck AD 764-773. C LЄON P A MЧL, crowned facing bust of Leo III wearing loros, holding cross potent in right hand / COҺSƮAҺƮIҺOS S LЄOҺ O ҺЄOS, crowned facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing chlamys; cross above. DOC 2a.1; SB 1551. 4.34gr, 19mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Constantinople mint; dated RY 18 = AD 544/5. 2nd officina. D N IVSTNI-ANVS(sic) P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X-Ч-III (date) across field, cross above, B below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 43 (obverse legend variety not recorded); SB 163. 18.02gr, 33mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina. Very rare engraver's error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s; Property 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): £52
Halab mint. Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; illegible legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'in Halab' in Kufic; in right field, 'full weight' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima. DOCAB -; Goodwin, Type IV; cf. SICA I, 619. 2.86gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
