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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Empire of Trebizond, Alexius II Comnenus AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
St. Eugenius on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre; O A(ligate) ЄV-Γ-NI across fields, lis below / Emperor on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; A-ΛЄ to right, Ͷ before, lis below, sun in upper right field. Bendall 52; SB 2619. 1.92gr, 21mm, 7h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Constantinople mint; uncertain RY date. Uncertain officina. Constans standing facing, wearing plumed helmet and military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip; date to left, cross and large M to right / Crowned facing figures of Constantine, Heraclius, and Tiberius, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. SB 1011. 3.68gr, 25mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Glossy black patina; overstuck.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian.
