LOT 3260
Leo V the Armenian with Constantine AE Follis. AD 813-820.
Syracuse mint. Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing loros and holding cross potent; [Λ] to left, [Є] O ✷ to right / K-ONCT, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; C I across field. DOC 17; Anastasi 488; SB 1636. Good Very Fine.(3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Heraclius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 612/3). 2nd officina. ∂ N ҺRACL PЄRP AVI, helmeted bust facing, holding cross with right hand and shield with left / Large K; cross above, ANNO III (date) across field, B below. DOC 173; MIB 187; SB 842. 6.05gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). 3rd officina. D N ᙏAVRC τIbЄR P P AVI, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC 27c.I; MIBE 67D; SB 494. 13.44gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Uncertain 'military mint' in Sicily or Italy. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). 1st officina. D N ᙏAVR P P AVII, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield with left / Large M between ANNO and II (date); cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE -; cf. SB 517 (Cyzicus). 14.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Unpublished variant.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
