LOT 3271
John II Comnenus EL Aspron Trachy. AD 1118-1143.
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 1122-1142(?). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John and St. George standing facing, holding patriarchal cross set on three steps between them. SB 1942. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(2.49gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain military(?) mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). D N IVSTIN[...], Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large K; ANNO X (date) across field, cross above; KYZ below. MIBE 93a. 3.78gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Leontius AE 20 Nummi of Half Follis. AD 695-698.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 695/6). Uncertain officina. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger with right hand; cross to right / Large K; cross above, [ANNO] A (date) across field, uncertain letter below. Cf. DOC 8a; MIB 33; SB 1335. 3.26gr, 23mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Constantine X, AD 1042-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class C. + ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross, with IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. 7.97gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
