LOT 4257
John II Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. AD 1118-1122. Constantinople mint.
MHP ΘV, Virgin nimbate, seated upon throne, holding infant Christ / Ιω ΔΕC-ΠΟΤ Τω ΠOΡ-ΦY-PΟ-ΓE-Ν, full legnth figure of John II holding labarum in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 9; SB 1943. Very Fine.(5.29gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4257
John II Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Justin I AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 522-527. Nicomedia mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[D N IVSTI]-NVS P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Christogram; in left field, N; in right field, E. DOC 36; MIBE 46; SB 92 2.02gr, 13mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Leo VI the Wise, with Alexander AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS, Leo VI, on the left, and Alexander, on the right, seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and loros, and holding between them labarum / ✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS bASIL' ROmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 6; SB 1730. 8.47gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
